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Peter Graves

Acting · Born March 18, 1926 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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 with Peter Graves

• Men in Black II (2002) — Peter Graves
• Airplane! (1980) — Capt. Clarence Oveur
• Addams Family Values (1993) — Host
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) — Host of Civil Defense Film
• Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) — Capt. Clarence Oveur
• The Night of the Hunter (1955) — Ben Harper
• House on Haunted Hill (1999) — Self
• Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street (1984) — Tom Collins
• Angels in the Outfield (1951) — Radio Announcer (uncredited)
• Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979) — Jeff Knight
• The Movie Orgy (1968) — Self (archive footage)
• Texas Across the River (1966) — Capt. Stimpson

TV shows with Peter Graves

• Mission: Impossible (1966) — Jim Phelps
• 7th Heaven (1996) — John 'Colonel' Camden
• Biography (1987)
• Mission: Impossible (1988) — Jim Phelps
• Fury (1955) — Jim Newton
• The Winds of War (1983) — Palmer 'Fred' Kirby
• Whiplash (1961) — Christopher Cobb