RE: Murder She Wrote. I had the same experience with the Magnum P.I., Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, Simon & Simon and A-Team box sets. It’s amazing how many actors pop up in them that were either huge stars before the 80s in movies or people who became hugely famous afterwards. vintagegeekculture: The absolute king of the surprising guest star series would have to be Gunsmoke, a Western that was only recently overtaken as the longest-running drama series on television. You turn it on, and you might see…hey, Leonard Nimoy as an Indian: And…whoa, is that a young Harrison Ford? And…Gary Busey? Richard Dryfuss? The late, lamented Adam West: Deforest Kelley, with an Abe Lincoln beard: Ricardo Montalban: Charles Bronson: Burt Reynolds: Jon Voight: Jodie Foster: And Kurt Russell: And many more.