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James Arness and his family were Methodists. [4] Arness' younger brother was actor Peter Graves. Peter used the stage name "Graves", a maternal family name. [3] Arness attended John Burroughs Grade School, Washburn High School, and West High School in Minneapolis.
While recuperating in a hospital in Clinton, Iowa, Arness was visited by his younger brother Peter (later to gain fame as actor Peter Graves), who suggested he take a radio course at the University of Minnesota. James did so, and a teacher recommended him for a job as an announcer at a Minneapolis radio station.
Mar 14, 2010 · I didn’t know that Peter Graves, the star of “Mission: Impossible,” who died on Sunday, four days before his eighty-fourth birthday, was the younger brother of James Arness, the star of ...
She would be his wife for nearly 60 years, until Graves' own passing on March 14, 2010. During World War II, he and his brother James Arness joined the United States Army. Arness was an infantryman and was wounded in the battle of Anzio, Italy, while Graves was posted to the Army Air Force (which later became a separate branch of the United ...
Mar 15, 2010 · Graves’ older brother, James Arness, would later play Marshal Matt Dillon on “Gunsmoke.” Graves adopted his grandfather’s last name to avoid confusion with his brother.
Jun 3, 2011 · Share. James Arness, the Minnesota city boy who became television's strongest, most stoic symbol of the Old West, died Friday at age 88 of natural causes. Arness was best known for the role of ...
Mar 15, 2010 · Before Mission: Impossible, though, Graves had led an uneven, bumpy career. He’d come to Hollywood in the shadow of his more-famous brother, James Arness, who became an even bigger TV legend as ...
