James Arness
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James King Arness (May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke for 20 years. His younger brother was actor Peter Graves. Arness has the distinction of having played the role of Marshal Matt Dillon in five separate decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) and four more made-for-TV Gunsmoke movies in the 1990s. In Europe Arness reached cult status for his role as Zeb Macahan in the western series How the West Was Won.
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Films
- 1947-The Farmer's Daughter
- 1947-Man From Texas
- 1947-Roses Are Red (film)
- 1949-Battleground
- 1950-Wagon Master
- 1950-Sierra
- 1950-Two Lost Worlds
- 1950-Double Crossbones
- 1950-Stars In My Crown
- 1950-Wyoming Mail
- 1951-Cavalry Scout
- 1951-Belle le Grand
- 1951-Iron Man
- 1951-The Thing (1951), Science Fiction
- 1951-The People Against O'Hara
- 1952-Carbine Williams
- 1952-Hellgate(movie)
- 1952-The Girl In White
- 1952-Big Jim McLain
- 1952-Horizons West
- 1953-The Lone Hand
- 1953-Ride The Man Down
- 1953-Island In The Sky
- 1953-Veils of Bagdad
- 1954-Them!, Science Fiction
- 1954-Hondo
- 1954-Her Twelve Men
- 1955-Flames of the Islands
- 1955-Many Rivers to Cross
- 1955-The Sea Chase
- 1956-Arizona Mission
- 1956-Gun the Man Down
- 1956-The First Traveling Saleslady
- 1959-Alias Jesse James — (as Marshal Matt Dillon)
remake of Red River (1948)
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