You might think Burt Reynolds' first major TV role came in Gunsmoke, but his real first big role came in another Western TV ...

Before he ruled the box office in the 1970s with Smokey and the Bandit, The Longest Yard and Deliverance, Burt Reynolds was pounding iron in Dodge City. Reynolds is remembered today as a magnetic ...

L-R: James Arness as Matt Dillon, Burt Reynolds as Quint Asper, Milburn Stone as Doc Adams, Amanda Blake as Miss Kitty Russell, and Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images ...

According to Quentin Tarantino, he was named after a popular character Burt Reynolds played on the classic TV Western ...

(CBS) James Arness, the tall, iconic actor best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon on the long-running television series "Gunsmoke," has died. He was 88. The Los Angeles Times reports the actor ...

Reynolds entered the entertainment industry as an ex-football player. He earned some smaller roles in television starting with Flight in 1958. However, Reynolds didn’t settle into his first more ...

The late, great Johnny Cash, talking between songs on one of his albums, admitted he used to stand in front of the TV and try to outdraw actor James Arness during the opening sequence of “Gunsmoke.” ...

Six decades after "Gunsmoke" debuted on television, several actors who appeared in the show, including Burt Reynolds, are scheduled to reunite in Dodge City.The Wichita Eagle reported that the actors ...