Of course some of us ancient ones grew up listening to the Gunsmoke radio shows, starring William Conrad. He had a nice deep voice, much deeper than Arness. In retrospect it's a pity that the original radio cast didn't make the cut for the television version. Here's a link to the radio cast as they posed in costume for their gallant but futile appeal to the television producers: click here for PIXS!

They look to me like real frontier characters!

Charley "Chester" Noble