Matt Dillon (Gunsmoke) no uncertain terms that he had no interest whatsoever. (Wayne was arguably the cinema's foremost box office attraction at the time.) Warren stated that the inquiry had not been serious inasmuch as Wayne could not realistically have been expected to abandon a thriving movie career for a less certain and immensely less lucrative television role. Wayne did, however, recommend James Arness for the part and his offer to introduce the first episode was readily accepted by CBS. Others who had auditioned for the part included Raymond Burr, Richard Boone, Denver Pyle, and William Conrad. All would go on to other
Oliver Dillon in a new animated pre-school show due to air in May 2009 Waybuloo where he voices the character of Nok Tok. He also played Fizzy the leader of a gang in "The Sparticle Mystery" in 2011 and voiced Hufty in the animation Raa Raa The Noisy Lion. Oliver Dillon was born with cystic fibrosis. Oliver Dillon Oliver Nicholas Anthony "Oli" Dillon (born 11 April 1998 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire) is an English child actor. He is best known as the voice of Lumpy in "My Friends Tigger & Pooh" airing on "Playhouse Disney Channel".. Oliver's first job was in the "Basil