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American role player (1923–2011)

James Arness
Born	James King Aurness (1923-05-26)May 26, 1923 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	June 3, 2011(2011-06-03) (anile 88) Los Angeles, California
Burying place	Wood Backyard Memorial Park, Glendale, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Beloit College
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1947–1994
Top	half-dozen ft 7 in (2.01 1000)
Television receiver	Gunsmoke, How the West Was Won
Spouse(s)	Virginia Chapman ​ ​ (m. 1948; div. 1960)​ Janet Surtees ​ ​ (chiliad. 1978)​
Partner(southward)	Thordis Brandt (1965–1972)
Children	3
Relatives	Peter Graves (blood brother)
Armed services career
Service/branch	United states Army 1943–1945
Further data Rank Corporal Unit 2d Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment 3rd Infantry Division Battles/wars World State of war 2 Battle of Anzio Awards Combat Infantry Badge Bronze Star Medal Royal Center American Campaign Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal
Website	jamesarness.com

James Arness (born James King Aurness, May 26, 1923^[ane] – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for portraying Align Matt Dillon for 20 years in the CBS tv series Gunsmoke. Arness has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in 5 decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, and then in Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) and four more than made-for-television Gunsmoke films in the 1990s. In Europe, Arness reached cult status for his role every bit Zeb Macahan in the Western series How the W Was Won. He was the older brother of actor Peter Graves.

Early life [edit]

James Arness was born in Minneapolis.^[ii] His parents were man of affairs Rolf Cirkler Aurness and announcer Ruth Duesler. His father's ancestry was Norwegian; his mother'southward was German.^[3] The family proper name had been Aursnes, but when Rolf's father, Peter Aursnes, emigrated from Norway in 1887, he changed it to Aurness.^[4] Arness and his family were Methodists.^[5] Arness' younger brother was role player Peter Graves. Peter used the stage name "Graves," a maternal family name.^[iv]

Arness attended John Burroughs Form School, Washburn High School, and W High School in Minneapolis. During this time, Arness worked as a courier for a jewelry wholesaler, loading and unloading railway boxcars at the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad freight yards in Minneapolis, and logging in Pierce, Idaho.^[4] Despite "being a poor educatee and skipping many classes," he graduated from loftier school in June 1942.^[4]

Arness entered Beloit College that fall, where he joined the campus choir and became a fellow member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.^[vi] With state of war raging in Europe and the Pacific, he was drafted into the war machine in 1943.

Military service in Earth War Ii [edit]

Although Arness wanted to exist a naval fighter pilot, he was concerned his poor eyesight would bar him. However, his six-ft, vii-in (2.01 m) frame concluded his chances because the limit for aviators was set at 6 ft, ii in (i.88 g). He was drafted into the US Army and reported to Fort Snelling in March 1943.^[4] Equally a rifleman, he landed on Anzio Beachhead on Jan 22, 1944, with the 2nd Platoon, East Visitor, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Segmentation. Arness – due to his superlative – was the first man to exist ordered off his landing craft to determine the depth of the water; it came up to his waist.^[4] He was severely wounded in his correct leg during the Boxing of Anzio,^[seven] and medically evacuated from Italy to the U.South., where he was sent to the 91st General Hospital in Clinton, Iowa. His brother, Peter, (later known equally actor Peter Graves), came to see him when he was back in the U.S., outset his long recuperation, assuring him to non worry virtually his injuries, that probable he could notice work in the field of radio. Later undergoing several surgeries, he was honorably discharged from the Army on January 29, 1945.^[eight] His wounds continued to trouble him, though, throughout the remainder of his life. In his later years, he suffered with chronic leg pain that ofttimes became acute, and was sometimes initiated when he was mounted on horses during his performances on Gunsmoke. ^{[9] [7]} His military decorations included the Statuary Star, the Purple Heart, the American Campaign Medal, the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 statuary battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Combat Infantryman Badge.^{[9] [10]}

Acting career [edit]

Later his belch from the service, Arness began his entertainment career as a radio announcer at Minneapolis station WLOL in 1945.^[xi]

Adamant to observe piece of work in films, Arness hitchhiked to Hollywood,^[12] where he made the rounds to agencies and casting calls and soon began interim and appearing in films. He made his movie debut at RKO, which immediately changed his name from "Aurness". His film debut was equally Loretta Young's (Katie Holstrom) brother, Peter Holstrom, in The Farmer'south Girl. He was credited in The Farmer's Daughter as Aurness.^[nine]

Though identified with Westerns, Arness also appeared in 2 science-fiction films, The Thing from Another World (in which he portrayed the title graphic symbol) and Them!. He was a close friend of John Wayne and co-starred with him in Big Jim McLain, Hondo, Island in the Sky, and The Sea Chase, and starred in Gun the Human being Down for Wayne's company. He also starred in a 1988 Television set remake of Wayne's 1948 classic Red River.

