emigrated from Norway in 1887, he changed it to Aurness. James Arness and his family were Methodists. Arness' younger brother was actor Peter Graves. Peter used...
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by Warren. Although he agrees Wayne encouraged Arness to take the role, Warren says, "I hired Jim Arness on the strength of a picture he's done for me...
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the West Was Won is an American Western television series that starred James Arness, Eva Marie Saint, Fionnula Flanagan, Bruce Boxleitner, and Richard Kiley...
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Biography". Film Reference. Retrieved 2008-02-06. James Arness, James E. Wise Jr. (2001) James Arness: an Autobiography, ISBN 0-7864-1221-6, McFarland...
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Midget Farrelly in the finals. He is the son of the famous Gunsmoke actor James Arness. When he was nine Aurness suffered a skull fracture after falling from...
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portrayed by James Arness. Because most of the early television episodes were based on stories and scripts from the radio version, Arness's initial interpretation...
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television film based on the 20-year (1955–1975) series Gunsmoke starring James Arness. Subsequent TV movies are Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990), Gunsmoke:...
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[citation needed] Around 1967, Thordis Brandt met Gunsmoke's leading actor James Arness, who was her boyfriend for six years before they ended their relationship...
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science fiction giant monster film starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, and James Arness. Produced by David Weisbart, the film was directed...
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The Last Apache is a 1990 American Western television film starring James Arness, based upon the TV series Gunsmoke (1955–1975). It was preceded by Gunsmoke:...
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is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television. The radio series ran from 1952 to 1961. John Dunning wrote...
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Gunsmoke, in which the main character, Matt Dillon is again played by James Arness. The now retired Marshal Matt Dillon is at his ranch enjoying the wedding...
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1956 American western film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring James Arness and Angie Dickinson in her first leading role. The film was produced...
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Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite, and Douglas Spencer. James Arness plays The Thing. The Thing from Another World is based on the 1938 novella...
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To the Last Man is a 1992 American Western television film starring James Arness as retired Marshal Matt Dillon. It was directed by Jerry Jameson and...
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by Gold Medal Books in 1953. The supporting cast features Ward Bond, James Arness, and Leo Gordon. The shoot went over schedule, and Farrow had to leave...
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disparage Katie's reputation. Assisted by Katie's three burly brothers (James Arness, Lex Barker, Keith Andes), Glenn retrieves Petree from his goon guards...
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classic aviation films. The film also features Andy Devine, Lloyd Nolan, James Arness and Paul Fix. Pilot John Dooley and the crew of a World War II-era Douglas...
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Western television film based on the Gunsmoke series (1955–1975) starring James Arness. It is the fifth and final film. After robbing a train of $30,000, Irish...
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1952 American film noir political thriller film starring John Wayne and James Arness as HUAC investigators hunting down communists in the postwar Hawaii organized-labor...
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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...
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novel. The film features Spencer Tracy, Pat O'Brien, John Hodiak and James Arness. James Curtayne was once a highly successful prosecutor as a New York City...
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two episodes of the ABC western series, How the West Was Won, starring James Arness. He guest-starred in such series as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Diagnosis:...
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before gaining her breakthrough role in Gun the Man Down (1956) with James Arness and the Western film Rio Bravo (1959) with John Wayne and Dean Martin...
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already struggling RKO Pictures. Future western stars Clint Eastwood and James Arness have supporting roles in the film. Corset company owner and independent-thinking...
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The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory (category Cultural depictions of James Bowie)
13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo by Lon Tinkle. It stars James Arness as James Bowie, Brian Keith as Davy Crockett, Alec Baldwin as William Barrett...
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long-running television series Gunsmoke. As a joke on the producers, James Arness and Arvo actually did the opener once with Dillon falling to the ground...
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contract dispute between star James Arness and CBS, and Ewing's character was created by CBS with a view to replacing Arness should they deem it necessary...
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and It's Garry Shandling's Show. Having appeared on a 1979 episode of James Arness' western series, How the West Was Won, she reunited with him in the 1981...
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post-Civil War era and centers on United States Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) as he enforces law and order in the city. In its original format, the...
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