Peter Graves
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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.
Known for
Credits
Airplane! (1980)
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
Men in Black II (2002)
as Peter Graves
Addams Family Values (1993)
as Host
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
as Host of Civil Defense Film
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
as Ben Harper
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
as Self
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
as Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)
Stalag 17 (1953)
as Frank Price
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street (1984)
as Tom Collins
The 5-Man Army (1969)
as Dutchman
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archive footage)
Wichita (1955)
as Morgan Earp
Texas Across the River (1966)
as Capt. Stimpson
The Long Gray Line (1955)
as Corporal Rudolph Heinz
Sleeping Dog (1967)
as Sir Geoffrey
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
as Capt. Bob Elliott
The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)
as Mike Rogers
The Adventurers (1970)
as Trustee Banker
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
as Arnold Dix
Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)
as Jeff Knight
A Rage to Live (1965)
as Jack Hollister
The Ballad of Josie (1968)
as Jason Meredith
High Seas Hijack (1977)
as Elliott Rhoades
The President's Plane Is Missing (1973)
as Mark Jones
Black Tuesday (1954)
as Peter Manning
The Naked Street (1955)
as Joe McFarland
The Raid (1954)
as Capt. Frank Dwyer
Sergeant Ryker (1968)
as Maj. Whitaker
Number One with a Bullet (1987)
as Capt. Ferris
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident (1979)
as Alec Franklin
Death Car on the Freeway (1979)
as Lieutenant Haller
It Conquered the World (1956)
as Dr. Paul Nelson
These Old Broads (2001)
as Bill
SST: Death Flight (1978)
as Paul Whitley
The Yellow Tomahawk (1954)
as Sawyer
Robbers' Roost (1955)
as Heesman
Red Planet Mars (1952)
as Chris Cronyn
Valley of Mystery (1967)
as Ben Barstow
Survival Run (1979)
as Kandaris
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob (1969)
as Jim Phelps
Fort Yuma (1955)
as Lt. Ben Keegan
Sidecar Racers (1975)
as Carson
Paul and Michelle (1974)
as Sir Henry
Canyon River (1956)
as Bob Andrews
Killers from Space (1954)
as Douglas Martin
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Death in Small Doses (1957)
as Agent / Tom Kaylor
The Congregation (1952)
Actor
Savannah Smiles (1982)
as Harland Dobbs
Hold Back the Night (1956)
as Lt. Lee Couzens
Doris Day: It's Magic (1998)
as Narrator
Scream of the Wolf (1974)
as John Wetherby
Where Have All the People Gone (1974)
as Steven Anders
Beginning of the End (1957)
as Dr. Ed Wainwright
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography (1996)
as Self - Host
Fort Defiance (1951)
as Ned Tallon
War Paint (1953)
as Trooper Tolson
Call to Danger (1973)
as Doug Warfield
The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968)
as Self (uncredited)
East of Sumatra (1953)
as Cowboy
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown (1996)
as Self - Host
A Stranger in My Arms (1959)
as Donald Beasley
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker (1995)
as Self - Host
The Underground Man (1974)
as Lew Archer
The Demon Lover (1986)
as Ponsonby
Wolf Larsen (1958)
as Van Weyden
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel (1999)
as Narrator
Bayou (1957)
as Martin Davis
300 Miles for Stephanie (1981)
as Capt. McIntyre
Dead Man on the Run (1975)
as Jim Gideon
Aliens from Space (—)
as Doug Martin
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker (1969)
as James Phelps
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty (1980)
as TV Director
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star (1996)
as Narrator
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life (1998)
as Self - Narrator
Gettysburg - An American Story (2014)
as Narrator
The All Star Spangled Mission (1973)
as Jim Phelps
Fury (1955)
as Jim Newton
Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion (1997)
as Self - Host
Behind the Legend: Timon (2004)
as Himself - Host
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon (1970)
as James Phelps
Mission: Impossible - The Slave (1967)
as Jim Phelps
Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent (1989)
as Jim Phelps
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess (1994)
as Self - Host
Rogue River (1951)
as Pete Dandridge
Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell (1996)
as Narrator
Race for Survival (1978)
as Narrator
Mystery Reel (2022)
Actor
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait (1999)
as Self - Host
The Guns and the Fury (1983)
as Mark Janser
The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires (1994)
as Host
Mission: Impossible - The Controllers (1969)
as Jim Phelps
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves (2005)
as Self
Don't Ask Don't Tell (2002)
Actor
Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time (2010)
as Narrator
Under the Law: Arrest and Seize (1973)
as Narration
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar (2009)
as Self
Gallegher Goes West (1966)
as Marshal Neimeyer
The Mysterious Monsters (1976)
as Himself - Narrator
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama (1996)
Actor
America on the Move 1876-2000 (2003)
as Host