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Taking on the role Thad was a big break for Ewing, but it wasn't the first time he starred on the TV series. He played a character named Ben Lukens, who was part of the Lukens clan, in a episode titled "Song for Dying.

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Ewing enjoyed 52 episodes on Gunsmoke before the television series was announced as cancelled in Paley, the show was put back on the schedule. Ewing's character of Thad, however, did not come back to the show after the almost-cancellation. In the late '60s, he also appeared on an episode of The Dating Game. Ewing appeared on the show as one of the eligible bachelors alongside other men, including a medical student and a teacher.

The eligible bachelorette was none other than actress Lindsay Wagner before she was famous. Ewing did not turn out to be the apple of Wagner's eye, however, as she chose to go on a date with the teacher over him. Not much has been written about Ewing since his retirement, but in , the Chronicle Times wrote about a chance encounter a fan named Thad had with the fictional Thad Greenwood, Roger Ewing.

Roger Ewing, circa