An urban fable has it that John Wayne was offered the leading role of Matt Dillon in the longtime favorite television evidence Gunsmoke, but he turned information technology downwards, instead recommending James Arness for the role. The only truthful function of this story is that Wayne did indeed recommend Arness for the function. Wayne introduced Arness in a prologue to the first episode of Gunsmoke, in 1955.^[13] The Norwegian-German Arness had to dye his naturally blond pilus darker for the function.^[xiv] Gunsmoke made Arness and his co-stars, Milburn Rock, Amanda Blake, Dennis Weaver, Ken Curtis, Burt Reynolds, and Cadet Taylor, world-famous, and ran for 2 decades, becoming the longest-running primetime drama series in US goggle box history by the end of its run in 1975. The serial' flavor tape was tied in 2010 with the concluding season of Law & Guild and tied over again in 2018 with flavor 20 of Police & Club: SVU. Unlike the latter show, Gunsmoke featured its lead graphic symbol in each of its 20 seasons; Gunsmoke also aired 179 more episodes, and was in the top 10 in the ratings for 11 more than seasons, for a total of 13, including four consecutive seasons at number one.

After Gunsmoke ended, Arness performed in Western-themed movies and idiot box series, including How the West Was Won, and in five made-for-television Gunsmoke movies betwixt 1987 and 1994. An exception was equally a big-city police force officer in a curt-lived 1981–1982 series, McClain's Law, co-starring with Marshall Colt. His role every bit mount man Zeb Macahan in How the West Was Won made him a cult figure in many European countries, where it became fifty-fifty more popular than in the United states, as the series has been rebroadcast many times across Europe.

James Arness: An Autobiography was released in September 2001, with a foreword by Burt Reynolds (who had been a cast member of Gunsmoke for several years in the 1960s). Arness noted that he realized, "[I]f I was going to write a book almost my life, I better exercise information technology now ... 'cause I'm not getting any younger."^[xv]

Filmography [edit]

Films [edit]

• The Farmer's Daughter (1947) – Peter
• Roses Are Red (1947) – Ray (credited as "James Aurness")
• The Man From Texas (1948) – Gang Member (uncredited)
• Battleground (1949) – Garby
• Stars In My Crown (1950) – Rolfe Isbell (uncredited)
• Carriage Master (1950) – Floyd Clegg
• Sierra (1950) – Little Sam (credited as "Jim Arness")
• In a Lonely Place (1950) – Immature Detective (uncredited)
• Wyoming Postal service (1950) – Russell
• Two Lost Worlds (1951) – Kirk Hamilton (credited equally "James Aurness")
• Belle Le Grand (1951) – Belle Admirer Mine Guard at Burn (uncredited)
• The Affair from Some other Earth (1951) – The Thing
• Double Crossbones (1951) – Bullock (uncredited)
• Cavalry Scout (1951) – Barth
• Iron Human (1951) – Alex Mallick
• The People Confronting O'Hara (1951) – John Fordman "Johnny" O'Hara
• Carbine Williams (1952) – Leon Williams
• The Girl in White (1952) – Matt
• Big Jim McLain (1952) – Mal Baxter
• Hellgate (1952) – George Redfield
• Horizons Westward (1952) – Tiny McGilligan
• The Lone Manus (1953) – Gus Varden
• Island in the Sky (1953) – Mac McMullen
• The Veils of Bagdad (1953) – Targut
• Hondo (1953) – Lennie (Army Indian Lookout man)
• Them! (1954) – Robert Graham
• Her Twelve Men (1954) – Ralph Munsey
• Many Rivers to Cantankerous (1955) – Esau Hamilton
• The Sea Chase (1955) – Schlieter
• Flame of the Islands (1955) – Kelly Rand
• The First Traveling Saleslady (1956) – Joel Kingdom
• Gun the Man Down (1956) – Rem Anderson
• Alias Jesse James (1959) – Marshal Matt Dillon (uncredited)
• The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory (1987, Tv picture) – Jim Bowie^[16]
• Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987, TV movie) – Marshal Matt Dillon
• Ruddy River (1988, Television receiver Flick) – Thomas Dunson^[17]
• Gunsmoke II: The Last Apache (1990, TV movie) – Align Matt Dillon
• Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (1992, Tv film) – Align Matt Dillon
• Gunsmoke IV: The Long Ride (1993, TV motion-picture show) – Align Matt Dillon
• Gunsmoke V: I Man's Justice (1993, TV movie) – Marshal Matt Dillon (terminal film function)

