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May 20, 2024 · James Arness was married twice and had 3 children. He died of natural causes on June 2, 2011 at the age of 88. Peter Graves was married once and also had 3 children. He died on March 14, 2010 at the age of 83 of a heart attack. Peter Graves and James Arness, respectively stars of iconic TV shows 'Mission Impossible' and 'Gunsmoke,' were ...
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Peter Graves. Peter Graves (born Peter Duesler Aurness; March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010) was an American actor who portrayed Jim Phelps in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973 and in its revival from 1988 to 1990. His elder brother was actor James Arness. Graves also played airline pilot Captain Clarence Oveur in the ...
The Peter Graves and James Arness story begins with the birth of James King Aurness on May 26, 1923 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to businessman Rolf Cirkler Aurnes and journalist Ruth Duesler.
James Arness. James Arness (born James King Aurness; May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the series Gunsmoke. He has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in five decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) and ...
James Arness. Actor: Gunsmoke. American leading man famed as the star of one of the longest-running shows in U.S. television history, Gunsmoke (1955). Born of Norwegian heritage (the family name, Aurness, had formerly been Aursness) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Rolf and Ruth Duesler Aurness. His father was a traveling salesman of medical supplies and his mother later became a newspaper ...
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- June 3, 2011
- May 26, 1923
Peter Graves. Actor: Stalag 17. Peter Graves was born Peter Duesler Aurness on March 18, 1926 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. While growing up in Minnesota, he excelled at sports and music (as a saxophonist), and by age 16, he was a radio announcer at WMIN in Minneapolis. After two years in the United States Army Air Force, he studied drama at the University of Minnesota and then headed to ...
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James Arness (1923-2011) James Arness. American leading man famed as the star of one of the longest-running shows in U.S. television history, Gunsmoke (1955). Born of Norwegian heritage (the family name, Aurness, had formerly been Aursness) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Rolf and Ruth Duesler Aurness. His father was a traveling salesman of ...
