Weaver's final "Gunsmoke" appearance was towards the end of the ninth season in the episode "Bently." What's strange, however, was that the character didn't receive any semblance of a goodbye arc ...

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.

Weaver didn’t stick with Gunsmoke for its entire run, as he left after season 9. It was around this point in time that the Western television show started to slip in ratings. They managed to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, his publicist said ...

This would rule out Weaver’s episodes. He was on the western from its premiere in 1955 until 1964; “Gunsmoke” was a half-hour drama from 1955 until 1961, and did not begin colorcasts until 1966.

Dennis Weaver, an actor with a Midwestern twang who played stiff-legged Chester the deputy on “Gunsmoke” and the cowboy cop hero in “McCloud,” has died. He was 81.Weaver died Friday from ...

A new park that features fly-fishing, scenic trails and a huge bronze eagle was dedicated Saturday to the late "Gunsmoke" actor Dennis Weaver on 60 acres of land his wife donated to the town. By ...