George Fenneman series, and then with John Stephenson when Dragnet returned to TV in 1967. It was Fenneman's voice which announced, "The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent." while Stephenson would be heard at the end of the episode describing the court trials and verdicts. He was the principal commercial announcer for the radio version of "Gunsmoke", and frequently introduced "Matt Dillon" (William Conrad) after the episode to extoll the virtues of L&M or Chesterfield cigarettes. He appeared on screen in the 1951 film "The Thing from Another World" and the
Matt Dillon Matt Dillon Matthew Raymond Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an American actor and film director. He made his feature film debut in "Over the Edge" (1979) and established himself as a teen idol by starring in the films "My Bodyguard" (1980), "Little Darlings" (1980), "Tex" (1982), "Rumble Fish" (1983), "The Outsiders" (1983) and "The Flamingo Kid" (1984). From the late 1980s onward, Dillon achieved further success, starring in "Drugstore Cowboy" (1989), "Singles" (1992), "The Saint of Fort Washington" (1993), "To Die For" (1995), "Beautiful Girls" (1996), "In & Out" (1997), "There's Something About Mary" (1998), and "Wild Things" (1998).