Peter Graves
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.
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PHOTOS
TV Series
The Great Adventure
0
Life with Lucy
8.3
House
8.592
American Dad!
6.975
The Sonny and Cher Show
6
Kraft Suspense Theatre
5.3
The F.B.I.
5.5
The Love Boat
6.3
The Golden Girls
7.5
Mickey Mouse Works
6.7
Cold Case
7.774
Route 66
6.3
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
6.975
Fury
5.9
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5.411
Diagnosis: Murder
7.071
The Angry Beavers
6.9
Studio One
5
The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
Mission: Impossible
7.6
7th Heaven
6.4
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
Laredo
6.3
Funny Face
5
Run for Your Life
7.2
Minoriteam
6.8
Fireside Theater
7.25
Daniel Boone
6.9
The Millionaire
5
The Virginian
6.5
Mission: Impossible
7.547
Whiplash
6.8
The Farmer's Daughter
5
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.25
Lux Video Theatre
6.333
Climax!
3.273
The Dean Martin Show
7.316
Matinee Theater
5
Branded
6.438
12 O'Clock High
7.263
Cimarron City
5
Cavalcade of America
3.5
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
6.4
Celebrity Playhouse
0
Screen Actors Guild Awards
6.2
Biff Baker U.S.A.
7.5
Premiere
0
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
5.4
The Winds of War
7.275
Court Martial
6
War and Remembrance
7.871
The Love Boat
6.3
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Unauthorized Biographies with Peter Graves
0
Burke's Law
6.7
Climax!
3.273
The Invaders
6.8
The Love Boat
6.3
Dinah!
6.667
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.8
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Golden Globe Awards
7
Disney's House of Mouse
7.4
Simon & Simon
6.7
Studio 57
0
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
0
Movies
Stalag 17
7.695
Airplane!
7.302
The Night of the Hunter
7.865
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
5.6
Airplane II: The Sequel
6.101
The Movie Orgy
6.5
Paul and Michelle
5.5
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
4
Killers from Space
3.7
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
5.922
Rogue River
0
Red Planet Mars
4.7
Black Tuesday
6
Sidecar Racers
2.5
It Conquered the World
4.8
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
0
The Long Gray Line
6.99
The 5-Man Army
6.7
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
7.6
Savannah Smiles
6.4
Beginning of the End
3.8
The Mysterious Monsters
5.8
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
2.8
The Ballad of Josie
5.7
Death in Small Doses
5
Fury
0
These Old Broads
6.1
Parts: The Clonus Horror
4.4
Survival Run
2.7
Bayou
2.6
A Rage to Live
4.7
Where Have All the People Gone
6
The Naked Street
6.1
War Paint
5.458
Hold Back The Night
6.3
Wichita
6.292
Doris Day: It's Magic
0
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
6.8
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
5.6
Fort Defiance
6.3
Scream of the Wolf
6.2
Canyon River
6.4
The Yellow Tomahawk
6
Wolf Larsen
0
Fort Yuma
5.2
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
8
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
7.7
Dead Man on the Run
6
Robbers' Roost
5.8
A Stranger in My Arms
2.3
SST: Death Flight
5.3
Death Car on the Freeway
5.3
Texas Across the River
5.6
Mystery Reel
0
East of Sumatra
5.2
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
10
Addams Family Values
6.958
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
6.5
The Congregation
0
The Raid
6.5
America on the Move 1876-2000
0
The Rebels
0
The Assassination Bureau
6.6
Behind the Legend: Timon
0
House on Haunted Hill
5.585
Valley of Mystery
5
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
4.621
Angels in the Outfield
6.7
Race for Survival
0
The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires
0
High Seas Hijack
10
Number One with a Bullet
4.2
Sergeant Ryker
6.5
The President's Plane Is Missing
6.2
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
6.8
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
6.34
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
6
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
1
The Memory of Eva Ryker
6
Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
0
Men in Black II
6.377
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
0
Call to Danger
0
The Guns and the Fury
0
300 Miles for Stephanie
0
Gallegher Goes West
0
The Adventurers
4.5
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
10
The Underground Man
5
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
0
Gettysburg - An American Story
0
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
0
The Demon Lover
0
Darkstar: Terror at The Edge of Time
0
Aliens from Space
0
Platinum Bombshell
0
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
0
Mission: Impossible - The Slave
0
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker
0
Mission: Impossible - The Controllers
0
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
0
Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent
0