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