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