Dennis Weaver, one of television's iconic cowboys and a committed environmentalist, has died of cancer. He was 81. Weaver, who played diffident deputy Chester Goode in the TV classic western "Gunsmoke ...
Rick Weaver talks about his dad, the late actor and Colorado resident, Dennis Weaver, and the small-town park that memorializes him. Weaver starred in such classic TV shows as “Gunsmoke” and “McCloud.