Weaver had come up with the idea for Chester’s stiff leg at the start of Gunsmoke as an explanation for why the character ...

Weaver was a struggling actor in Hollywood in 1955, earning $60 a week delivering flowers when he was offered $300 a week for a role in a new CBS television series, "Gunsmoke." ...

Dennis Weaver Memorial Park is built on preserved high desert land on the banks of the Uncompahgre River framed by the jagged peaks of the snow-capped Rocky Mountains. Hiking trails cut through ...

Weaver starred in such classic TV shows as “Gunsmoke” and “McCloud." (Hart Van Denburg/CPR News) The late actor Dennis Weaver was known to play cowboys and deputy marshals.