David Litt, a former Obama speechwriter, finds common ground on the waves of the Jersey Shore in his new memoir, “It’s Only ...

One of the coolest dudes that I had the pleasure to hang out with quite a bit was James Arness. He was the dude ... far as to say that Jim didn’t just surf, he was a full-on “surfer.” ...

By Alexandra Alter When Percival Everett’s novel “James” won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction on Monday, it seemed like an obvious choice. Everett’s subversive reimagining of “Huckleberry ...

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 ...

Over his incredible Hollywood career, John Wayne had many regular collaborators in his movies like Ward Bond, Howard Hawks and John Ford. Duke and these men were part of Tinseltown’s strong ...

One of these Republican close friends and regular co-stars was James Arness. Unfortunately, that relationship was to be damaged very badly. Arness played supporting roles opposite Wayne in 1950s ...

He taught them how to swim and what he referred to as his “favorite” sport, which was surfing. When Arness wasn’t filming Gunsmoke, he wanted to continue making valuable memories with the ...

According to a TV Guide interview, Arness refused to film Gunsmoke on ... Rolf became 1970’s World Surfing Champion, while Jenny appeared in two episodes of Gunsmoke. The actor married Janet ...

“We finally realized it was Matt Dillon [James Arness of Gunsmoke fame],” Baker realized. “It was [1970 World Surfing Champion] Rolph Aurness’s dad. And he starts climbing down the ...

He was the World Surfing Champion in 1970, but the talented goofyfoot son of the hugely popular television actor James Arness (born James Aurness, who played Marshall Matt Dillon on “Gunsmoke ...