Talk:James Arness

message: I have always wondered why doc Adams office was upstairs why didn’t they just move it downstairs that would be so much easier taking care of all the sick people and dead people and shot people. I’m wondering if anyone else has wondered?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.185.84.18 (talk) 21:07, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I've wondered the exact same thing.  Also wondered why Chester never got his leg fixed. It got tiresome watching him hobble around for so long.  2600:8801:298D:D700:149F:183D:D5E2:8427 (talk) 10:57, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: He was the tallest actor ever to play a lead role, standing 6 feet 7 inches.
The reference cited for this does not mention his height. Also, this is a very vague statement. The tallest actor ever? Has there never been a taller actor appear as the lead in a community theater? What about the tallest actor ever to have the lead role in a commercial? Shaquille O'Neal is taller (at 7'1"), and has appeared as the lead in the movie Steel. I think this statement needs to be both qualified for what he was the tallest as (the tallest ever with a lead role on US Network television, maybe?), and with a citable reference to prove that he was the tallest. --66.69.248.6 (talk) 15:58, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Concur that the source did NOT say what was referenced. Arness' published biography, online 'biography' and interviews do however mention his height. Apparently he does usually say 6' 6" when 6' 7"(≈2.1 metres) is seemingly correct. I have worked his stature into the article as he says it is the main reason he was not able to become a navy pilot, he was 5" too tall! Thus he went into the infantry. --220.101.28.25 (talk) 13:26, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tallest actor? 

message: *james-arness genealogy Accesssed March 15, 2010 www.genealogy.com - Reliable??
*Children "three sons and three grandchildren". (Web bio) But apparently he had a daughter (with 1st wife Virginia Chapman)
Jenny Lee Arness
born 23 May 1950 who result of a drug overdose(Suicide?? per findagrave) on 12 May 1975, Malibu, California,
Julie Kovacs (May 31, 2009) DOT com/people/hollywood-celebrities-and-the-deaths-of-their-children/ Hollywood Celebrities and The Deaths of Their Children People Accesssed March 15, 2010
Find-a-Grave Jenny Lee Arness findagrave Accesssed March 15, 2010, nb. Grave is marked as Aurness not Arness.
Sons 3?
*Craig Aurness 
*Rolf Aurness ( Born. February 18, 1952) World Surfing Champion (1970)!! "Rolf Aurness @ surfline 'dot' com" Surf Line Accesssed March 15, 2010
*???
*Wives 2 of, 
**Virginia Chapman: Actress late 1940 to ≈1960?
**Janet Surtrees:                             wife 1978- current
*Wedding dates ?
IMDB
Janet Surtrees (16 December 1978 - present) 
Virginia Chapman (12 February 1948 - 1960) 
IMDB says 
"Ten days after the invasion, Arness was severely wounded in the leg and foot by German machine-gun fire. His wounds, which plagued him the rest of his life, resulted in his medical discharge from the army" He was wounded, details to be confirmed.
:We know Rolf's mother was Arness' ex-wife Virginia Chapman, but who are the mother(s) of Arness' son Craig and the other son whose name we don't know? Jim Michael (talk) 17:19, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Craig Michael Aurness was my employer and was born November 20, 1946. But don't just take my word for it; look here[] and here[]. Richard K. Carson (talk) 02:39, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

text: I looked at the source listed and you're right, there is no mention of any separation. I looked at when it was added and by whom, and it was after he passed away in a flurry on anon IP edits. It stayed in the article, but I have now removed it. Dave Dial (talk) 01:05, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Family 

