US EditionRoger Ewing Dies: The 'Gunsmoke' Actor Was 83
Roger Ewing appeared in about 50 episodes of Gunsmoke as Deputy Thad Greenwood before leaving acting for photography and local politics in Morro Bay.
- On Dec. 18, 2026, Roger Ewing, the actor who portrayed deputy Thad Greenwood on Gunsmoke, died, his family reported.
- Producers hired Ewing to fill a younger slot after Burt Reynolds left, first guest-starring as Ben Lukens before becoming Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood in season 11.
- Ewing left acting after film work including Play It as It Lays, 1972 film, and pursued a professional photography career with international travel.
- Ewing was active in Morro Bay civic life and ran for city council, and friends remembered him as 'a good and gentle man' on his family-posted obituary with the Neptune Society.
- Ewing's role arrived amid an Arness–CBS quarrel, and after the dispute was resolved, Thad was phased out with Buck Taylor taking the younger slot.
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Roger Ewing Dies: ‘Gunsmoke’ Actor Was 83
Roger Ewing, the actor known for playing Thaddeus ‘Thad’ Greenwood in Gunsmoke, has died. He was 93. The actor, who appeared as a regular on the CBS western series from 1965 to ’67, died on December 18 in Morro Bay, California, according to an online obituary. A cause of death was not disclosed. Born Jan. […]
Roger Ewing, a well-known actor who played Deputy Sheriff Thad Greenwood in the classic series Gunsmoke, has died at the age of 83.
Roger Ewing, 'Gunsmoke' Star Who Played Deputy Marshal Thad Greenwood, Dies at 83
Roger Ewing, widely known for starring as Deputy Marshal Thad Greenwood on “Gunsmoke,” has died. He was 83. The longtime resident of Morro Bay, California, died on Dec. 18, 2025, according to an obituary from his family in Neptune Society. Ewing was born in Los Angeles on Jan. 12, 1942. Prior to his two seasons on “Gunsmoke,” he made his first on-screen appearance in Joshua Logan’s 1964 war comedy “Ensign Pulver,” in which he starred as a young …
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