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Q: What did Dennis weaver of gunsmoke do to limp?
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Who was the actor who plyaed Chester Good in gunsmoke?

Dennis Weaver


Did denis weaver have any children?

Dennis Weaver was born in 1924, and was a popular actor in a western series called Gunsmoke. He and his wife have three sons. Dennis Weaver died in 2006.


Who had the limp on gun smoke?

Chester Goode, Matt's sidekick, played by Dennis Weaver.


Where is the actor Dennis weaver form gunsmoke now?

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Why did Chester limp in his role in Gunsmoke?

According to Dennis Weaver, the late actor who played the role of Chester Goode, the producers of the show wanted him to develop a disability to explain why Chester never carried a gun and had a nonviolent attitude. Weaver showed up to the first day of shooting and demonstrated the now famous limp, without any explanation as to why or how Chester got it. The producers loved it and from the beginning of the series, Chester limped, though on occasion Weaver would forget and limp with the wrong leg.


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Who was the actor in the TV show McCloud?

The actor was Dennis Weaver who died in 2006 from cancer. Weaver also played the deputy Chester in the old original Gunsmoke series.


Did Chester wear a leg brace?

Chester Goode, Matt Dillion's friend and deputy for the first nine years (1955-64) of the TV version of Gunsmoke was given the limp and "twangy" accent by the actor Dennis Weaver. In the radio version, he was Chester Wesley Proudfoot and he had no limp. The right leg was the stiff one, and Dennis Weaver did not wear a brace to make him remember how to walk. In an interview Weaver stated that he took yoga classes to be able to move that way. No reason was ever stated in the script for the bum leg, but Chester had been in the cavalry and had been a cattle driver in Texas.


Was chester's limp on gunsmoke real or acting?

Chesters' limp was acting


How did they write Dennis weaver out of the gunsmoke series?

They didn't - one day he just wasn't there anymore. They did the same thing with all the characters who left.


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