It is difficult to reduce the influence of "Gunsmoke" it had on the television landscape when it first aired. Western for the small screen were largely occupied by children-friendly tickets like Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassids at the time, but the presence of an adult-driven series led to the development of countless genres programs ahead. But the series has surpassed all of them as The longest television west of all time with 20 seasons under the holsterWith the wagon "Days of Death of the Valley" that flows right behind it. The city of Dodge City was like a beacon for all kinds of stories, with the stable Marshal of Jameseshes Ares, Matt Dillon, often in the center of the episode conflict. The law would often be surrounded by a recurrent team of characters, such as the owner of the Miss Kitty (Amanda Blake) salon and a resident of bullets Doc Adams (Millburn Stone), with one of them being his first right man.

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For the first nine seasons of "Gunsmoke", Dennis Waver's Chester Good gave the impression of television viewers as a shy, but still a resourceful assistant to the Marshal. Like Dillon, the character was a holder of The popular radio show that preceded the Western drama of CBS, where Parley Bayer played. In both cases, Chester has never been a legitimate deputy as much as a great friend that Dillon wanted to have around to help him control the law and order. He had a very kind and boyish quality for him that absolutely made him be lateral in the relationship.

Waver was initially concerned that his physical importance would make it difficult to believe that his character could not join the fight, so he adopted a bulb that would be the main foundation during his time in the show (through Metv). The role was even won by Emmy in 1959. Nine years is good for every actor in a successful series, but it came to the point when Waver thought it was enough.

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In an interview in 2002 with Foundation of the Television AcademyWhen Weir was asked why he left Gunsmoke, especially when he still pulls into a great rating, his answer simply reduced to what he wanted to move on and try new things:

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"I would exhaust all the creative opportunities with the character and I just wanted to do something else. I would start playing a leading man and having more told whether the show is a success or not. I just felt it was time to go on.

You must keep in mind that Waver starred in over 290 episodes of the series before calling him to give up, which is more broadcast than most shows will ever get in all your escape, unless you are "Simpsons" or "General Hospital". In addition to wanting to spread the wings, Waver lived with his fictional trifle for so long that it took him just to discover the habit.

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The last look of Waver's "Gunsmoke" was at the end of the ninth season in the Benti episode. What was strange, however, was that the character did not get any look on the goodbye bow to explain its disappearance. The slot of Dillon's second command will eventually go to the Fests Hagen of Ken Curtis, who stuck until the last season of the 1975 series. Unlike Chester, however, Festus would actually be endowed with the title of Deputy Marshall.

Although he went to do his job, Waver had no heavy feelings and eventually supported the show to the end. "I think I will leave Chester completely, you know," Waver said (through Metv). He even got a chance to direct four episodes of the show. After the release, Waver fell into a number of opportunities.

It is worth noting that Waver has reserved a role in Orson Wells' gloomy Nor "touch of evil" just a few seasons in Gunsmoke. When he eventually left the show, he already had a NBC series, called "Kentucky Onesons", but the short -lived dramading lasted only 26 episodes. Waver would have been lucky on television a few years later with the series "Gentle Ben", which I can't mention without growing up The infamous clip "Simpsons".

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One difference that has Wever over most actors is Not only is it in one of the best television films ever made in "Duel", But to have the genesis of one of our biggest work directors in Steven Spielberg. The game of cats and mice between an ordinary man and a crazy, unprecedented truck driver is still efficiently tense exciting driving five decades later.

That was exactly about that point in the early 70s when Waver would probably lower his biggest role in the post-chester in the Seven Seasons NBC Police Drama. Good for him that actually reserves a role that allows his character to be Deputy Marshall this time. While part of this show, there was a period from 1973 to 1975, where he was voted on as president of the actors' guild. Waver was mostly held to television films and guests through many shows, with his last screening on the screen being a repetitive role in the then family drama "Wildfire" before his 2006 pass.

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Each episode of "Gunsmoke" is currently available to be transmitted to Pluto TV.