# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-arness
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:39:35.678Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-arness"
name: "James Arness"
slug: "james-arness"
description: "James King Arness 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 four more made-for-television Gunsmoke films in the 1990s. In Europe, Arness reached cult status for his role as Zeb Macahan in the Western series How the West Was Won. He was the older brother of actor Peter Graves."
tagline: "American actor (1923–2011)"
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category:
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birthDate: "1923-05-26"
deathDate: "2011-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump