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...

television film based on the 20-year (1955–1975) series Gunsmoke starring James Arness. Subsequent TV movies are Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990), Gunsmoke:...

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...

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...

Biography". Film Reference. Retrieved 2008-02-06. James Arness, James E. Wise Jr. (2001) James Arness: an Autobiography, ISBN 0-7864-1221-6, McFarland...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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...

the West Was Won is an American Western television series that starred James Arness, Eva Marie Saint, Fionnula Flanagan, Bruce Boxleitner, and Richard Kiley...

science fiction giant monster film starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, and James Arness. Produced by David Weisbart, the film was directed...

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...

Battle of the Alamo written and directed by Burt Kennedy, starring James Arness as James Bowie, Brian Keith as Davy Crockett, Alec Baldwin as William Barrett...

[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...

science fiction/adventure film directed by Norman Dawn and starring James Arness and Laura Elliott. The film was produced independently by Boris Petroff...

Thing from Another World was released as an adaptation of the story. James Arness portrays the Thing, which in this version is a humanoid plant-based organism...

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...

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...

Dallas Forty (1979) and Jagged Edge (1985) as well as in the 1981–82 James Arness NBC police procedural McClain's Law. A native of New Orleans, Colt graduated...

already struggling RKO Pictures. Future western stars Clint Eastwood and James Arness have supporting roles in the film. Corset company owner and independent-thinking...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

disparage Katie's reputation. Assisted by Katie's three burly brothers (James Arness, Lex Barker, Keith Andes), Glenn retrieves Petree from his goon guards...

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...