Documentary [edit]

• America's Star – (1988) Documentary and recruiting movie for the Usa Marshals Service for which Arness was awarded the honorary title of United states Marshal and presented with an official badge^[xviii]

Tv credits [edit]

• The Lone Ranger – Deputy Bud Titus^{[nineteen] [20]} (1950)
• Lux Video Theatre, "The Hunt" (1954)
• Gunsmoke – 635 episodes – Marshal Matt Dillon (1955–1975)
• Front end Row Heart (1956)
• The Red Skelton Chevy Special (1959)
• The Chevrolet Gilt Anniversary Bear witness (1961)
• A Salute to Idiot box's 25th Anniversary (1972)
• The Macahans – Zeb Macahan (1976)
• How The West Was Won – Zeb Macahan (1977–1979 Tv series)
• McClain's Law – Det. Jim McClain (1981–1982 Boob tube serial)
• John Wayne Continuing Alpine – TV Motion picture – Himself /Host (1989)
• Pioneers of Tv – episode – Westerns – Himself / Marshal Matt Dillon from Gunsmoke (2011)

Personal life [edit]

Arness with his son, Rolf, in 1959

Arness married Virginia Chapman in 1948, and adopted her son Craig (1946 – Dec 14, 2004).^[2] Besides Craig, Arness and Chapman besides had a son, Rolf, (built-in February xviii, 1952)^[21] and a daughter, Jenny Lee Arness (May 23, 1950 – May 12, 1975). Rolf Aurness became Earth Surfing Champion in 1970.^[22] Craig Arness founded the stock photography agency Westlight and as well was a photographer for National Geographic.^[23] When they divorced in 1963, Arness was granted legal custody of the children. Daughter Jenny died of a drug overdose in 1975.^[24] Old married woman Virginia died of a drug overdose in 1977.^[25]

4 years afterward his divorce from Virginia Chapman, James Arness met Thordis Brandt,^{[26] [27]} who was his girlfriend for half dozen years before they ended their relationship.^[28]

In 1978, Arness married Janet Surtees. She survived him.^[ix]

Despite his stoic character, according to Ben Bates, his Gunsmoke stunt double, Arness laughed "from his toes to the height of his head". Shooting on the Gunsmoke set was sometimes suspended because Arness got a case of the uncontrollable giggles.^[29] James Arness disdained publicity and banned reporters from the Gunsmoke set up. He was said to exist a shy and sensitive man who enjoyed poetry, yacht racing, and surfing. Television Guide dubbed him "The Greta Garbo of Dodge Metropolis".^[thirty] Buck Taylor (Newly on Gunsmoke) thought so highly of Arness that he named his second son, Matthew, later Arness' graphic symbol.^[31]

Death [edit]

Arness died of natural causes at the age of 88 years at his Brentwood dwelling house in Los Angeles on June iii, 2011.^[32] His body was interred in the Sanctuary of Abiding Promise alcove in the Jasmine Terrace section of the Smashing Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Awards [edit]

For his contributions to the boob tube manufacture, Arness has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1751 Vine Street. In 1981, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma Metropolis. Arness was inducted into the Santa Clarita Walk of Western Stars in 2006, and gave a related TV interview.^[9]

On the 50th ceremony of television in 1989 in the United States, People magazine chose the top 25 television stars of all time. Arness was number six.^[33]

In 1996, TV Guide ranked him number 20 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list.^[34]

Arness was nominated for these Emmy Awards:^[21]

