1. – James Arness, Gunsmoke, TV, 1955-75. The legend is that 26 guys tested as Marshal Matt Dillon – and Pickard damn nearly nailed it. “His tests were going very well,” said the original producer Charles Marquis Warren, “until he floundered in a love scene with Miss Kitty.” Pickard later guested in various roles. “But,” added Warren, “I don’t think he ever knew how close he came to immortality!”
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