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Peter Graves
Born · March 18, 1926
Died · March 14, 2010 (83 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Bio
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.
Mystery Reel
0.0
2022
Gettysburg - An American Story
Narrator
0.0
2014
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
Self
7.7
2009
Minoriteam
Sheldon Miller · (1 episode)
6.8
2005
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
Self
10.0
2005
American Dad!
Mr. Pibb (voice) · (1 episode)
7.0
2005
House
Myron · (1 episode)
8.6
2004
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
Dr. Doug Paul Martin (archive footage)
4.6
2004
Behind the Legend: Timon
Himself - Host
0.0
2004
America on the Move 1876-2000
Host
0.0
2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Host of Civil Defense Film
6.3
2003
Cold Case
Anton Bikker (2006) · (1 episode)
7.8
2003
Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter'
Self (archive footage)
5.7
2002
Men in Black II
Peter Graves
6.4
2002
These Old Broads
Bill
6.5
2001
House on Haunted Hill
Himself
5.6
1999
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
Narrator
0.0
1999
Mickey Mouse Works
(1 episode)
6.5
1999
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
Self - Host
1.0
1999
Doris Day: It's Magic
Narrator
0.0
1998
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Self - Narrator
0.0
1998
The Angry Beavers
(1 episode)
6.9
1997
Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
Self - Host
0.0
1997
7th Heaven
John "Colonel" Camden · (11 episodes)
6.4
1996
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
Host
6.0
1996
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
0.0
1996
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
Host
0.0
1996
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
Self - Host
4.0
1995
Screen Actors Guild Awards
(1 episode)
6.2
1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Self - Narrator (voice)
8.0
1995
The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires
Host
0.0
1994
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Self - Host
6.8
1994
Burke's Law
General Prescott · (1 episode)
6.7
1994
Addams Family Values
Host
7.0
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
Peter Graves · (1 episode)
7.1
1993
Unauthorized Biographies with Peter Graves
Self - Narrator · (4 episodes)
0.0
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(1 episode)
5.4
1992
War and Remembrance
Palmer Kirby · (12 episodes)
8.0
1988
Mission: Impossible
Jim Phelps · (35 episodes)
7.5
1988
Number One with a Bullet
Capt. Ferris
4.2
1987
Life with Lucy
Ben Marshall · (1 episode)
8.3
1986
The Demon Lover
Ponsonby
0.0
1986
The Golden Girls
Jerry Kennedy · (1 episode)
7.5
1985
Murder, She Wrote
Edmund Gerard · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
John Bray · (1 episode)
6.4
1984
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Tom Collins
5.7
1984
The Guns and the Fury
Mark Janser
0.0
1983
The Winds of War
Palmer 'Fred' Kirby · (7 episodes)
7.3
1983
Airplane II: The Sequel
Capt. Clarence Oveur
6.1
1982
Savannah Smiles
Harland Dobbs
6.4
1982
Simon & Simon
(1 episode)
6.7
1981
300 Miles for Stephanie
Capt. McIntyre
0.0
1981
Airplane!
Captain Clarence Oveur
7.3
1980
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Mike Rogers
6.0
1980
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
TV Director
6.5
1980
Death Car on the Freeway
Lt. Haller
5.3
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Major Noah Cooper · (1 episode)
6.9
1979
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Jeff Knight
4.5
1979
The Rebels
George Washington
0.0
1979
Survival Run
Kandaris
2.7
1979
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
Alec Franklin
2.8
1979
Race for Survival
Narrator
0.0
1978
High Seas Hijack
Elliott Rhoades
10.0
1977
The Love Boat
Gerald Whitney · (2 episodes)
6.3
1977
The Love Boat
Leonard Culver · (1 episode)
6.3
1977
The Love Boat
Carl Lawrence · (1 episode)
6.3
1977
SST: Death Flight
Paul Whitley
5.3
1977
The Mysterious Monsters
Himself - Narrator
5.8
1976
The Sonny & Cher Show
(1 episode)
4.7
1976
Sidecar Racers
Carson
2.5
1975
Dead Man on the Run
Jim Gideon
6.0
1975
Dinah!
