James Arness
Acting • AGE 88
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 ...
Acting
Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice
Matt Dillon
1994
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
Matt Dillon
1993
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man
Matt Dillon
1992
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache
Matt Dillon
1990
Red River
Thomas Dunson
1988
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Jim Bowie
1987
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
Matt Dillon
1987
McClain's Law
Det. Jim McClain
1981
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
1979
How the West Was Won
Zeb Macahan
1977
The Macahans
Zeb Macahan
1976
Why Vietnam?
Narrator
1965
Alias Jesse James
Marshal Matt Dillon (uncredited)
1959
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Self
1958
Gun the Man Down
Rem Anderson
1956
The First Traveling Saleslady
Joel Kingdom
1956
Flame of the Islands
Kelly Rand
1955
Gunsmoke
Marshal Matt Dillon
1955
The Johnny Carson Show
1955
The Sea Chase
Schlieter
1955
Many Rivers to Cross
Esau Hamilton
1955
Her Twelve Men
Ralph Munsey
1954
Them!
FBI Agent Robert Graham
1954
Hondo
Lennie
1953
The Veils of Bagdad
Targut
1953
Island in the Sky
Mac McMullen
1953
The Lone Hand
Gus Varden
1953
Horizons West
Tiny McGilligan
1952
Hellgate
George Redfield
1952
Big Jim McLain
Mal Baxter
1952
The Girl in White
Matt
1952
Carbine Williams
Leon Williams
1952
The Red Skelton Show
Self
1951
Iron Man
Alex Mallick
1951
The People Against O'Hara
John Fordman 'Johnny' O'Hara
1951
Cavalry Scout
Barth
1951
The Thing from Another World
'The Thing'
1951
Two Lost Worlds
Kirk Hamilton
1951
Wyoming Mail
Russell
1950
Sierra
Little Sam (as Jim Arness)
1950
In a Lonely Place
Young Detective (uncredited)
1950
Stars in My Crown
Rolfe Isbell (uncredited)
1950
Wagon Master
Floyd Clegg
1950
Battleground
Garby
1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Man from Texas
(uncredited)
1948
Roses Are Red
Ray (as James Aurness)
1947
The Farmer's Daughter
Peter Holstrom (as James Aurness)
1947