James Arness was the real life brother of the actor of which "Airplaine!" character?
James Arness James Arness (May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the television series "Gunsmoke". Arness has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in five separate decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in "" (1987) and four more made-for-television "Gunsmoke" films in the 1990s. In Europe, Arness reached cult status for his role as Zeb Macahan in the western series "How the West Was Won". He was the older brother of actor Peter Graves (1926–2010).
Don Ferguson (actor) Don Ferguson (born May 30, 1946) is a Canadian actor, writer, and producer and is one of the stars of the "Royal Canadian Air Farce". He and Dave Broadfoot were the only Canadian-born original cast members of "Air Farce". In 1998, Ferguson and the original Air Farce cast of Roger Abbott, Luba Goy, and John Morgan received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.