American actor best remembered for roles in films Airplane, The Night of the Hunter and tv series Mission:Impossible. In a March 1975 interview in the Lewiston Journal he is quoted saying, "I'm 6 feet 5", although In 1978 he said "I'm 6-foot-3. Good thing they didn't ask my brother (Jim Arness). He's 3 years older and 3 inches taller."

I'm bigger. I'm 6-6 and weigh 225 pounds. [Peter] is 6-2 and weighs 190. I came to Hollywood two years before Peter did.
-- James Arness in 1971

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