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Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.
LOOKING FOR A " THING"
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Jagdflieger
Jr. Admin
Mat Dillon... er, I mean James Arness.
Edit: Looks like a few early risers beat me to the punch.
Edit: Looks like a few early risers beat me to the punch.
Yes of Course..Marshal Dillon...The other Flick he made was with John Wayne.."Island In The Sky".1953,great DC-3 Film...The rest is history...Black and White was more effective than this Color update....Yes Jim was a big guy...As he was a Vegetable Monster,Like Broccoli,the cooked him....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4rlv4m_ETb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4rlv4m_ETb0
luckydog
Charter Member 2014
The 1951 version is the original, and a classic. But for total shock value, nothing beats John Carpenter's version with Kurt Russell. That one gave me nightmares for a week it was so gruesome!
Trivia: James Arness was actually Peter Graves' (Mission:Impossible) brother. After Gunsmoke ended, Arness portrayed mountain man Zebulon Macahan in the series How the West Was Won.
Trivia: James Arness was actually Peter Graves' (Mission:Impossible) brother. After Gunsmoke ended, Arness portrayed mountain man Zebulon Macahan in the series How the West Was Won.
Terry
SOH-CM-2016
The 1951 version is the original, and a classic. But for total shock value, nothing beats John Carpenter's version with Kurt Russell. That one gave me nightmares for a week it was so gruesome!
Trivia: James Arness was actually Peter Graves' (Mission:Impossible) brother. After Gunsmoke ended, Arness portrayed mountain man Zebulon Macahan in the series How the West Was Won.
After about 35 years they released The McCahans in the US 3 weeks ago. The first release has the movie and the first season. Good kick ass western, old Zeb don't take no guff from anyone.
Jagdflieger
Jr. Admin
James Arness also played the FBI agent in the 1954 Sci Fi thriller "Them."
What fun those Sci Fi movies were when growing up.
What fun those Sci Fi movies were when growing up.
James Arness he too from that Greatest Of Generations in WW2 Needs no eulogy from me or anyone...
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"Arness wanted to be a naval fighter pilot, but he felt his poor eyesight would bar him. His height of 6 feet 7 inches ended his hopes, since 6 feet 2 inches was the limit for aviators. Instead, he was called for the Army and reported to Fort Snelling, Minnesota in March 1943.[SUP][6][/SUP] Arness served as a rifleman with the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division, and was severely wounded during Operation Shingle, at Anzio, Italy.[SUP][/SUP]
According to James Arness – An Autobiography, he landed on Anzio Beachhead on January 22, 1944 as a rifleman with 2nd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division. 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.[SUP][/SUP]
On January 29, 1945, having undergone surgery several times, Arness was honorably discharged. His wounds continued to bother him, and in later years Arness suffered from chronic leg pain,[SUP][/SUP] which sometimes hurt when mounting a horse. His decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart,[SUP][2][/SUP] the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three bronze battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge.[SUP][9]"[/SUP]
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| James King Aurness May 26, 1923 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | |
| Died | June 3, 2011 (aged 88) Los Angeles, California, U |
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"Arness wanted to be a naval fighter pilot, but he felt his poor eyesight would bar him. His height of 6 feet 7 inches ended his hopes, since 6 feet 2 inches was the limit for aviators. Instead, he was called for the Army and reported to Fort Snelling, Minnesota in March 1943.[SUP][6][/SUP] Arness served as a rifleman with the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division, and was severely wounded during Operation Shingle, at Anzio, Italy.[SUP][/SUP]
According to James Arness – An Autobiography, he landed on Anzio Beachhead on January 22, 1944 as a rifleman with 2nd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division. 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.[SUP][/SUP]
On January 29, 1945, having undergone surgery several times, Arness was honorably discharged. His wounds continued to bother him, and in later years Arness suffered from chronic leg pain,[SUP][/SUP] which sometimes hurt when mounting a horse. His decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart,[SUP][2][/SUP] the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three bronze battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge.[SUP][9]"[/SUP]
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ThinkingManNeil
Charter Member
Peter Graves
ThinkingManNeil
Charter Member
One film that Arness did with Spencer Tracy the same year "The Thing" was released was "The People Against O'Hara". Good movie.
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ThinkingManNeil
Charter Member
In 1951a great flick...Can anyone name the Actor who played the THING???...Great Model of that plane then...
Would love to show up at Oshkosh with a C-47 painted just like this!
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