All 202 actors in both Bonanza and Gunsmoke
202 actors have appeared in both Bonanza and Gunsmoke, across 1,066 episodes. The most-credited is Russell Custer, Townsman, Barfly, Deputy in Bonanza and Townsman, Barfly, Farmer in Gunsmoke.
| Actor | In Bonanza | In Gunsmoke | Eps | Eps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Custer | Townsman, Barfly, Deputy | Townsman, Barfly, Farmer | 16 | 18 |
| Alex Sharp | Brawler | Cowboy, 3rd Hidecutter, Acker | 1 | 20 |
| Jack Gordon | Townsman, Barfly, Cornerman | Townsman, Bartender | 15 | 4 |
| Robert Sorrells | Charlie, Deputy Sheriff Cyril, Ferguson | Concho, Augie, Bar Cowboy | 5 | 14 |
| Pernell Roberts | Adam Cartwright | Dave Reeves, Nat Pilcher | 15 | 2 |
| Buck Taylor | Billy | Newly O'Brien | 1 | 15 |
| Denver Pyle | Price Buchanan, Sheriff Tom Stedman, Theodore Hackett | Aaron, Caleb, Caleb Nash | 3 | 12 |
| Rudy Doucette | Townsman, Juror, Trial Spectator | Townsman, Barfly, Deputy | 9 | 18 |
| Herb Vigran | Bartender | Judge Brooker | 1 | 11 |
| Jacqueline Scott | Joy Dexter, Kathie, Willa Cord | Abelia, Abbie, Abelia Johnson | 3 | 8 |
| Raymond Guth | Al, Bill Cooper, Clyde | Clabe | 10 | 1 |
| Roy Engel | Dr. Paul Martin, Burt, Doc Tolliver | Tibbett, Ed Greeley, Hank | 6 | 5 |
| Strother Martin | Little Meredith Smith, Lonnie Stern | Ben Snow, Billy, Cooter | 2 | 9 |
| Dorothy Neumann | Ouisey McFadden | Old Woman, Customer, Emily Cushing | 1 | 9 |
| Harry Carey, Jr. | Corporal Burton | Kelliher, Amos Brody, Colridge | 1 | 9 |
| John Harmon | Rider, Frank Thomas, McCray | Carl, Hotel Clerk, Judge | 7 | 3 |
| Mills Watson | Fontaine, Pete | Pony, Crazy Harley, Currie | 2 | 8 |
| Herbert Lytton | Abe McClane, Fred | Hays, Hunter, Jake Crowell | 2 | 7 |
| John Dehner | Captain Pender | Cope Borden, Ben, Caleb | 1 | 8 |
| Claude Akins | Ezekiel, Marshal Emmett Dowd | Hack, Ad, Jed Butler | 2 | 6 |
| Dick Rich | Shoehoffer | Big John, Cowboy, Farmer | 1 | 7 |
| George Kennedy | Peter Long, Waldo Watson | Bayloe, Cyrus, Emil | 2 | 6 |
| John Saxon | Blas, Chief Jocova, Steven Friday | Cal Strom, Jr., Dingo, Gristy Calhoun | 3 | 5 |
| Percy Helton | Blurry Jones, Lafe, Pete | Mr. Early, Arbuckle, Duffer | 3 | 5 |
| Roy Roberts | Jesse Fillmore | Mr. Bodkin | 1 | 7 |
| Anthony Caruso | Chief Winnemucca | Ash, Elton Sutterfield, Hank Pate | 1 | 6 |
| George Murdock | Floyd, Luis Getty, Marks | Bret Gruber, Cole Matson, Jim Travers | 3 | 4 |
| Jerry Gatlin | Barnes, Harvey, Quincy | Lapin, Buck Lennart, Toey | 3 | 4 |
| Jim Davis | Sam Butler, Sam Wolfe | Amos Carver, Dave Carpenter, Les Townsend | 2 | 5 |
| John Anderson | Gorman, Sam Masters, Tom Andrews | Amos Sadler, Ben Siple, Cheevers | 2 | 5 |
| Jonathan Goldsmith | Kyte | Roper, Alex Rawlins, Cody Tyce | 1 | 6 |
| Michael T. Mikler | Felix Matthews, Thad | Bill, Charlie, Cowboy | 2 | 5 |
