Saturday, June 4, 2011

WHAT AN ACTOR..


MARSHALL MATT DILLION..WHAT A CHARACTOR AND WHAT A MAN THAT PLAYED THAT PART. HE WAS AN INTERESTING YET VERY QUIET , FAMILY MAN THAT LOVED THE OUTDOORS. I ALWAYS LOVED WATCHING '' GUNSMOKE '' AND I STILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, EVERY EVENING ON THE WESTERN CHANNEL. SOME OF MY FRIENDS HERE I'VE KNOWN FROM PAST SITES LIKE YAHOO 360 ..AND IF THEY KNOW ME JUST SLIGHTLY,,THEY KNOW I'VE A HUGE FAN OF THE OLD WESTERNS LIKE ....HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL...BIG VALLEY...MAVERICK...WAGON TRAIN...ALL THOSE OLD CLASSIC WESTERNS THAT ARE STILL SHOWN EVERY DAY ON THE WESTERN CHANNEL OR TV LAND. GUNSMOKE WAS A LONG TIME FAVE ALONG WITH THE ''RIFLEMAN '' WHICH I JUST WATCHED 6 EPISODES STRAIGHT IN A ROW ON AMC THIS MORNING. BUT GUNSMOKE WAS A FAVE AND JAMES ARNESS WAS A FANTASTIC ACTOR THAT GAVE ALL HE HAD WHEN HE PLAYED MATT DILLION. NOT TO MENTION THAT HE WAS ALSO IN THE WW2 AND WAS WOUNDED IN THE LEG AND THAT'S WHY HE WALKED WITH A SLIGHT LIMP. JAMES ARNESS..WHAT A GREAT ACTOR , I LOVED WATCHING HIM IN GUNSMOKE AND WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH HIM EVERY DAY....HE WILL BE MISSED AS ONE OF THE GREATS !

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  1. I remember James Arness too! I didn't realize that he'd passed. My dad brought me up on westerns!I remember every one you metioned pluss a few more!

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