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James Arness

Born James King Aurness, James Arness was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the CBS television series Gunsmoke.

Aliases
  • James King Aurness
  • James Aurness
  • James King Arness
English
Filmography

Alias Jesse James

1959
as Uncredited

Battleground

1949
as Garby

Big Jim McLain

1952
as Mal Baxter

Carbine Williams

1952
as Leon Williams

Cavalry Scout

1951
as Barth

Flame of the Islands

1956
as Kelly Rand

Gun The Man Down

1956
as Rem Anderson

Gunsmoke

1955
as Matt Dillon

Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice

1994
as Matt Dillon

Gunsmoke: The Last Apache

1990
as Matt Dillon

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride

1993
as Matt Dillon

Hellgate

1952
as George Redfield

Her Twelve Men

1954
as Ralph Munsey

Hondo

1953
as Lennie

Horizons West

1952
as Tiny McGilligan

How the West Was Won

1977
as Zeb Macahan

Iron Man

1951
as Alex Mallick (as Jim Arness)

Island in the Sky

1953
as Mac McMullen

John Wayne Standing Tall

1989
as Self - Host

Many Rivers to Cross

1955
as Esau Hamilton

McClain's Law

1981

Roses Are Red

1947
as Ray (as James Aurness)

Sierra

1950
as Little Sam

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

1987
as Jim Bowie

The Farmer's Daughter

1947
as Peter Holstrom (as James Aurness)

The First Traveling Saleslady

1956
as Joel Kingdom

The Girl in White

1952
as Matt

The Horror Show

1979
as (archive footage)

The Lone Hand

1953
as Gus Varden

The Macahan's

1976
as Zeb Macahan

The People Against O'Hara

1951
as John Fordman 'Johnny' O'Hara

The Sea Chase

1955
as Schlieter

The Thing from Another World

1951
as 'The Thing'

The Veils of Bagdad

1953
as Targut

Them!

1954
as FBI Agent Robert Graham

Two Lost Worlds

1951
as Kirk Hamilton

Wagon Master

1950
as Floyd Clegg

Wyoming Mail

1950
as Russell

Producer

Movie Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice 1994

Guest Star

Episode The Lone Ranger
A Matter of Courage 		1950
Episode The Johnny Carson Show
Episode #55-1 		1955