James Arness - Gunsmoke TVJames Arness. James King Arness, real name James Aurness, born on May 2. Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was an American film and television actor, a TV actor with decades of experience, he tied his career (which started on the big screen) the interpretation of two famous western characters: for twenty years has indeed personified Matt Dillon, the sheriff of Dodge City in the longest- running prime- time television series of all time, Gunsmoke (1. Following the closure of Gunsmoke, rose to interpret Uncle Zeb Macahan in another successful series, The Conquest of the West (1. Early Stage of Life. Born to parents of Norwegian, a seller of medicines and a journalist, James King Arness after high school joined the army in 1. Posted on the African front, after a short period in Casablanca, took part with the 3rd Infantry Division at Anzio. Ten days after the invasion, was seriously wounded in the feet and legs by a German machine gun and so it was discharged from the army, taking with him for the rest of his life a serious consequences of his injuries. During his convalescence, his brother Peter suggested that he take part in a course in radio at the University of Minnesota, training that enabled him shortly afterwards to become an announcer for a radio station in Minneapolis. Acting Career. Later, after following the suggestion of a friend, he went to Hollywood hoping to find work as an extra and in the meantime he studied at the Bliss- Hayden Theatre School under the direction of the actor Harry Haiden. Noticed by an agent, got his first small role – a supporting role of the heroine Loretta Young’s brother in the movie “Farmer’s Daughter”(1. Loretta Young and Joseph Cotten. It is on this occasion that, behind a board, the actor changed his last name, removing the “U” and becoming known officially as James Arness, to pursue a career in the entertainment world that saw him appear in numerous successful films, such as The Thing from Another World (1. Assault on Earth (1. Carbine Williams (1. James Stewart, and the drama aviatorio Island in the Sky (1. John Wayne. Arness was a close friend of John Wayne at his side and played in the film Big Jim Mc. Clain and in 1. 95. Wayne’s only 3. D movie Hondo. John Wayne suggested him for the role of Marshal Matt Dillon in the U. S. Arness played the role for twenty years in a total of 6. Gunsmoke Guns, based in Wheat Ridge, Colorado and featured on the Discovery Channel's show American Guns, provides unparalleled quality in firearms, firearms. That was the longest time in U. S. Frasier Crane in the series Cheers and Frasier). For this purpose, Arness was the honorary title Honorary United States Marshal, in recognition of its unique incarnation of the image and the traditions of the U. S. Marshals Service. In 1. 95. 5, the same Wayne reported him for the lead role in the television series Gunsmoke. Arness initially declined the proposal, since convinced that participation in a TV series would have slowed down his film career, but shortly afterwards accepted. The interpretation of the sheriff Dillon made him famous in the United States, turning him into an icon of the western. Watch Gunsmoke - Season 6, Episode 38 - Colorado Sheriff: Matt and Chester find Rod Ellison out on the prairie with bullet in his back. Although Arness is identified by the incarnation of the long- term character of Marshal Matt Dillon primarily with Western, Arness starred in two well- known science fiction or horror movies: The Thing from Another World and Them. After the end of Gunsmoke Arness continued playing primarily in films and television series of the Western genre. These included 1. The West Was Won and 5 made for television feature- length films continuation of Gunsmoke, which were produced between 1. A notable exception is the main role as a big- city cop Jim Mc. Clain in the crime series Mc. Clain’s Law, 1. 6 episodes were produced from between 1. And then he continued to act until 1. Although Arness is primarily associated with the classical roles of heroes of westerns in the early fifties, he achieved success through participation in the science fiction film. In total, he has appeared in over 3.
In 1. 96. 0, he received his own star on the Hollywood “Walk of Fame” for his contribution to the television. Death James Arness died of natural causes on June 3, 2. Los Angeles. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Private Life. James Arness was with a height of 2. He was married twice and had four children, first to actress Virginia Chapman; they divorced in 1. Janet Surtress. His first wife died of a drug overdose in 1. His Father was Rolf Cirkler Aurness, a businessman, and his mother; Ruth Duesler, a journalist. His father’s ancestry was Norwegian; his mother’s was German. He was the older brother of actor Peter Graves, famous for the TV series Mission: Impossible. Filmography. Cinema: The famous wife (The Farmer’s Daughter), directed by HC Potter (1. James Aurness)Roses Are Red, directed by James Tinling (1. James Aurness)Man from Texas, directed by Leigh Jason (1. Bastogne (Battleground), directed by William A. Wellman (1. 94. 9) (as Jim Arness)Wagon (Wagon Master), directed by John Ford (1. Stars in My Crown, directed by Jacques Tourneur (1. Sierra, directed by Alfred E. Green (1. 95. 0) (as Jim Arness)The assault on the mail train (Wyoming Mail), directed by Reginald Le Borg (1. Two Lost Worlds, directed by Norman Dwan (1. Jim Aurness)The pirates of the Caribbean (Double Crossbones), directed by Charles Barton (1. My kiss you lose (Belle Le Grand), directed by Allan Dwan (1. The Thing from Another World (The Thing from Another World), directed by Christian Nyby (1. The lancers to the Rescue (Cavalry Scout), directed by Lesley Selander (1. Iron Man (The Iron Man), directed by Joseph Pevney (1. Jim Arness)Omerta (People Against O’Hara), directed by John Sturges (1. Carbine Williams (Carbine Williams), directed by Richard Thorpe (1. The White Lady (The Girl in White), directed by John Sturges (1. Marijuana (Big Jim Mc. Lain), directed by Edward Ludwig (1. Hellgate the great hell (Hellgate), directed by Charles Marquis Warren (1. Dan the terrible (Horizons West), directed by Budd Boetticher (1. The secret accomplice (The Lone Hand), directed by George Sherman (1. Jim Arness)The Island in the Sky (Island in the Sky), directed by William A. Wellman (1. 95. 3)The Veils of Bagdad (Veils of Bagdad), directed by George Sherman (1. Jim Arness)Hondo, directed by John Farrow (1. Assault on Earth (Them!), directed by Gordon Douglas (1. Between two loves (Her Twelve Men), directed by Robert Z. Leonard (1. 95. 4)Many Rivers to Cross (Many Rivers to Cross), directed by Roy Rowland (1. Lovers of the five seas (The Sea Chase), directed by John Farrow (1. The adventuress of Bahamas (Flame of the Islands), directed by Edward Ludwig (1. Life Traveling Saleslady (The First Traveling Saleslady), directed by Arthur Lubin (1. The Return of Arizona (Gun the Man Down), directed by Andrew Mc. Laglen (1. 95. 6)Here comes Jesse James (Alias Jesse James), directed by Norman Z. Mc. Leod (1. 95. 9) (uncredited)Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1. TV movie)Red River (1. TV movie). He also donated his 6.
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