James Arness is of course best remembered today as Marshall Dillon on TV's Gunsmoke (1955-1975). Anyone familiar with that show (especially the early seasons) will instantly know why. He was Matt Dillon, in a way no other actor could ever be. It didn't hurt that the show was one of the best written TV westerns of all time. However it must be brought up that as well as a TV career, James had an excellent movie career, where he even appeared in multiple movies with the ultimate cowboy star John Wayne. He also appeared in the B movie classic Them! This following 1955 article from TV Radio Mirror covers what life was like for James Arness when he was not acting. If you have trouble reading any of these pages click on it and use you touch screen to zoom in.
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