John Meston

Birth Name:

John Meston

Birth Place:

Pueblo, Colorado, United States

Profession

Writer

The TV movie "Gunsmoke: To the Last Man," which aired in 1992, was dedicated to his memory
Was nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards for Episodic Drama, 30 Minutes in Length for the "Gunsmoke" episodes "The Guitar" and "The Big Broad" in 1957
Created "Gunsmoke" with producer Norman MacDonnell as a radio program which originally aired on CBS Radio in 1952
Started out as a writer and editor at CBS Radio in the 1940s in the program practices department
Quote: "[on "Gunsmoke"] "As I recall, we were about the first show that treated Indians as human beings, not just 'red skins' or 'the only good Indians are dead ones․' We did a number of shows about that, and about intermarriage, and of cource, the buffalo․""
Quote: "[on "Gunsmoke"] "We were determined to try to avoid every cliché or rule of the B movie westerns․ We tried to do the opposite in everything - plot, language, and character․․․․ (I) tried to avoid making Dillon a typical western hero․ My aim is to make him a fallible human being․""
Best known as the co-creator and writer of "Gunsmoke․"

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