Matt Dillon (Gunsmoke) (whose "supposed" origins figured in the very first episode of the radio series), and he often referred to Wild Bill Hickok as being a close personal friend. In the television version (which ran from 1955 until 1975), and subsequent TV-movies (1987 to 1994), Matt was portrayed by James Arness. Since most of the early television episodes were based on stories and scripts from the radio version, Arness's initial interpretation and portrayal was similar to William Conrad's. However, as the television version continued, Arness's Marshal Matt Dillon evolved in a number of ways. In the television version, Dillon became more resigned
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