How tall was James Arness, the actor who plays Gunsmoke's Matt Dillon?

James Arness was 6-foot-7-inches tall, making him a behemoth on the set of Gunsmoke. The show's crew often had to utilise camera trickery to make him appear shorter so as not to dwarf other actors.

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