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Graves's ancestry was Norwegian, German, and English. He used the stage name Graves, a maternal family name, [5] to honor his mother's family, and also so as to not be confused with the stage name of his elder brother James Arness, star of the television series Gunsmoke. Graves graduated from Southwest High School in 1944.
The family name had been Aursnes, but when Rolf's father, Peter Aursnes, emigrated from Norway in 1887, he changed it to Aurness. [3] James Arness and his family were Methodists. [4] Arness' younger brother was actor Peter Graves. Peter used the stage name "Graves", a maternal family name. [3]
Aurness is the son of Gunsmoke actor James Arness (who died on June 3, 2011 [4]) and nephew of Mission Impossible actor Peter Graves. [1] [2]In the decade following his World Surfing Championship win Aurness fell out of surfing due to the deaths of his wife, mother, and sister.
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Arness, possibly on his way to becoming a fixture in science fiction films, also starred in the 1954 giant ant movie Them! in his natural blonde hair. Arness' brother was actor Peter Graves. Except for a gag cameo in the Bob Hope comedy Alias Jesse James, it was his final theatrical film before devoting himself exclusively to television.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
In addition to working with Peter Graves on 7th Heaven, Garland also starred opposite Graves's brother, James Arness, in four episodes of Gunsmoke. On radio, she was an original player of the California Actors Radio Theatre, which often recorded its programs on the grounds of Garland's hotel in the Beverly Garland Little Theater, which was ...
The Graves family was staying at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort on June 14, 2016, when tragedy struck. Lane was snatched by an alligator as he played near the water's edge at the hotel's Seven ...