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James Arness (born James King Aurness; May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the series Gunsmoke. He has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in five decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) and four more made ...
Aurness is the son of Gunsmoke actor James Arness (who died on June 3, 2011 [4]) and nephew of Mission Impossible actor Peter Graves. [1] [2]In the decade following his World Surfing Championship win Aurness fell out of surfing due to the deaths of his wife, mother, and sister.
Peter Graves was born Peter Duesler Aurness on March 18, 1926, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, [3] [4] the younger son of Rolf Cirkler Aurness (1894–1982), a businessman, and his wife, Ruth (née Duesler, died 1986), a journalist.
Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen and James Arness as Matt Dillon, 1968. Curtis was a singer before moving into acting, and combined both careers once he entered films. [6] Curtis was with the Tommy Dorsey band in 1941, and succeeded Frank Sinatra as vocalist until Dick Haymes contractually replaced Sinatra in 1942.
Among her appearances were two 1955 episodes of The Loretta Young Show, three 1957 episodes of Gunsmoke starring James Arness (as a love interest for Chester Goode), an episode of Sea Hunt, and a 1958 episode of Perry Mason as Arlene Dowling in the title role of "The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary".
Lucie and Desi Arnaz, Jr.; actor-singer and actor-musician, respectively (children of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball) James Arness and Peter Graves; actors; Stefan and Alison Arngrim; actors (children of actress Norma MacMillan and talent manager Thor Arngrim) Rosanna, Patricia, Alexis and David Arquette; actors
In real life, Dylan, now 83, was twice married and shares six kids with his ex-wives. Here's everything to know about them. Dylan welcomed 4 children with his first wife, Sara Lownds, and adopted ...
We know Rolf's mother was Arness' ex-wife Virginia Chapman, but who are the mother(s) of Arness' son Craig and the other son whose name we don't know? Jim Michael 17:19, 16 March 2010 (UTC) James Arness was the father or stepfather of four kids - 1.