Gunsmoke: The Pack Rat
Episode score
6.6
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The Pack Rat
- 505.
- Season: 15
- Episode: 16
- First Aired: 1/12/1970
- Prod Code: 1615-0369
An orphan steals from Matt but could risk his own life when he tries to help out in an ambush. Add a recap »
- Director:
- Philip Leacock
- Stars:
- Burt Reynolds (Quint)
- Dennis Weaver (Chester)
- Roger Ewing (Thad)
- Buck Taylor (Newly O' Brien)
- James Arness (Matt Dillon)
- Milburn Stone (Doc)
- Amanda Blake (Kitty)
- Glenn Strange (Bartender)
- Recurring Role:
- Robert Brubaker (Jake Hawkins)
- Bill Catching (Trapp)
- Glenn Strange (Sam)
- Woodrow Chambliss (Lathrop)
- Ken Curtis (Festus)
- Guest Star:
- William C. Watson (Sam Danton)
- Loretta Swit (Belle Clark)
- Manuel Padilla, Jr. (Sancho)
- Robert Rothwell (Shotgun)
- Heidi Vaughn (Martha Mason)
- Tom Sutton (Shockley)
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- Actor William C. Watson plays a good/ bad guy in this episode for a change. He debuted on television in a Gunsmoke episode: "Saturday Night" (Jan. 7,1967) and went on to appear in 2 more of the series episodes. He also appeared in episodes of the TV series, Cimarron Strip, High Chaparral, Rat Patrol, Bonanza, Hawaii Five-O, Cannon, Rockford Files, Starsky and Hutch, and Magnum P.I. (his last). He also appeared as a slave catcher in the first episode of the mini-series Roots (1977), and his theatrical films include, Girl on a Chain Gang (1965), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Lawman (1971), The Hunting Party (1971), Chato's Land (1972), Stingray (1978), and It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987) which was his last. He died on November 5,1997.
Loretta Swit and William C. Watson also appeared together in the M*A*S*H episode "A Full Rich Day" (Dec. 3,1974). edit »
- "A beer might help. Two would probably cure it." Festus' response to Matt's question if a beer would help his injured arm. edit »
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