| Read Morgan | Tad Blake | Bartender, Brown, Dan Slade | 1 | 6 |
| Richard Evans | Billy Wilcox, Ellis Watson, John | Ab Benteen, Austin Boyle, Pete | 3 | 4 |
| Stacy Harris | Col. Clinton Wilcox, Harry Teague, Judge Simpson | Leonard | 6 | 1 |
| Charles H. Gray | Cass Breckenridge | Barfly, Lon, Sheriff | 1 | 5 |
| Clifton James | Lawson | Sam Wickes, Sam Hare, Teek | 1 | 5 |
| Edward Faulkner | Bank Robber, Bob Stevens, Casey Rollins | Deputy, Harry, Sergeant | 3 | 3 |
| Gene Tyburn | Bert, Deputy, Tom Bellows | Poe, Shotgun | 3 | 3 |
| Mariette Hartley | Lola Fairmont | Clarey, Ellie, Ellie Talley | 1 | 5 |
| Richard Reeves | Clayton, Townsman | Barfly, Drunk, Heavy | 2 | 4 |
| Ted Gehring | Bart Younger | Boyd, Holtz, Keno | 1 | 5 |
| Bruce Dern | Bayliss, Cully Maco | Guerin, Judd Print, Lou Stone | 2 | 3 |
| Buddy Ebsen | Cactus Murphy, Sheriff Jesse Sanders | Drago, Hannibal Bass, Quimby | 2 | 3 |
| Dayton Lummis | Atty. Hiram Wood, Col. Abel Chapin, Judge O'Hara | Mr. Holmby | 4 | 1 |
| Henry Jones | King Arthur, Sheriff, Uncle Leo | Harvey Cagle, J. Luther Gross, Papa Steiffer | 2 | 3 |
| Michael Forest | Wabuska, Young Wolf | Bob Sullins, Chance Hopper, Ray Pate | 2 | 3 |
| Richard Anderson | Jamison Fillmore | Maj. Aaron Coltraine, Gregorio, Samuel | 1 | 4 |
| Robert Emhardt | Judge Clampton, Klaas Vandervort, Paul Forbes | Brace, Conductor | 3 | 2 |
| Robert Hogan | Tobias Horn | Capt. Darnell, Danny | 1 | 4 |
| Robert J. Wilke | Marshal Hollister | Ab Rankin, Kelby, Luke Cumberledge | 1 | 4 |
| Tom Skerritt | Corporal Bill Tanner, Jerry | Ben Stone, Orv Timpson, Tuck Frye | 2 | 3 |
| Woodrow Parfrey | Dr. Ingram, Jim Huber, Professor | Tom | 4 | 1 |
| John George | Townsman, Miner, Roustabout | Barfly, Townsman | 4 | 5 |
| Abel Fernández | Lean Knife | Indian, Little Wolf, Nate | 1 | 3 |
| Alan Hale Jr. | Swede Lundberg | Bull Bannock, Dave Chaney, Jake | 1 | 3 |
| Albert Salmi | Albie, Stretch | Ed Carstairs, Holly | 2 | 2 |
| Ben Cooper | Johnny Lightly, Sam Kirby | Breck Taylor | 2 | 2 |
| Charles Bronson | Harry Starr | Ben Tiple, Crego | 1 | 3 |
| Charles Dierkop | Sawyer, Shorty | Barnett, Silvee | 2 | 2 |
| DeForest Kelley | Tully, Captain Moss Johnson | Will Bailey | 3 | 1 |
| Don "Red" Barry | Bud Claggett, Temple | Dobson, McIver | 2 | 2 |
| Dub Taylor | Luke Calhoun | Bartender, Farnum | 2 | 2 |
| Ed Begley | Clint Watson, Dan Tolliver | Jeb Crater, Mr. Sam'l | 2 | 2 |
| Edgar Buchanan | Hallelujah Hicks, John Henry Hill | Dan, York | 2 | 2 |
| Harry Dean Stanton | Billy | Alvy, Leader, Nate | 1 | 3 |
| James Best | Carl Reagan | Beal, Charlie Noon, Dal | 1 | 3 |
| John Ireland | Marshal Will Rimbau | Parker, Jed Coombs | 1 | 3 |
| John Larch | Blake McCall | Clay Young, Jim Cobbett, Shanks | 1 | 3 |
| Joseph V. Perry | Sheriff Tyson | Buck Spencer, Harve, Moran | 1 | 3 |
