James Arness
Birthday
1923/05/26
Day of death
2011/06/03 (88 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Also know as
James King Aurness, Джеймс Арнесс, جیمز آرنس
Biography
The star of one of the longest-running shows in U.S. television history, Gunsmoke (1955). Born of Norwegian heritage (the family name, Aurness (formerly had been Aursness) in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Rolf and Ruth Duesler Aurness. His father was a traveling salesman of medical supplies and his mother later became a newspaper columnist. James attended West High School in Minneapolis. Although he appeared in school plays, he had no interest in performing, and dreamed instead of going to sea...Read more
Acting
(1951) The Thing from Another World
as 'The Thing'
(1954) Them!
as FBI Agent Robert Graham
(1992) Gunsmoke: To the Last Man
as Matt Dillon
(1953) Hondo
as Lennie
(1950) Stars in My Crown
as Rolfe Isbell (uncredited)
(1949) Battleground
as Garby
(1979) The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
(1953) Island in the Sky
as Mac McMullen
(1955) The Sea Chase
as Schlieter
(1952) Big Jim McLain
as Mal Baxter
(1951) The People Against O'Hara
as John Fordman 'Johnny' O'Hara
(1952) Horizons West
as Tiny McGilligan
(1950) Wagon Master
as Floyd Clegg
(1952) Carbine Williams
as Leon Williams
(1959) Alias Jesse James
as Marshal Matt Dillon (uncredited)
(1951) Iron Man
as Alex Mallick
(1955) Many Rivers to Cross
as Esau Hamilton
(1989) John Wayne Standing Tall
as Self - Host
(1987) Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
as Matt Dillon
(1956) Gun the Man Down
as Rem Anderson
(1950) Wyoming Mail
as Russell
(1950) Sierra
as Little Sam (as Jim Arness)
(2016) For the Love of Spock
as Matt Dillon (archive footage)
(1951) Two Lost Worlds
as Kirk Hamilton
(1948) The Man from Texas
as (uncredited)
(1947) Roses Are Red
as Ray (as James Aurness)
(1990) Gunsmoke: The Last Apache
as Matt Dillon
(1955) Flame of the Islands
as Kelly Rand
(1952) The Girl in White
as Matt
(1952) Hellgate
as George Redfield
(1954) Her Twelve Men
as Ralph Munsey
(1987) The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
as Jim Bowie
(1953) The Lone Hand
as Gus Varden
(1951) Cavalry Scout
as Barth
(1956) The First Traveling Saleslady
as Joel Kingdom
(1953) The Veils of Bagdad
as Targut
(1994) Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice
as Matt Dillon
(1947) The Farmer's Daughter
as Peter Holstrom (as James Aurness)
(1988) Red River
as Thomas Dunson
(1993) Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
as Matt Dillon
(1976) The Macahans
as Zeb Macahan
(1950) In a Lonely Place
as Young Detective (uncredited)
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Marshal Matt Dillon
(1977) How the West Was Won
as Zeb Macahan
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1981) McClain's Law
as Det. Jim McClain
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Chuck Scott
(1945) Front Row Center
as ---
(1955) The Johnny Carson Show
as ---
(1951) The Red Skelton Show
as Self