James Arness

James Arness

8.5	Listal rating

Stats

Birth Name: James King Aurness

Born: 26 May 1923 Died: 3 June 2011

Country of origin: United States

Height: 6' 6"

Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

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Celebrities with Norwegian ancestry (40 items)
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Published 2 years, 8 months ago

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Directed by John Sturges (462 items)
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Published 1 year, 9 months ago

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Published 2 years, 5 months ago

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About: James Arness was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke for 20 years. His younger brother was actor Peter Graves. Arness has the distinction of having played the role of Marshal Matt Dillon in five separate decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) and four more made-for-TV Gunsmoke movies in the 1990s. In Europe Arness reached cult status for his role as Zeb Macahan in the western series How the West Was Won.

Died 2011 (3), Born 1923 (3), American (2), Died Aged 88 (2), Deceased (1), Male (1), Died June 3 (1), Born May 26 (1), Western Actor (1), Tv Actor (1), 1970s (1), 1960s (1), 1950s (1), Famous Sibling (1), Supporting Actor (1), Lead Actor (1)

Movies

1. The Thing from Another World (1951)

Rating:

7.1

169 Watched

2. Them! (1954)

Rating:

7.2

125 Watched

3. Battleground (1949)

Rating:

7.7

31 Watched

4. Hondo (1953)

Rating:

7.1

44 Watched

5. Wagon Master (1950)

Rating:

7.3

20 Watched

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TV

1. Gunsmoke (1955)

Rating:

7

25 Watched

2. How the West Was Won (1977)

Rating:

8.2

7 Watched

3. How the West Was Won (1978)

Rating:

6.3

7 Watched

4. The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987)

Rating:

7.8

4 Watched

5. Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005)

Rating:

7

5 Watched

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Books

1. James Arness: An Autobiography

Rating:

9.5

2 own

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Celebrities with Norwegian ancestry (40 person items)

"His grandparents were Norwegian."