Born James and Peter Aurness in Minneapolis, sons of Rolf Cirkler Aurness and Ruth Duesler, James (May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) modified the spelling of his last name to Arness and Peter (March 18,1926 - March 14, 2010) chose to use their mother's maiden name of Graves. Although they were both very active in movies and television at the same time, they never acted together. But Graves did direct a 1955 episode of Gunsmoke.
Is it ironic that James Arness and Peter Graves were brothers and they were also stars in two shows that I loved watching when I was growing up. And when I first started watching those shows I had no idea they were brothers.
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