James Arness

A notable exception was a brief turn as a big city policeman in the short-lived 1981 series, McClain's Law. 1996, CD, Bear Family Records BCD 15 984 AH (http://www.bear-family.de/mailorder/showoneproduct.html?lang=&p=BCD+15984)
(contains both single tracks and the singing-merits of Pierre Brice as well). Since Gunsmoke ended, Arness has continued to perform primarily in western-themed movies and television series, including How the West Was Won, and five made-for-television Gunsmoke reunion movies between 1987 and 1994. 1965, Single, Decca D 19 725. In fact, Wayne recommended Arness for the role of Matt Dillon. His son Christopher Barker also became an actor. He was a close personal friend of John Wayne's and co-starred in a film with him called Big Jim McClain. He died three days after his 54th birthday of a heart attack in New York City.

James Arness served in the United States Army during World War II and was severely wounded at the Battle of Anzio. Barker continued to work in films until his last appearance in 1967's Woman Times Seven. Though primarily identified with Westerns, he also is remembered for appearing in two science fiction films, The Thing from Another World and Them!. He was engaged at the time of his death to actress Karen Kondazian. He is the brother of Peter Graves. He married five times:. James Arness (originally Aurness) (born May 26, 1923 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, a role he played for 20 years, to this day the longest any actor has played the same role on the same show in prime time. In 1966 Barker was awarded with the "Bambi Award" as "Best Foreign Actor" in Germany.

(The co-star in some of Barker's Karl-May-movies, French actor Pierre Brice, also recorded in German language and even managed to get some CDs of his own.). The tracks are named " Ich bin morgen auf dem Weg zu dir" (I'll be on the way to you tomorrow) and "Mädchen in Samt und Seide" (Girls in Velvet and Silk), the last one is said to have been very much liked by elderly ladies at that time. He even recorded a single with the composer of some of the Karl-May-movie-soundtracks, Martin Boettcher, in German language. There he was playing the characters of Old Shatterhand, Kara Ben Nemsi and Dr. Sternau.

There he also starred in two movies based on the Doctor Mabuse-stories (formerly filmed by Fritz Lang) and in 13 movies based on novels by German author Karl May (1842-1912). In 1957, as he found it harder and harder to find work in American films, Lex moved to Europe and found popularity and starred in over forty European films, especially in Germany. During this time he enlisted to fight in World War II and eventually rose to the rank of Major. He is best known as the tenth actor to play Tarzan in the movies, and starred in nearly thirty movies in the 1940s and 1950s.

Lex Barker (May 8, 1919 - May 11, 1973) was born Alexander Crichlow Barker, Jr. in Rye, New York. Manfred Christ: Von Tarzan bis Old Shatterhand - Lex Barker und seine Filme, Günter Albert Ulmer Verlag, Tuningen, Germany, 1994, 288 pages - ISBN 3924191816. ISBN 3-896-024-442. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Germany, 2003, 480 pages.

Reiner Boller, Christina Böhme: Lex Barker - Die Biografie. Winnetou du warst mein Freund
. Ich bin morgen auf dem Weg zu dir / Mädchen wie Samt und Seide
. Maria del Carmen Cervera (1965 - 1972) (divorce not valid, marriage ended with his death), who later became the fifth wife of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza.

Irene Labhardt (1957 - 1962) (marriage ended at her death). Lana Turner (8 September 1953 - 22 July 1957) (divorced). Arlene Dahl (1951 - 1952) (divorced). Constanze Thurlow (1942 - 1950) (divorced).