| One Degree of Separation From Gunsmoke: M-Z | Gunsmoke boasted numerous great and famous actors. Many others did not play on Gunsmoke, but worked with others who did. Here is an incomplete list. Listed first is the once removed actor. The actor who appeared on Gunsmoke is then listed along with the joint work. | 
 
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|  | William
                H. Macy  appeared with Bruce Dern in Down
        Periscope. |  | 
|  | Matthew McConaughey  appeared
        in Ed TV with Martin Landau  and Dennis Hopper  |   | 
|  | John Malkovich   was
        a star of Rounders which also starred Martin Landau |  | 
|  | Karl Maldin  appeared
        in Meteor with Martin Landau |  | 
|  | E.G. Marshall   appeared
        in the movie Power with Michael Learned. |  | 
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|  | Eddie Murphy appeared
        in Beverly Hills Cop with Nick Nolte. |  | 
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|  | Liam
                Neeson appeared
              in K-19: The Widowmaker with Harrison
        Ford |  | 
|  | Willie
        Nelson hosted Farm Aid with Dennis Weaver. |  | 
|  | Paul
                Newman was Cool Hand Luke. Also appearing are Dennis
                Hopper , Anthony
                Zerbe , Morgan Woodward ,
                George Kennedy  and Strother
        Martin . | 
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|  | Jack  Nicolson played
              the Joker in the movie Batman. Police Commissioner Gordon
              was played by Pat Hingle . Pat  Hingle replaced
        Doc on Gunsmoke when Milburn Stone had a heart attack.  |  | 
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|  | Laurence
              Olivier starred
        in The Boys From Brazil with John Dehner. |  | 
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|  | Jack
                Palance  played Carl Grissom in the first Batman movie
                where Pat Hingle played Police Commissioner Gordon.  Pat  Hingle replaced
        Doc on Gunsmoke when Milburn Stone had a heart attack.  |  | 
|  | Dolly
                Parton starred in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas with Burt
              Reynolds.  |  | 
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|  | Gregory
                Peck starred
        in The Boys From Brazil with John Dehner. |  | 
|  | Sean
                Penn  starred
              in The This Red Line. with Nick Nolte |  | 
|  | River Phoenix  starred
                in Stand by Me. So did Richard
        Dreyfus |  | 
|  | David
                Hyde Pierce was the voice of Drix in Osmosis Jones where
        the voice of Tom Colonic was supplied by Ron Howard. |  | 
| Brad
                Pitt  played
        opposite Harrison Ford in The Devil’s Own. |  | |
|  | Oliver
                Platt appeared
              in Executive Decision with Kurt
        Russel |  | 
|  | Randy
                  Quaid starred
        in the Home on the Range in 2004 with Dennis Weaver. |  | 
|  | Robert
                Redford appeared
            in The Great Gadsby with Bruce Dern |  | 
|  | John
                C. Reilly appeared
        in The Thin Red Line with Nick Nolte |  | 
|  | Rob
                Reiner appeared in Ed TV with Martin Landau  and Dennis
        Hopper |   | 
|  | Julia
                Roberts appeared with Richard Dreyfus in Notting
        Hill |  | 
|  | Edward
                G. Robinson appeared in The Cincinnati Kid with Jack
        Weston. |  | 
|  | Chris
                Rock was the animated voice in Osmosis Jones where the
        voice of Tom Colonic was supplied by Ron Howard. |  | 
|  | Kid Rock  was
              the voice of Kidney Rock in Osmosis Jones where the voice
        of Tom Colonic was supplied by Ron Howard |  | 
|  | Rosannestarred
                in the Home on the Range in
        2004 with Dennis Weaver. |  | 
| Gary Sinise  appeared
        in the movie Apollo 13, directed by Ron Howard.  |  | |
|  | Stephen Spielberg directed Duel starring Dennis
        Weaver. |  | 
|  | Ringo Starr  starred
        in the movie 200 Motels with Theo Bikel |  | 
|  | Susan
                    Surandon appeared in Lorenzo’s Oil with Nick
        Nolte |  | 
|  | Kiefer Sutherland starred
              in Stand by Me. So did Richard
        Dreyfus  |  | 
|  | Christina Ricci  was
        in Monster. So was Bruce Dern. |  | 
|  | Rocky & Bullwinkle was
              narrated by William Conrad who both directed Gunsmoke and
        starred as Matt Dillon on radio’s Gunsmoke. |  | 
|  | Mickey Rourke is in Rumble Fish. So
        is Dennis Hopper |  | 
|  | Rob Schneider  appeared
        with Bruce Dern in Down Periscope.   |  | 
|  | David Schwimmer appeared
        in Seven Days Seven Nights with Harrison Ford. |  | 
|  | Stephen Segal appeared in Executive
        Decision with Kurt Russel |  | 
|  | O.J. Simpson  appeared in The
              Naked Gun with Leslie Nielsen |  | 
|  | Wesley Snipes was
        in Boiling Point with Dennis Hopper  |  | 
|  | David Spade starred
        in Black Sheep with Gary Busey. |  | 
|  | James Spader appeared
              with Kurt
        Russell in Stargate |  | 
|  | Sylvester
                Stallone was Tango and Kurt Russell was
        Cash in Tango & Cash. |  | 
|  | Jimmy Stewart played
        opposite John Wayne in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence. |  | 
|  | Patrick Stewart  (Captain
              Picard) played in a Star Trek movie with William Shatner (Captain
        Kirk). |  | 
|  | Elizabeth
                Taylor  was in Giant with Dennis Hopper, Chill
        Wills, Paul Fix, Mercedes McCambridge and Earl Holliman.  |      | 
|  | Billy
                Bob Thornton  appeared in Tombstone with Kurt
        Russell  and Buck Taylor  |   | 
|  | Eli
        Wallach appeared in The Misfits. So did Ralph Roberts. | |
|  | Clint
                Walker   and Charles
        Bronson  were both members of The Dirty Dozen.  |  | 
|  | Chistopher
                Walken starred
              in Last Man Standing with Bruce
        Dern. |  | 
|  | Sigourney
                Weaver appeared
              in Working Girl with Harrison
        Ford |  | 
|  | Will
                Wheaton starred
                in Stand by Me. So did Richard
        Dreyfus |  | 
|  | Billy
                Dee Williams  played Harvey Dent in the first Batman movie
                where Pat Hingle played Police Commissioner Gordon.  Pat  Hingle replaced
        Doc on Gunsmoke when Milburn Stone had a heart attack.  |  | 
|  | Natalie
        Wood  appeared in Meteor with Martin Landau |  | 
|  | In Andy Warhol - The Complete
        Picture, Dennis Hopper is interviewed. |  | 
|  | Bruce
              Willis starred in Last Man Standing with Bruce Dern. |  | 
|  | Gig
                  Young starred with Bruce Dern and Michael Conrad in
        the movie They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?  |  | 
|  | Denzel
                Washington   appeared
               in the movie Power with Michael Learned. |  | 
|  | Orson
                Welles starred
        in the movie A Touch of Evil  with Dennis Weaver. |  | 
|  | James
                  Woods starred
              in the movie Diggstown with Bruce Dern |  | 
|  |  Frank
                  Zappa  starred in the movie 200 Motels with Theo
        Bikel |   |