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
1974
Where Have All the People Gone
Steven Anders
6.0
1974
The Underground Man
Lew Archer
0.0
1974
Paul and Michelle
Sir Henry
5.5
1974
Scream of the Wolf
John Wetherby
6.3
1974
The President's Plane Is Missing
Mark Jones
6.2
1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self · (2 episodes)
5.3
1973
Call to Danger
Doug Warfield
0.0
1973
Funny Face
(1 episode)
0.0
1971
The Adventurers
Trustee Banker
4.5
1970
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
Jim Phelps
10.0
1969
The 5-Man Army
Dutchman
6.5
1969
The Assassination Bureau
Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)
6.4
1969
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
7.6
1968
Premiere
(1 episode)
0.0
1968
The Ballad of Josie
Jason Meredith
5.7
1968
Sergeant Ryker
Maj. Whitaker
6.5
1968
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
6.2
1968
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Bankman
5.5
1967
Valley of Mystery
Ben Barstow
5.0
1967
The Invaders
Gavin Lewis · (1 episode)
6.8
1967
Gallegher Goes West
Marshal Neimeyer
0.0
1966
Texas Across the River
Capt. Stimpson
5.6
1966
A Rage to Live
Jack Hollister
4.7
1965
Darkstar: Terror at The Edge of Time
Narrator
0.0
Mission: Impossible
Jim Phelps · (143 episodes)
7.6
1966
The F.B.I.
Manning Fryes · (1 episode)
5.4
1965
Laredo
(1 episode)
6.3
1965
The Dean Martin Show
(1 episode)
7.3
1965
Run for Your Life
Jim Carlson · (1 episode)
7.2
1965
Court Martial
Major Frank Whittaker · (1 episode)
6.0
1965
Branded
(2 episodes)
6.4
1965
Daniel Boone
Logan Harris · (1 episode)
6.9
1964
12 O'Clock High
(1 episode)
7.3
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Maj. Frank Whitaker · (2 episodes)
5.3
1963
The Great Adventure
Daniel Boone · (2 episodes)
0.0
1963
The Farmer's Daughter
(1 episode)
5.0
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mark Needham · (1 episode)
7.8
1962
The Virginian
Robert Gaynor · (1 episode)
6.4
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.1
1961
Whiplash
Christopher Cobb · (34 episodes)
6.8
1961
Route 66
(2 episodes)
6.4
1960
A Stranger in My Arms
Donald Beasley
2.3
1959
Wolf Larsen
Van Weyden
0.0
1958
Cimarron City
(1 episode)
5.0
1958
Death in Small Doses
Agent / Tom Kaylor
5.0
1957
Beginning of the End
Dr. Ed Wainwright
3.7
1957
Bayou
Martin Davis
2.6
1957
Canyon River
Bob Andrews
6.4
1956
Hold Back The Night
Lt. Lee Couzens
6.3
1956
It Conquered the World
Dr. Paul Nelson
4.8
1956
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Capt. Bob Elliott
6.7
1955
Matinee Theater
(1 episode)
4.6
1955
Fury
Jim Newton · (116 episodes)
5.9
1955
Fort Yuma
Lt. Ben Keegan
5.1
1955
Celebrity Playhouse
(1 episode)
0.0
1955
The Night of the Hunter
Ben Harper
7.9
1955
The Naked Street
Joe McFarland
6.0
1955
Wichita
Morgan Earp
6.2
1955
Robbers' Roost
Heesman
5.8
1955
The Millionaire
Paul Hartley · (1 episode)
5.0
1955
The Long Gray Line
Corporal Rudolph Heinz
6.8
1955
Black Tuesday
Peter Manning
5.9
1954
Climax!
Stanley · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Climax!
Steve Baxter · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Studio 57
(1 episode)
0.0
1954
The Raid
Capt. Frank Dwyer
6.5
1954
The Yellow Tomahawk
Sawyer
6.0
1954
Killers from Space
Douglas Martin
3.7
1954
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Arnold Dix
5.8
1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
(3 episodes)
0.0
1953
East of Sumatra
Cowboy
5.5
1953
War Paint
Trooper Tolson
5.5
1953
Stalag 17
Sgt. Frank Price
7.7
1953
Biff Baker U.S.A.
(1 episode)
7.5
1952
Cavalcade of America
Maj. Tom Howie · (1 episode)
3.5
1952
Red Planet Mars
Chris Cronyn
4.7
1952
The Congregation
0.0
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. James Ewing · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Angels in the Outfield
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
6.6
1951
Fort Defiance
Ned Tallon
6.3
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Rocky Kent · (1 episode)
7.0
1951
Rogue River
Pete Dandridge
0.0
1951
Fury
Jim Newton
0.0
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Joel Barker · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Fireside Theater
(4 episodes)
7.0
1949
Studio One
Glenn Willis · (1 episode)
4.7
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
1948
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
6.8
1944