6 ft 7.5 in (201.9 cm)
A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Source: Wikipedia
How tall was James Arness?
James Arness is commonly listed at 6 ft 7.5 in (201.9 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
James Arness’s 6 ft 7.5 in (201.9 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.
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James Arness beside others
James Arness is one of the taller actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 1 ft 1.5 in (34.1 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 11.5 in (120.6 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.
- Christopher Heyerdahl: 6 ft 7 in (201 cm), 0.4 in (0.9 cm) shorter than James Arness.
- Bruce Spence: 6 ft 7 in (201 cm), 0.4 in (0.9 cm) shorter than James Arness.
- Nicholas Braun: 6 ft 7 in (200.7 cm), 0.5 in (1.2 cm) shorter than James Arness.
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Where this height comes from
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