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
Lisa Dillon "She's Made A Gentleman Of Me". In 2011 Dillon read a Jarvis and Ayres production of Hilda Richards' 1939 story "Jemima Gets Them Guessing" for BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Reading show, on 9 March. In 2003 she was nominated for the "Evening Standard" Award for "Outstanding Newcomer of the Year" for the performance she gave in a production of Ibsen's "The Master Builder". She won that year's Ian Charleson Award, in part, for that performance. Lisa Dillon Lisa Dillon (née Stawiarski; born 1979) is an English actress. Dillon attended Bournemouth School for Girls and left in 1997. She began a