| Lee Van Cleef | Appling | Ike Jeffords, Johnny Hooker, Rad Meadows | 1 | 3 |
| Leonard Nimoy | TBD | Arnie, Grice, Holt | 1 | 3 |
| Loretta Swit | Ellen Sue Greely | Donna, Belle Clark | 1 | 3 |
| Robert Foulk | Seth, Sheriff Brady | Edward Hinton, Fields | 2 | 2 |
| Stafford Repp | Carter, Mine Owner, Sheriff Brady | Styles | 3 | 1 |
| Ted Knight | Halloran, Mayor Amos Garrett | Bill Miller, Jay Rabb | 2 | 2 |
| Willard Sage | Marshal Taylor | Cantwell, Corly Watts, Walker | 1 | 3 |
| Harry Harvey | Bixle, Doc Martin, Sangster | Drummer, Dispatcher, Eli | 3 | 8 |
| Andrew Prine | George Whitman | Billy Joe, Clay | 1 | 2 |
| Bruce Gordon | Chief Winnemucca, Dan Bronson | Tom Samples | 2 | 1 |
| Carl Benton Reid | Josiah Harker, Luther Bishop | Gideon Seek | 2 | 1 |
| Charles Cooper | Gil Fenton | Cando, Jim Box | 1 | 2 |
| Dan Blocker | Hoss Cartwright, Big Jim Slade | Keller, Lieutenant | 4 | 2 |
| Donald Moffat | Judge MacIntyre, Thatcher | Joseph Graham | 2 | 1 |
| Edward Platt | Harvey Bufford, Wade Colly | Mr. Burgess | 2 | 1 |
| Marshall Reed | Hammond, Party Guest | Sam Vestal | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Conrad | Hank Kelly | Cash McLean | 1 | 2 |
| Morgan Woodward | Sheriff Biggs | Harl Townsend, Josh Stryker | 1 | 2 |
| Nita Talbot | Gladys Mueller | Belle, Sidna | 1 | 2 |
| Norman Leavitt | Rudy, Telegrapher | Stableman | 2 | 1 |
| Pat Hingle | Sheriff Austin | Dr. Chapman | 1 | 2 |
| Paul Carr | McNeil | Cully Tate, Jud Gibbijohn | 1 | 2 |
| Paul Fix | Buford Sturgis | Doc Lacey, Greenwood, Sr. | 1 | 2 |
| Rand Brooks | Cowboy | Man, Rand | 1 | 2 |
| Robert Donner | Owen | Tom Belnap | 2 | 1 |
| Robert Lansing | Jed Trask, John Dundee | Yancy Tyce | 2 | 1 |
| Robert Pine | Steed Butler | Ben Gentry, Eliot Procter | 1 | 2 |
| Robert Vaughn | Luke Martin | Andy Bowers, Kid | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Hayes | Deputy Marshal Wade McPhail, Hurd Cutler | Jud Sorel | 2 | 1 |
| Royal Dano | Jason Ganther | Praylie, Seth Tandy | 1 | 2 |
| Sherwood Price | Carl Miller, Corporal, Eb | Frank Band | 5 | 1 |
| Stefan Gierasch | Grady, Orville Winters | Mark Douglas | 2 | 1 |
| Tim Considine | Billy Penn | Scott Coleman | 1 | 2 |
| Vera Miles | Mrs. April Christopher, Sarah Lowell | Dr. Sam | 2 | 1 |
| Vincent Beck | Grant Carbo | Coley Martin | 2 | 1 |
| Norman Alden | Poke, Teller | Amos Potter, Berber, Deke Franklin | 2 | 6 |
| Dick Cherney | Townsman | Bank Clerk, Dealer, Juror | 2 | 5 |
| Rex Holman | Floyd Brennan, Otie | Badger, Brother, Ed | 1 | 6 |
| Adam West | Frank Milton | Emmett | 1 | 1 |
| Allan Rocky Lane | Luke Grayson | Mac | 1 | 1 |
| Anthony James | Willie Bruder | Chickenfoot, Loyal Yewker, Reb Dooley | 1 | 3 |
| Bettye Ackerman | Estelle Dawson | Zisha Gorofsky | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Alcaide | Capt. James Bolton | Mike | 1 | 1 |
