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Nobody really knows what makes a hit TV show.

James MacArthur

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James MacArthur
Age: 72 †
Born: 1937
Born: December 8
Died: 2010
Died: October 28
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
LA
California
James Gordon MacArthur
Nobody
Show
Makes
Shows
Really

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