Gunsmoke actor James Arness was a master of the Western genre, but he didn’t care for HBO’s Deadwood. His contributions to the genre came long before the premium cable channel released the popular ...
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 ...
According to a TV Guide interview, Arness refused to film Gunsmoke on certain days. As a result, he threatened to quit if the production didn’t allow him to keep to his weekly routine. The producers ...