message: This data  needs to be integrated into the article as it's coverage of Areness work is currently meagre., though overall article is better than it was few days ago.
Source for all James Arness Filmography jamesarness.com Accessed 16 March 2010
=== Gunsmoke ===
The longest running dramatic series ever produced.  1955 - 1975 
=== Films ===
The Farmer's Daughter 1947 
Man From Texas 1947 
Roses Are Red 1947 
-Battleground 1949 
Wagonmaster 1950 
Sierra 1950 
Two Lost Worlds 1950 
Double Crossbones 1950 
Stars In My Crown 1950 
Wyoming Mail 1950 
Calvary Scout 1951 
Belle le Grand 1951 
Iron Man 1951 
*The Thing 1951 Science Fiction 
The People Against O'Hara 1951 
Carbine Williams 1952 
Hellgate 1952 
The Girl In White 1952 
Big Jim McLain 1952 
Horizons West 1952 
Lone Hand 1953 
Ride The Man Down 1953 
Island In The Sky 1953 
Veils of Bagdad 1953 
*Them 1954 Science Fiction 
Hondo 1954 
Her Twelve Men 1954 
Flames of the Islands 1955 
Many Rivers to Cross 1955 
The Sea Chase 1955 
Arizona Mission 1956 
Gun The Man Down 1956 
The First Traveling Saleslady 1956 
=== Television ===
The Lone Ranger 1950 
-Lux Video Theatre "The Chase" 1954 
Front Row Center 1956 
-The Red Skelton Chevy Special 1959 
-The Chevrolet Golden Anniversery Show 1961 
-A Salute to Television's 25th Anniversary 1972 
The Macahans 1976 
How The West Was Won 1976 - 1979 
The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory 1987 
*Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge 1987 
Red River 1988 
*Gunsmoke II: The Last Apache 1990 
*Gunsmoke III: To The Last Man 1992 
*Gunsmoke IV: The Long Ride 1993 
*Gunsmoke V: One Man's Justice 1993 
--220.101.28.25 (talk) 16:06, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Filmography 

message: The Lone Ranger 1950 
-Lux Video Theatre "The Chase" 1954 
Front Row Center 1956 
-The Red Skelton Chevy Special 1959 
-The Chevrolet Golden Anniversery Show 1961 
-A Salute to Television's 25th Anniversary 1972 
The Macahans 1976 
How The West Was Won 1976 - 1979 
The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory 1987 
*Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge 1987 
Red River 1988 
*Gunsmoke II: The Last Apache 1990 
*Gunsmoke III: To The Last Man 1992 
*Gunsmoke IV: The Long Ride 1993 
*Gunsmoke V: One Man's Justice 1993 
--220.101.28.25 (talk) 16:06, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Television 

message: http://www.fandango.com/jamesarness/biographies/p2331  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.101.28.25 (talk) 20:25, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 2 

message: Seems to have a bit here in the reference, probably worthy of a section. Feel free to do it. Recall something about donating a custom built boat? --220.101.28.25 (talk) 21:20, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charitable works 

message: While a student at California State Polytechnic College (it became a University) at San Luis Obispo, I used to ride out to Pozo.  Pozo was a rustic little town nearby.  In the 1970s James Arness flew a single engine airplane, and landed it in a "cow pasture" nearby to Pozo.  I talked to Mr. Arness several times; he contemplated buying the Pozo Saloon, a place that could have been cast as the Long  Branch Saloon, but he never did.  James Arness was a licensed pilot.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.222.41.188 (talk • contribs) 22:03, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Encounter 

message: Substituted at 19:23, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: So, there's no mention of how he got wounded other than:
Because of his height, he was the first ordered off his landing craft to determine the depth of the water; it came up to his waist.[5]
Arness was sent to the U.S Army 91st General Hospital at Clinton, Iowa, to be treated.
So was sent from Italy to Iowa for treatment because the water came up to his waist :) I'm not sure of what's missing here but something should fill in that gap...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.56.50.103 (talk) 18:57, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Military Service and Wounds

message: "Arness was sent to the U.S Army 91st General Hospital at Clinton, Iowa, to be treated."
For what? Beetfarm Louie (talk) 06:53, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Military Serrvice 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Someone should work in the fact that Arness' portrayal as Matt Dillon appeared on the Pink Floyd album, "The Wall", in the song "Is There Anybody Out There?".  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_There_Anybody_Out_There%3F
Jameywiki (talk) 20:42, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pink Floyd Album 

message: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Variety_International_Show_Business_Refe/i_RLAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=james+arness++%22may+26+1923%22&dq=james+arness++%22may+26+1923%22&printsec=frontcover was removed (it did not work well and did not show the date), but I see no source for DOB on quick review.  Do we have one?  If so, it should be in the body, not in the lead. Shajure (talk) 21:18, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of birth