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 ...
Reynolds played Quint Asper in Gunsmoke, but he was far from an original cast member. He didn’t join the Western television phenomenon until season 8 episode 3, titled “Quint Asper Comes Home.” The ...
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 ...
For 20 years, television audiences rode into Dodge City with Marshal Matt Dillon on a weekly basis, and when Gunsmoke finally ...
Reynolds played blacksmith Quint Asper on the TV series for three years, joining the cast at age 26 in 1962. Gunsmoke was one of the actor’s first major roles. (Photo: CBS/Courtesy of Everett) ...
Six tribute episodes starring Reynolds will air Monday, September 10, through Saturday, September 15, from 1 PM –2 PM ET/PT. It will begin with the first Gunsmoke episode that introduces his character ...