James Arness, the rangy thesp best known for his 20-year run as "Gunsmoke's" Marshal Matt Dillon, died Friday of natural causes at his home in Brentwood. He was 88.

'Stars in My Crown' is a poignant Western about racism, infectious disease outbreaks, ... The town's non-religious doctor, Daniel Harris Jr. (James Mitchell), ...

James Arness, the 6-foot-6 actor who towered over the television landscape for two decades as righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke," died Friday. He was 88. The actor died in his ...

James Arness, the 6-foot-6 actor who towered over the television landscape for two decades as righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke," died Friday. He was 88. The actor died in his ...

James Arness, the 6-foot-6 actor who towered over the television landscape for two decades as righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in “Gunsmoke,” died Friday. He was 88. The actor died in ...

James Arness played The Thing in ‘The Thing from Another World’ Before Arness landed Gunsmoke , he originally tried for a movie career under a contract with M-G-M, but they ended the contract.

James Arness, the 6-foot-6 actor who towered over the television landscape for two decades as righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke," died Friday. He was 88.

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He is Actor James Arness, longtime star of Gunsmoke, whose 950-acre ranch is adjacent to Brandeis’ grounds. Arness has given Brandeis the entire ranch—$2 million worth of land, corrals, houses ...

Actor James Arness who kept Marshal Matt Dillon righteous, peace-seeking and, most of all, believable in the television series "Gunsmoke," died Friday at age 88.

James Arness worried about taking his ‘Gunsmoke’ success to film #JamesArness (1923–2011) would have been 98 today. He was a decorated #WorldWarII veteran who became a TV icon on GUNSMOKE.