Norman Macdonnell an anthology series they had done. Their boss at CBS, Harry Ackerman, and other network executives dismissed that title, preferring "Gunsmoke", a program heading that Ackerman himself was credited with conceiving. Once given permission to proceed with "Gunsmoke", Macdonnell began developing a detailed production schedule for the new series' 30-minute episodes and arranging auditions to cast its recurring characters. His and Meston’s "Jeff Spain" soon became United States Marshal Matt Dillon, and veteran voice actor William Conrad was chosen by Macdonnell, Meston, and two other CBS screeners to portray that lead character. Other seasoned actors soon filled the needed regular
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