| Dal McKennon | Jenkins | Homesteader | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis Patrick | Sam Bord | Trumbell | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Muldaur | Mary Roman | Laurel Tyson | 1 | 1 |
| Don Megowan | John C. Regan, Mase Sindell | Creel, Hardy | 2 | 2 |
| Earl Holliman | Sherman Clegg | Boone Shadler | 1 | 1 |
| Forrest Tucker | Frank Ryan | Brad McClain, John Charron, Sergeant Emmett Holly | 1 | 3 |
| Gene Evans | Andrew Fulmer | Bodie Tatum | 1 | 1 |
| George Brenlin | Whizzer McGee | Jesse Pruett | 1 | 1 |
| George Macready | Alpheus Troy | Charlie Drain | 1 | 1 |
| Glenn Corbett | Reverend Paul Watson | Bob Hargraves, Dan, phoenix | 1 | 3 |
| J. Pat O'Malley | Harry Simpson | Drummer | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Ging | Cleve Louden | Simon Dobbs | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Lord | Clay Renton | Nat Brandel / Myles Brandel | 1 | 1 |
| John Astin | Abner Willoughby | Hard-Luck Henry Haggen | 1 | 1 |
| Judy Carne | Sister Mary Kathleen | Pearl | 1 | 1 |
| Julie Gregg | Dolly | Beth Wilson | 1 | 1 |
| Linda Marsh | Harriet Ball | Lydia Walden | 1 | 1 |
| Lloyd Bochner | Prince Vladimir | Cauley Burdette | 1 | 1 |
| Lynn Loring | Laurie Ferguson | Maybelle Hack | 1 | 1 |
| Marianna Hill | Dolores Tenino | Annie Mcgovern | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Burns | Donny Benson | Dale Stonecipher | 1 | 1 |
| Myrna Fahey | Dolly Kincaid | Linda Bell | 1 | 1 |
| Onslow Stevens | Flint Johnson | Ben Goddard | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Bryar | Horse Trader | Sheriff | 1 | 1 |
| Ralph James | Gambler | Hall | 1 | 1 |
| Ray Teal | Sheriff Roy Coffee | Sgt. Jones | 1 | 1 |
| Raymond Bailey | Sumner Kyle | General Parsley Smith | 1 | 1 |
| Richard Kiley | Sheriff Gideon Yates | Bohannan, Lewis Stark, Tom Lynott | 1 | 3 |
| Robert Anderson | Fallon | Jim Hill | 1 | 1 |
| Robert F. Simon | George Thurston, Len Keith | Jesse, Jonah | 2 | 2 |
| Ruta Lee | Rita Marlowe | Jennie Lane | 1 | 1 |
| Sian Barbara Allen | Teresa Burnside | Allie Dawson | 1 | 3 |
| Suzanne Pleshette | Rose Becket | Glory Bramley | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Simcox | Andy Watson | Ben Conniston, Curly, Rance Woolfe | 1 | 3 |
| Walter Reed | Tim Fisher | Joe Garrett | 1 | 1 |
| Wesley Lau | Dave Walker | Rod Allison | 1 | 1 |
| Whitney Blake | Ann Samuels | Lavinia Sanderson | 1 | 1 |
| Eddie Hice | Carnival Attendee | Cowboy, Duster, Frank | 1 | 4 |
| David Canary | Candy Canaday | George McClaney | 2 | 1 |
| Garry Walberg | Bower | Dekker, Hatcher | 1 | 2 |
| John Beck | Luke, Walt Nagel | Mitch Hansen | 2 | 1 |
| Martin Landau | Emeliano | Britton, Thorp | 1 | 2 |
| R.G. Armstrong | Andrew Holloway | Jud Briar, Major | 1 | 2 |
| Sebastian Cabot | Don Antonio Luga | Bailey, Professor Jacoby | 1 | 2 |
