Find A Grave - Gunsmoke television show

Arness (Aurness), James (James King) b. May 26, 1923 d. June 3, 2011
Actor. He is best remembered for his role of 'Marshall Matt Dillon' in the long-running television Western "Gunsmoke" (1955 to 1975). Born James King Aurness, his father was a traveling salesman, his mother was a newspaper columnist. He briefly attended Beloit College in Wisconsin before his service with the United States Army during World War II. He would suffer severe leg wounds (he was recipient of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star) during the Anzio landing and after his recovery and return...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Great Mausoleum, Jasmine Terrace, Sanctuary of Abiding Hope, Crypt 16174
Blake, Amanda (Beverly Louise Neill) b. February 20, 1929 d. August 16, 1989
Actress. She was born in Buffalo, New York as Beverly Louise Neill an only Child. She arrived in Claremont, California during a move with her family. While working as a telephone operator she began doing bit parts for MGM which landed her a contract. After a few menial movie appearances, she landed the role at age 27 that would make her a household name for the next 20 years, Miss Kathleen "Kitty" Russell. Gunsmoke was TV's longest running Western as well as its longest running prime-time...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Cause of death: Actual Certificate Entry:..Cardio Pulmonary Arrest due to Liver Failure and CMV Hepatitis
Cremated, Ashes scattered, Ashes spread over the animal reserve she helped establish
Booke, Sorrell b. January 4, 1930 d. February 11, 1994
Actor. He is best remembered for his role of 'Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg' on the "Dukes of Hazard" television series. Born in Buffalo, New York, the son of a local physician, his family encouraged him to entertain relatives and friends by doing impressions and telling jokes. While studying in Yale and Columbia University, he mastered five languages, and following his graduation, went into the Army as a Lieutenant, where he worked in counter-intelligence during the Korean War, using his multi-...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Colon Cancer
Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Court of Dedication, Block 2, plot 72, space 4B (right under tree)
Curtis (Gates), Ken (Curtis Wain) b. July 2, 1916 d. April 28, 1991
Actor. Best known for his long-running role as Festus, the cantankerous deputy in the long-running TV series "Gunsmoke". Born Curtis Wane Gates in Lamar, Colorado to Dan Gates and Millie Sneed Gates. His father was Sheriff of Las Animas, Colorado. He worked at the town jail and played the saxophone in high school. He served in the Army during World War II. He attended Colorado College for a time wanting to study medicine but was so successful as a singer-songwriter that he left college and got...[Read More] (Bio by: Jane Eubanks)
Cremated, Ashes scattered, Colorado flatlands
Hellström, Gunnar b. December 6, 1928 d. November 28, 2001
Director, Actor. He made his name in 1954 with the motion picture ”Simon Syndare” (Simon Sinner). He made a career both as an actor and as director, and made som screenwritings as well. In 1960 Gunnar Hellström received his first Hollywood offer and most of his career he came to spend in the USA. He also became a successful director for TV and directed numerous episodes of Gunsmoke, The Wild, Wild West, Bonanza, How the West was won (The Macahans), and the ”Soap Opera of the soap operas”:...[Read More] (Bio by: Peter Robsahm)
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend
Nusser, James b. May 3, 1905 d. June 8, 1979
Actor. He is best remembered for his role as the town drunk, 'Louie Pheeters' in the television western, "Gunsmoke" from 1961 to 1970. He appeared in the films "Cahill: U.S. Marshal" (1973), "Goodnight, My Love" (1972), "Menace On The Mountain" (1970), "Hail, Hero!" (1969), "Hillbillys In A Haunted House" (1967), "Hell Canyon Outlaws" (1957), "Mohawk" (1956), and "It Should Happen To You" (1954). Also appeared in many television shows including, "The Waltons" (1972 to 1981), "The Wild Wild West"...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Stone, Milburn b. July 5, 1904 d. June 12, 1980
Character Actor. He labored and toiled for twenty years with background parts, literally appearing in hundreds of uncredited character roles as clerks, reporters, sailors, detectives, convicts, robbers and henchmen. In 1955, he became an "instant" star on the television series "Gun Smoke." The appreciative and exasperated actor, after years of futility, found long lasting success as "Doctor Adams," remaining on the show for its entire 20-year run (500 episodes). Although sidelined with...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Cause of death: Heart attack
El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Plot: Vista del Lago Section, Lot 401-D
Strange, George Glenn b. August 16, 1899 d. September 20, 1973
Son of William Russell Strange and Sarah E Byrd-Strange

Actor. He played "Sam the bartender" in television's "Gunsmoke." He also played "The Monster" in "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948). (Bio by: A.J. Marik)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Churchyard, plot 4295
Wagenheim, Charles b. February 21, 1896 d. March 6, 1979
Actor who appeared in more than one hundred films and on televison. His film credits include Suddenly, with Frank Sinatra, The Diary of Anne Frank, Hello Dolly, and Missouri Breaks, which would be his last. He was a regular on the TV series Gunsmoke from 1966 to 1975, as the rancher Mr. Halligan. He was beaten to death by burglars in his apartment on March 6, 1979. Ironically, he lived close to actor Victor Kilian, who was also murdered in a similar fashion days later. The two had guest starred...[Read More] (Bio by: Anonymous)
Cause of death: Beaten to death
Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown
Weaver, Dennis (William) b. June 4, 1924 d. February 24, 2006
Actor. As a struggling actor his big break came in 1955 with a $300 per week job as Chester in the television western series "Gunsmoke;" at the end of his nine years with "Gunsmoke," he was earning $9,000 a week and had won an Emmy for the 1958 to 1959 season. In 1966, CBS had him with a 600-pound American black bear in "Gentle Ben" which lasted two years. From 1970 to 1977 starred as New Mexico deputy sherrif Sam McCloud in the TV series McCloud. A vegetarian since 1958, he was also a devoted...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Cause of death: Cancer
Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown

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