Peter Graves and James Arness were best known for their iconic television roles of Jim Phelps and Matt Dillon on Mission Impossible and Gunsmoke, respectively. But likely more important to the two men ...

One of television's best-kept secrets (that nobody went out of their way to keep secret) is the fact that Peter Graves and James Arness, two of the most iconic leading men of their era, were real-life ...

A son shared stories about his father serving in the Army with James Arness during World War II and another reader set a goal to watch the entire "Gunsmoke" series. After reading a story about James ...

The star of one of the longest-running shows in U.S. television history, Gunsmoke (1955). Born of Norwegian heritage (the family name, Aurness (formerly had been Aursness) in Minneapolis, Minnesota to ...