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Peter Graves

Peter Graves

Actor · Born 1926-03-18 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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Biography

Peter Graves (born Peter Duesler Aurness; March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010) was an American actor. While growing up in Minnesota, he excelled at sports and music (as a saxophonist), and by age 16, he was a radio announcer at WMIN in Minneapolis. After two years in the United States Air Force, he studied drama at the University of Minnesota and then headed to Hollywood, where he first appeared on television and later made his film debut in Rogue River (1951). Numerous film appearances followed, especially in Westerns. However, Graves is primarily recognized for his television work, particularly as Jim Phelps in Mission: Impossible (1966). Peter Graves died of a heart attack on March 14, 2010, just four days before his 84th birthday.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Men in Black II (2002) — Peter Graves
  2. House (2004) — Myron
  3. Airplane! (1980) — Capt. Clarence Oveur
  4. Addams Family Values (1993) — Host
  5. American Dad! (2005) — Mr. Pibb (voice)
  6. The Night of the Hunter (1955) — Ben Harper
  7. Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) — Host of Civil Defense Film
  8. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) — Capt. Clarence Oveur
  9. House on Haunted Hill (1999) — Self
  10. Stalag 17 (1953) — Frank Price
  11. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Edmund Gerard
  12. Cold Case (2003) — Anton Bikker (2006)
  13. The Golden Girls (1985) — Jerry Kennedy
  14. Mission: Impossible (1966) — Jim Phelps
  15. The Angry Beavers (1997)
  16. 7th Heaven (1996) — John 'Colonel' Camden
  17. Mission: Impossible (1988) — Jim Phelps
  18. The Love Boat (1977) — Gerald Whitney
  19. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) — Major Noah Cooper
  20. Fantasy Island (1978) — 'Singapore' Eddie Malone
  21. Diagnosis: Murder (1993) — Peter Graves
  22. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
  23. Simon & Simon (1981) — Wade Christian
  24. The Assassination Bureau (1969) — Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)
  25. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) — Mark Needham
  26. Disney's House of Mouse (2001) — Instructor Voice (voice)
  27. The 5-Man Army (1969) — Dutchman
  28. The Invaders (1967) — Gavin Lewis
  29. Killers from Space (1954) — Douglas Martin
  30. Wichita (1955) — Morgan Earp
  31. The Long Gray Line (1955) — Corporal Rudolph Heinz
  32. It Conquered the World (1956) — Dr. Paul Nelson
  33. Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street (1984) — Tom Collins
  34. Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979) — Jeff Knight
  35. The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) — Capt. Bob Elliott
  36. The Winds of War (1983) — Palmer 'Fred' Kirby
  37. Beginning of the End (1957) — Dr. Ed Wainwright
  38. War and Remembrance (1988) — Palmer Kirby
  39. Biography (1987) — Self - Host
  40. The Virginian (1962) — Robert Gaynor

Directed

  1. Mission: Impossible (1966) — Director