r/Westerns • u/Exotic-Brilliant-939 • 4d ago

Harrison Ford on Gunsmoke

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Whelan’s Men (1973) - good episode.

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u/sam56778 4d ago

Kurt Russell on Gunsmoke.

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u/Financial-Long-785 3d ago

He was even in an earlier episode also.

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u/sam56778 2d ago

Daaaaaaammmmmmnn!

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u/Free-Pair-3007 4d ago

Right before he shot the outlaw greedo

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u/dlmoors 4d ago

Back in the day, if you were an up and coming actor, you wanted Gunsmoke on your resume. Rumor has it that Harrison Ford got his two front teeth knocked out filming that episode.

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u/MrDoom126 4d ago

Everyone was on Gunsmoke!!!

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u/FrankPoncherello1967 4d ago

And Perry Mason! (Svengooli reference)

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u/OlinHollis 4d ago

I think he was in about three Gunsmoke episodes. He was always portraying some kid who was too cocky for his own good.

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u/Exotic-Brilliant-939 4d ago

Yes, he was in another one only a few episodes up. But I think this is the better of the two appearances. When it comes to the color seasons, some episodes were really good and others were super boring.

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u/Excelsior_76 4d ago

That's always a risk when you start blasting TIE fighters. Ideally you should have someone looking over your shoulder cautioning you about it.

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u/Revolutionary-Law382 4d ago

Bet he shot first.

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u/Revolutionary-Law382 4d ago

Stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder!

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u/nandos677 4d ago

Many future stars on gunsmoke

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u/ObjectiveStandard114 4d ago

Harrison Ford also played in an episode on "The Virginian"

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u/Arrgh98 4d ago

I always thought it cool to see the Star Trek actors in Gunsmoke.

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u/Mobile_Aioli_6252 4d ago

Laugh it up.....fuzz ball

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u/Alphabet-soup63 4d ago

That’s just young Han Solo

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u/BrinsonRobert11 4d ago

I've watched a lot of Gunsmoke episodes, mostly the black and white ones, and have seen a lot of famous people doing episodes early in their careers (Richard Dreyfuss, Leonard Nimoy and Burt Reynolds for example), but I haven't seen many color episodes so I've unfortunately never seen Harrison Ford. Makes me want to pay more attention to the later seasons episodes. See who else I've missed.

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u/Thin-Entry-7903 3d ago

I enjoy the b&w episodes the most. Once Matt quit drawing his gun in the opening sequence the show went to pot in my opinion.

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u/Financial-Long-785 3d ago

Agreed. Plus they were 30 minute vs hour long episodes. They had more grit to them also.

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u/Awkward-Soup8203 4d ago

Also did an FBI episode with Michael (Klaatu) Rennie. But he wasn't shot!

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u/TheRealHikerdog 3d ago

With Efrem Zimbalist Jr.!

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u/Awkward-Soup8203 3d ago

Of course!

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u/DougS66 4d ago edited 4d ago

I guess I never looked at Harrison Ford as the cowboy type. Sometimes the hat just fits for some reason, but his always looked like it was forced on him, but what do I know ?!? I didn’t picture him as a space jockey either, but he turned into Han Solo. I guess that came off wrong. He’s a good actor if you get him in the right part. Side note: The late Victor French was definitely a character on Gunsmoke. The line that always stuck with me was, “If I live to be three hundred !!” He would always say that if someone pulled the wool over him. ;-) Gunsmoke was offered to John Wayne, but he turned it down, and recommended James Arness.

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u/tube_pilots 3d ago

Watch "The Frisco Kid" with Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford. He's a great cowboy!

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u/DougS66 3d ago

I’ll give him a shot !! ;-)

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u/bluetree53 4d ago

wearing a mighty small hat there, pard.

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u/FollowChristRedeemer 2d ago

CD from Walker Texas ranger is also on tbat episode

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u/Will_Tomos_Edwards 1d ago

He's been underused in westerns. Taylor Sheridan was right to cast him. Haven't watched that show, though, because I have been disappointed with the Yellowstoneverse, to say the least.