Gunsmoke guest stars

591 actors have guest-starred in Gunsmoke across 635 episodes and 20 seasons. The most-credited is Ted Jordan, Nathan Burke, Shiloh, Chad in 34 episodes. 285 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.

Who came back most

Gunsmoke guest actors by episode count
Actor	Character	Eps
Ted Jordan	Nathan Burke, Shiloh, Chad	34
Alex Sharp	Cowboy, 3rd Hidecutter, Acker	20
Rudy Doucette	Townsman, Barfly, Deputy	18
Russell Custer	Townsman, Barfly, Farmer	18
Robert Sorrells	Concho, Augie, Bar Cowboy	14
Denver Pyle	Aaron, Caleb, Caleb Nash	12
Herb Vigran	Judge Brooker	11
Gilman Rankin	Waiter, Chief Red Knife, Hank Purvis	10
Jack Elam	Jim Barrett, Ben, Clint Dodie	10
Dorothy Neumann	Old Woman, Customer, Emily Cushing	9
Harry Carey, Jr.	Kelliher, Amos Brody, Colridge	9
Strother Martin	Ben Snow, Billy, Cooter	9
Cyril Delevanti	Driver, Grandpa Harris, Jake Bookly	8
Ed McCready	Ed, Fred Remick, Freight Agent	8
Harry Harvey	Drummer, Dispatcher, Eli	8
Jacqueline Scott	Abelia, Abbie, Abelia Johnson	8
John Dehner	Cope Borden, Ben, Caleb	8
Mills Watson	Pony, Crazy Harley, Currie	8
Dick Rich	Big John, Cowboy, Farmer	7
Herbert Lytton	Hays, Hunter, Jake Crowell	7
Roy Roberts	Mr. Bodkin	7
Anthony Caruso	Ash, Elton Sutterfield, Hank Pate	6
Charles Seel	Barney, Finch, Gorth	6
Claude Akins	Hack, Ad, Jed Butler	6
Ed Nelson	Burt Cury, Lee Prentice, Perce	6

Gunsmoke guest stars by season

Guest actors per season of Gunsmoke
Season	Guests	Who
Season 1	37	Charles H. Gray, Herbert Lytton, Helen Wallace, John Dehner, Strother Martin, Aaron Spelling, Anne Warren, Charles Bronson, Chuck Connors, Claude Akins, Cyril Delevanti, Dan Blocker and 25 more
Season 2	36	Cyril Delevanti, Joseph Mell, Abel Fernández, Alex Sharp, Alexander Lockwood, Andrew Duggan, Claude Akins, Cloris Leachman, Dean Fredericks, Denver Pyle, Dick Rich, Earle Hodgins and 24 more
Season 3	50	Dick Rich, George Selk, Howard Culver, John George, Abel Fernández, Ainslie Pryor, Anthony Caruso, Barbara Eden, Barney Phillips, Barry Atwater, Brick Sullivan, Charles Cooper and 38 more
Season 4	34	Charles Bronson, Dick Rich, Jack Elam, John George, Alfred Ryder, Bruce Gordon, Carl Benton Reid, Charles Cooper, Clifton James, Dan Blocker, Darryl Hickman, Dennis Patrick and 22 more
Season 5	35	Jack Elam, Abel Fernández, Betty Harford, Brad Trumbull, Dabbs Greer, Dick Rich, Don Megowan, Ed Nelson, Edward Faulkner, Gregg Stewart, Howard McNear, James Drury and 23 more
Season 6	36	George Kennedy, Joseph Mell, Alex Sharp, Guy Stockwell, Alan Hale Jr., Allan Rocky Lane, Brad Trumbull, Buck Young, Buddy Ebsen, Charles H. Gray, Chris Alcaide, Conlan Carter and 24 more
Season 7	59	Harold Innocent, Alex Sharp, Russell Custer, Baynes Barron, Dorothy Neumann, Ed Nelson, Frank Mills, Lovyss Bradley, Tom Hennesy, Abraham Sofaer, Alexander Lockwood, Andrew Prine and 47 more
Season 8	84	Alex Sharp, Michael T. Mikler, Rudy Doucette, Ted Jordan, Denver Pyle, Edward Faulkner, Gilman Rankin, Harry Carey, Jr., Leonard Nimoy, Roy Thinnes, Adam West, Andrew Prine and 72 more
Season 9	64	Russell Custer, Jack Gordon, Michael Higgins, Sharon Farrell, Ted Jordan, Allen Case, Allyson Ames, Anthony Caruso, Betsy Hale, Charles H. Gray, Charles Seel, Dabbs Greer and 52 more
Season 10	79	Russell Custer, Eddie Hice, Ben Cooper, Charles Seel, Denver Pyle, Dorothy Neumann, L. Q. Jones, Michael Forest, Rocky Shahan, Roy Roberts, Tim O'Connor, Tom Kennedy and 67 more
Season 11	63	Charles Seel, Ed McCready, Gary Lockwood, Gilman Rankin, Jack Elam, Michael Conrad, Nehemiah Persoff, Percy Helton, Richard Evans, Robert Sorrells, Russell Custer, Ted Jordan and 51 more
Season 12	48	Alex Sharp, Denver Pyle, Dub Taylor, Robert Sorrells, Rudy Doucette, Tom Skerritt, Alan Hale Jr., Albert Salmi, Anne Whitfield, Bette Davis, Bruce Dern, Carroll O'Connor and 36 more
Season 13	40	Ted Jordan, Alex Sharp, Ed McCready, Harry Harvey, John Ireland, Norman Alden, Rudy Doucette, Ted Gehring, Anthony James, Baynes Barron, Bo Hopkins, Carroll O'Connor and 28 more
Season 14	39	Bobby Clark, Ted Jordan, Victor French, Anthony James, Brock Peters, Bruce Dern, Harry Carey, Jr., Harry Harvey, Jacqueline Scott, Jeff Corey, Jim Davis, Joanne Linville and 27 more
Season 15	38	Rudy Doucette, Vince Deadrick, Sr., Andy Devine, Anthony James, Diana Ewing, Dorothy Neumann, Edmund Hashim, Eileen Heckart, Forrest Tucker, Heidi Vaughn, Henry Jones, J.D. Cannon and 26 more
Season 16	44	Jim Davis, Clifton James, Loretta Swit, Richard Kelton, Roy Engel, Ted Jordan, Tim Considine, Annette O'Toole, Bob Golden, Bob Herron, Cicely Tyson, Dack Rambo and 32 more
Season 17	50	Ted Jordan, Herb Vigran, Mills Watson, Alejandro Rey, Eric Braeden, Harry Carey, Jr., Harry Harvey, Jonathan Goldsmith, Katherine Justice, Robert Hogan, Robert Sorrells, Sian Barbara Allen and 38 more
Season 18	54	Regis Cordic, Alex Sharp, Gene Tyburn, Harrison Ford, Jerry Gatlin, Ted Jordan, Alan Hale Jr., Anne Francis, Anthony Caruso, Bettye Ackerman, Brock Peters, Charles Wagenheim and 42 more
Season 19	62	Herb Vigran, David Huddleston, Jerry Gatlin, Michael Learned, Paul Stevens, Read Morgan, Ted Jordan, William Conrad, Alex Sharp, Anthony Caruso, Charles Dierkop, Charles Haid and 50 more
Season 20	65	Fran Ryan, Ted Jordan, Rudy Doucette, Gloria LeRoy, Harold Gould, Harry Morgan, Henry Beckman, James Luisi, Regis Cordic, Rex Holman, Richard Anderson, Victor French and 53 more