• 1957: Best Continuing Performance by an Histrion in a Dramatic Serial
• 1958: Best Continuing Functioning past an Actor in a Leading Office in a Dramatic or Comedy Series
• 1959: Best Role player in a Leading Role (Continuing Graphic symbol) in a Dramatic Series

References [edit]

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2. ^ ^{a b} "James Arness". world wide web.telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on Jan 12, 2022.
3. ^ "Ancestry of James Arness" Archived September 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine genealogy.com Accessed March 17, 2010
4. ^ ^{a b c d east f} James Arness, James Due east. Wise Jr. (2001) "James Arness: an Autobiography", ISBN 0-7864-1221-6, McFarland & Company Inc., p. 5. Accessed May 26, 2021.
5. ^ "Famous Methodists". Adherents.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2001. Retrieved June three, 2011. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
6. ^ "Friday'south with Fred: Bright Lights and 'Beloit's Paul Bunyan'". 2013. {{cite spider web}}: CS1 maint: url-condition (link)
7. ^ ^{a b} Bergan, Ronald (2010). "James Arness obituary", The Guardian, U.s. edition, June 6, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
8. ^ "Cpl James Arness". TogetherWeServed. 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
9. ^ ^{a b c d eastward} Leon Worden "Newsmaker of the Week: Boob tube Interview Transcript" April 21, 2006, Santa Clara Valley TV Accessed March 15, 2010
10. ^ "James Arness Medals," GunsmokeNet.com
11. ^ "TV Guide, Nov 1961, folio 8" Accessed March 1, 2012
12. ^ "How did James Arness beginning come to Hollywood?" GunsmokeNet.com
13. ^ "Gunsmoke". Snopes.com. August 6, 2007. Retrieved June four, 2011.
14. ^ "James Arness is a blonde!" GunsmokeNet.com
15. ^ "James Arness wrote his autobiography in 2001," GunsmokeNet.com
16. ^ "The Alamo Thirteen Days to Glory-Overview" New York Times, Accessed March 17, 2010
17. ^ "James Arness-Filmography" Fandango.com Accessed March 17, 2010
18. ^ "Appreciation of Honorary U.S. Align James Arness". usmarshals.gov . Retrieved August ix, 2017.
19. ^ "Lonely Ranger Fan Social club" lonerangerfan.com Accessed March 17, 2010
20. ^ "Gunsmoke was non James Arness' first television western," GunsmokeNet.com
21. ^ ^{a b} "TV Guide-James Arness:Biography" TV Guide Accessed March 17, 2010
22. ^ Kampion, Drew (Dec 2000) "Rolf Aurness Biography". Surf Line, Accessed March fifteen, 2010
23. ^ Walker, David (Dec xvi, 2004) "In Memoriam: Craig Arness, 58". Photo District News, Accessed July 9, 2010.
24. ^ "Remembering James Arness, 1923–2011". Orange County Register. June three, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
25. ^ "Player'southward ex-wife overdoses". The Pocono Record. Baronial 1, 1977. p. 2.
26. ^ Scott, Walter (October 3, 1971). "Personality Parade". Parade: the Lord's day News Magazine. Parade Publications, Inc. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
27. ^ Lisanti, Tom (2008). Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Visitor, Inc. pp. 21–22. ISBN978-0-7864-3172-iv . Retrieved January 20, 2021.
28. ^ "Whatsoever Happened to The Bandage of Gunsmoke? (Jerry Skinner Documentary)". Archived from the original on Nov 17, 2021 – via world wide web.youtube.com.
29. ^ "In Gunsmoke, nosotros never come across Matt have a good abdomen laugh," GunsmokeNet.com
30. ^ "The Greta Garbo of Dodge City," GunsmokeNet.com
31. ^ "Buck Taylor's son Matthew" GunsmokeNet.com
32. ^ McFadden, Robert D. (June 3, 2011). "James Arness, Marshal on 'Gunsmoke,' Dies at 88". The New York Times.
33. ^ "GunsmokeNet.com". www.gunsmokenet.com.
34. ^ Boob tube Guide Guide to TV . Barnes and Noble. 2004. p. 596. ISBN0-7607-5634-one.

External links [edit]

• James Arness at IMDb
• James Arness at AllMovie
• Comanche Stallion Website
• James Arness' Official website
• James Arness Television Interview (2006)
• James Arness at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
• N.Y. Times Obituary for James Arness
• James Arness at Detect a Grave

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