| Virginia Christine | Martha Hale | Bess, Lila | 1 | 2 |
| Anne Helm | Callie Martin | Helena Dales | 1 | 1 |
| Claude Johnson | Paul | Aaron | 1 | 1 |
| Dianne Foster | Joyce Edwards | Cornelia | 1 | 1 |
| Dick Wessel | Big Mike Campbell | Sol Durham | 1 | 1 |
| Edward Andrews | Bert | Ethan Harper | 1 | 1 |
| Edward Binns | John Flint | Bill Strapp | 1 | 1 |
| Gary Epper | Gang Member | Saloon Brawler, Townsman | 1 | 2 |
| George Cisar | Watch Salesman | Townsman, Whiskey Drummer | 1 | 2 |
| Helen Kleeb | Miss Grayson | Dorcas | 2 | 1 |
| Jeff Corey | Frank Brennan | Judge Procter | 1 | 1 |
| Jess Kirkpatrick | Kelly | Mr. Teeter | 1 | 1 |
| John Abbott | Zachariah Wickham | Professor Lute Bone | 1 | 1 |
| John Alderson | Montague | Canby | 1 | 1 |
| John Doucette | Sid Talbott | Al Janes | 1 | 1 |
| Joyce Bulifant | Bonnie Vernon | Ellie | 1 | 1 |
| Karen Sharpe Kramer | TBD | Rena Decker | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Hagen | Everett Paster | Hobie | 1 | 1 |
| Maudie Prickett | Mrs. Ellery | Mrs. Pretch | 1 | 1 |
| Richard Deacon | Captain Shark | Botkin | 1 | 1 |
| Sue Ane Langdon | Jennifer Flinch | Kate | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Rothwell | Lieutenant Culver | Joe Keller, Joe Slade | 1 | 2 |
| Andy Devine | Roscoe | Jed Whitlow | 1 | 1 |
| Anne Whitfield | Rosemary Lawson | Lori Coombs | 1 | 1 |
| Hank Worden | Station Attendant | Claude | 1 | 1 |
| Harry Townes | Tom Edwards | Abihu Howell | 1 | 1 |
| James Olson | Vance Burnside | Bede Stalcup | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Higgins | Waiter | Smithy | 1 | 1 |
| John Daheim | Brawler | Cowboy | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Lynch | Collier | Jess Bradman | 1 | 1 |
| Malcolm Atterbury | tba | Bird | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Harris | Deputy Sheriff | Harve | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Picerni | Sanchez | Ganns | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Patten | Al Pardee | Nate Brand | 1 | 1 |
| I. Stanford Jolley | Townsman in Saloon, Turner | Wendell Beecher | 2 | 1 |
| Allen Garfield | Charlie | Henry Decory | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Hopkins | Stretch Logan | Harper Haggen | 1 | 1 |
| George Keymas | Ring Nose | Tobin Pitchford | 1 | 1 |
| Rod McGaughy | Clevenger Ranch Hand | Barfly, Townsman | 1 | 2 |
| Victor Jory | Charles Ludlow | Chief Joseph | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Reese | Burton Drummond | Slick Ragan | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Izay | Foreman | Bull | 1 | 1 |
| Hal Baylor | Tom Cole | Boomer | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Collins | Mayor Harlow | J. Stedman Edgecomb | 1 | 1 |
| Warren Vanders | Hoke | Otis Miller | 1 | 1 |
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