Peter Graves
Born: 1926-03-18
• 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.
Filmography
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Mystery Reel
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Gettysburg - An American Story
Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
Behind the Legend: Timon
America on the Move 1876-2000
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Men in Black II
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Don't Ask Don't Tell
These Old Broads
House on Haunted Hill
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
Doris Day: It's Magic
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
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Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Addams Family Values
Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent
Number One with a Bullet
The Demon Lover
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
The Guns and the Fury
Airplane II: The Sequel
Savannah Smiles
300 Miles for Stephanie
Airplane!
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
Death Car on the Freeway
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Survival Run
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
SST: Death Flight
Race for Survival
High Seas Hijack
The Mysterious Monsters
Sidecar Racers
Dead Man on the Run
Where Have All the People Gone
The Underground Man
Paul and Michelle
Scream of the Wolf
The President's Plane Is Missing
Call to Danger
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Under the Law: Arrest and Seize
The All Star Spangled Mission
The Adventurers
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
The 5-Man Army
Mission: Impossible - The Controllers
The Assassination Bureau
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
The Ballad of Josie
Sergeant Ryker
The Movie Orgy
Mission: Impossible - The Slave
Valley of Mystery
Gallegher Goes West
Texas Across the River
A Rage to Live
A Stranger in My Arms
Wolf Larsen
Death in Small Doses
Beginning of the End
Bayou
Canyon River
Hold Back The Night
It Conquered the World
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Fury
Fort Yuma
The Naked Street
The Night of the Hunter
Wichita
Robbers' Roost
The Long Gray Line
Black Tuesday
The Raid
The Yellow Tomahawk
Killers from Space
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
War Paint
East of Sumatra
Stalag 17
Red Planet Mars
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The Congregation
Angels in the Outfield
Fort Defiance