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Peter Graves
Actor, Director
Died March 14, 2010 (83 years)
Peter Graves was born Peter Duesler Aurness on March 18, 1926 on Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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.
Filmography
| 2022 | Cheap Thrills - Those Drive-in Horror Flicks · as Dr. Paul Larson |
| 2014 | Gettysburg, an American Story · as Narrator |
| 2005 | Minoriteam (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as Mr. Pibb (voice) |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made · as actor |
| 2004 | House (TV Series) · as Myron |
| 2003 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action · as Host of Civil Defense Film |
| 2003 | Cold Case (TV Series) · as Anton Bikker (2006) |
| 2002 | Don't Ask Don't Tell · as actor |
| 2002 | Men in Black II · as Peter Graves |
| 2001 | These Old Broads · as Bill |
| 2001 | House of Mouse (TV Series) · as Instructor Voice (segment 'How to Be a Spy') |
| 1999 | House on Haunted Hill · as Peter Graves |
| 1999 | Mickey Mouse Works (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1997 | The Angry Beavers (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | 7th Heaven (TV Series) · as John "Colonel" Camden |
| 1993 | Addams Family Values · as Host |
| 1993 | Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) · as Peter Graves |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance (TV Series) · as Palmer Kirby |
| 1988 | Mission: Impossible (1988) (TV Series) · as Jim Phelps |
| 1987 | Number One with a Bullet · as Capt. Ferris |
| 1987 | If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium · as Mr. Wainwright |
| 1986 | Horrible Horror · as Doctor Doug Paul Martin, In clips from 'Killers from Space' |
| 1986 | Life with Lucy (TV Series) · as Ben Marshall |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls (TV Series) · as Jerry Scott |
| 1984 | Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street · as Tom Collins |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Edmund Gerard |
| 1984 | Hammer House of Mystery & Suspense (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | The Winds of War (TV Series) · as Palmer 'Fred' Kirby |
| 1982 | Airplane II: The Sequel · as Capt. Clarence Oveur |
| 1982 | Savannah Smiles · as Harland Dobbs |
| 1981 | The Guns and the Fury · as Mark Janser |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1980 | Airplane! · as Captain Clarence Oveur |
| 1980 | Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty · as TV Director |
| 1979 | Teheran Incident · as Alec Franklin |
| 1979 | The Clonus Horror · as Jeff Knight |
| 1979 | Survival Run · as Kandaris |
| 1979 | Matt and Jenny (TV Series) · as Jake Winfield |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series) · as Major Noah Cooper |
| 1977 | SST: Death Flight · as Paul Whitley |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as 'Singapore' Eddie Malone |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Gerald Whitney |
| 1975 | Sidecar Racers · as Carson |
| 1974 | Paul and Michelle · as Sir Henry |
| 1974 | Where Have All the People Gone · as Steven Anders |
| 1974 | Scream of the Wolf · as John Wetherby |
| 1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | The Adventurers · as Trustee Banker |
| 1970 | The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1969 | The 5-Man Army · as Dutchman |
| 1968 | Sergeant Ryker · as Maj. Whitaker |
| 1967 | The Ballad of Josie · as Jason Meredith |
| 1967 | The Invaders (TV Series) · as Gavin Lewis |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Jim Phelps |
| 1965 | A Rage to Live · as Jack Hollister |
| 1965 | Laredo (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | Branded (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Manning Fryes |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Logan Harris |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Maj. Frank Whitaker |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Mark Needham |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Robert Gaynor |
| 1960 | Route 66 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Cimarron City (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Death in Small Doses · as Agent / Tom Kaylor |
| 1957 | Bayou · as Martin Davis |
| 1956 | Hold Back the Night · as Lt. Lee Couzens |
| 1956 | Canyon River · as Bob Andrews |
| 1955 | The Night of the Hunter · as Ben Harper |
| 1955 | The Long Gray Line · as Rudolph Heinz |
| 1955 | Wichita · as Morgan |
| 1955 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell · as Capt. Bob Elliott |
| 1955 | The Naked Street · as Joe McFarland |
| 1955 | Fort Yuma · as Lt. Ben Keegan |
| 1955 | Robbers' Roost · as Heesman |
| 1955 | |
| 1954 | Killers from Space · as Douglas Martin |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Steve Baxter |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Marshal Neimeyer |
| 1953 | Stalag 17 · as Sgt. Frank Price |
| 1953 | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef · as Arnold Dix |
| 1952 | Red Planet Mars · as Chris Cronyn |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Maj. Tom Howie |
| 1951 | Angels in the Outfield · as Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Fort Defiance · as Ned Tallon |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Mission Commander Morgan |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Dr. James Ewing |
| 1951 | Gruen Guild Theater (TV Series) · as Agent Fielding |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Joel Barker |
| 1948 | Spring in Park Lane · as Basil Maitland |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Glenn Willis |