Weaver played Chester Goode on Gunsmoke, quickly becoming one of the most beloved characters on the show. He joined the original cast alongside Arness, Amanda Blake, and Milburn Stone. They had ...

Along with Stone and the rest of the lead cast, Weaver was one of the original Gunsmoke cast members. He played Chester Goode starting in the first season, which made some significant changes since ...

LOS ANGELES – Dennis Weaver, the diffident deputy Chester Goode in the TV classic western “Gunsmoke” and the canny New Mexico deputy solving New York City crime in “McCloud,” has died. The actor was ...

A 2,800-pound bronze bald eagle with a 21-foot wingspan is a fitting memorial to her late husband, said Gerry Weaver, wife of actor and environmentalist Dennis Weaver. “The eagle is a sign of power.

LOS ANGELES – Dennis Weaver, the slow-witted deputy Chester Goode in the TV classic western "Gunsmoke" and the New Mexico deputy solving New York crime in "McCloud," has died. The actor was 81. Weaver ...

Dennis Weaver rode into many hearts on the back of a horse, either as the stiff-legged Chester the deputy on “Gunsmoke” or the New York City cop hero in “McCloud.” But the actor with a Midwestern ...

Dennis Weaver, the lanky actor with the gentle drawl who came to fame in the 1950s playing Marshal Matt Dillon’s limping deputy, Chester, on “Gunsmoke” and later starred as a contemporary western ...

RIDGWAY, Colo.—The town of Ridgway has opened a 60-acre park dedicated to the late actor and resident Dennis Weaver on 60 acres of land his wife donated. The centerpiece of the park is a 2,800-pound ...

With a repertoire including Merv Griffin, Steve McQueen, the Monkees and the Brady Bunch, Gene Trindl holds the record for shooting TV Guide Magazine covers — more than 200 of them! We went ...