Guest stars you know from somewhere else

The hardest-working character actors in this show's guest cast, ranked by how many other shows in this catalogue they have also guest-starred in. Not the most famous names, the most prolific ones.

Gunsmoke guest stars who appear in other shows
Actor	In Gunsmoke	Other shows
Robert Pine	Ben Gentry, Eliot Procter	36
William Windom	Hill, Ira Spratt, Lee Sharkey	25
William Schallert	Jess	21
Nehemiah Persoff	Alejo Etchahoun, Alex Skouras, Ben Rando	20
Jonathan Goldsmith	Roper, Alex Rawlins, Cody Tyce	19
Norman Alden	Amos Potter, Berber, Deke Franklin	19
George Murdock	Bret Gruber, Cole Matson, Jim Travers	19
John McLiam	Doherty, Jud Sloan, O'Quillian	19
Harold Gould	Col. Lucius Shindrow, Boake	18
Joseph V. Perry	Buck Spencer, Harve, Moran	18
Anne Francis	Sarah	18
Bonnie Bartlett	Agnes Benton	18
Cloris Leachman	Flory Tibbs	17
Joseph Ruskin	Curt Hansen	17
Lloyd Bochner	Cauley Burdette	17

Played more than one character

Gunsmoke actors credited under several characters
Actor	Characters	Eps
Alex Sharp	Cowboy, 3rd Hidecutter, Acker	20
Robert Sorrells	Concho, Augie, Bar Cowboy	14
Denver Pyle	Aaron, Caleb, Caleb Nash	12
Jack Elam	Jim Barrett, Ben, Clint Dodie	10
Strother Martin	Ben Snow, Billy, Cooter	9
Ted Jordan	Nathan Burke, Shiloh, Chad	34
Dorothy Neumann	Old Woman, Customer, Emily Cushing	9
Cyril Delevanti	Driver, Grandpa Harris, Jake Bookly	8
Gilman Rankin	Waiter, Chief Red Knife, Hank Purvis	10
Harry Carey, Jr.	Kelliher, Amos Brody, Colridge	9

Shares a cast with

Gunsmoke and Perry Mason — 219 shared actors
Gunsmoke and Bonanza — 197 shared actors
Gunsmoke and The Twilight Zone — 160 shared actors
Gunsmoke and Mission: Impossible — 124 shared actors
Gunsmoke and Hawaii Five-O — 122 shared actors
Gunsmoke and Murder, She Wrote — 117 shared actors
Gunsmoke and Alfred Hitchcock Presents — 89 shared actors
Gunsmoke and Fantasy Island — 88 shared actors

Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.