
Peter Graves
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 18, 1926
- Died
- March 14, 2010 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography

Aliens from Space
Movie · as Doug Martin
Mystery Reel
Movie
Gettysburg - An American Story
Movie · as Narrator

Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time
Movie · as Narrator

What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
Movie · as Self

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
Movie · as Self

American Dad!
TV · as Mr. Pibb (voice) · 1 ep

Minoriteam
TV · as Sheldon Miller · 1 ep

Behind the Legend: Timon
Movie · as Himself - Host

House
TV · as Myron · 1 ep

America on the Move 1876-2000
Movie · as Host

Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Movie · as Host of Civil Defense Film

Cold Case
TV · as Anton Bikker (2006) · 1 ep

Men in Black II
Movie · as Peter Graves
Don't Ask Don't Tell
Movie

These Old Broads
Movie · as Bill

Disney's House of Mouse
TV · as Instructor Voice (voice) · 1 ep

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
Movie · as Narrator

House on Haunted Hill
Movie · as Self

Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
Movie · as Self - Host

Mickey Mouse Works
TV · 1 ep

Doris Day: It's Magic
Movie · as Narrator

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Movie · as Self - Narrator

Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
Movie · as Self - Host

The Angry Beavers
TV · 1 ep
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
Movie · as Self - Host

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
Movie · as Self - Host

William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
Movie

Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell
Movie · as Narrator
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
Movie · as Narrator

7th Heaven
TV · as John 'Colonel' Camden · 11 eps

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
Movie · as Self - Host

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires
Movie · as Host

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Movie · as Self - Host

Burke's Law
TV · as General Prescott · 1 ep

Addams Family Values
Movie · as Host

Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Peter Graves · 1 ep
Unauthorized Biographies with Peter Graves
TV · as Self - Narrator · 4 eps

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 1 ep
The Complete Churchill
TV · as Presenter · 4 eps

Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent
Movie · as Jim Phelps

Mission: Impossible
TV · as Jim Phelps · 35 eps

War and Remembrance
TV · as Palmer Kirby · 1 ep

Number One with a Bullet
Movie · as Capt. Ferris

Biography
TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps

The Demon Lover
Movie · as Ponsonby

Life with Lucy
TV · as Ben Marshall · 1 ep

The Golden Girls
TV · as Jerry Kennedy · 1 ep

Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Movie · as Tom Collins

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
TV · as John Bray · 1 ep

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Edmund Gerard · 1 ep

The Guns and the Fury
Movie · as Mark Janser

The Winds of War
TV · as Palmer 'Fred' Kirby · 7 eps

Airplane II: The Sequel
Movie · as Capt. Clarence Oveur

Savannah Smiles
Movie · as Harland Dobbs

300 Miles for Stephanie
Movie · as Capt. McIntyre

Simon & Simon
TV · as Wade Christian · 1 ep

Airplane!
Movie · as Capt. Clarence Oveur

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
Movie · as TV Director

The Memory of Eva Ryker
Movie · as Mike Rogers

Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
Movie · as Alec Franklin

Parts: The Clonus Horror
Movie · as Jeff Knight

Survival Run
Movie · as Kandaris

Death Car on the Freeway
Movie · as Lieutenant Haller

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV · as Major Noah Cooper · 1 ep

The Rebels
TV · as George Washington · 2 eps

SST: Death Flight
Movie · as Paul Whitley

Race for Survival
Movie · as Narrator

Fantasy Island
TV · as 'Singapore' Eddie Malone · 1 ep

High Seas Hijack
Movie · as Elliott Rhoades

The Love Boat
TV · as Gerald Whitney, Leonard Culver, Carl Lawrence · 2 eps

The Mysterious Monsters
Movie · as Himself - Narrator

The Sonny and Cher Show
TV · 1 ep

The Duchess of Duke Street
TV · as Sir Evelyn Grant-Wortley · 1 ep

Sidecar Racers
Movie · as Carson

Dead Man on the Run
Movie · as Jim Gideon

Paul and Michelle
Movie · as Sir Henry

Where Have All the People Gone
Movie · as Steven Anders

Scream of the Wolf
Movie · as John Wetherby

The Underground Man
Movie · as Lew Archer

Dinah!
TV · as Self · 3 eps

The President's Plane Is Missing
Movie · as Mark Jones

Call to Danger
Movie · as Doug Warfield

Under the Law: Arrest and Seize
Movie · as Narration

The All Star Spangled Mission
Movie · as Jim Phelps

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Funny Face
TV · 1 ep

The Adventurers
Movie · as Trustee Banker

Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
Movie · as James Phelps

The 5-Man Army
Movie · as Dutchman

The Assassination Bureau
Movie · as Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)

Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
Movie · as Jim Phelps

Mission: Impossible - The Bunker
Movie · as James Phelps

Mission: Impossible - The Controllers
Movie · as Jim Phelps

The Movie Orgy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Movie · as Self (uncredited)

Sergeant Ryker
Movie · as Maj. Whitaker
Premiere
TV · 1 ep

The Ballad of Josie
Movie · as Jason Meredith

Valley of Mystery
Movie · as Ben Barstow

Mission: Impossible - The Slave
Movie · as Jim Phelps

Sleeping Dog
Movie · as Sir Geoffrey

The Invaders
TV · as Gavin Lewis · 1 ep

Texas Across the River
Movie · as Capt. Stimpson

Gallegher Goes West
Movie · as Marshal Neimeyer

Mission: Impossible
TV · as Jim Phelps · 143 eps
Court Martial
TV · as Major Frank Whittaker · 20 eps

A Rage to Live
Movie · as Jack Hollister

The F.B.I.
TV · as Manning Fryes · 1 ep

Laredo
TV · 1 ep

Run for Your Life
TV · as Jim Carlson · 1 ep

The Dean Martin Show
TV · 1 ep

Branded
TV · 2 eps

Daniel Boone
TV · as Logan Harris · 1 ep

12 O'Clock High
TV · 1 ep

The Great Adventure
TV · as Daniel Boone · 2 eps

Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as Maj. Frank Whitaker · 2 eps

The Farmer's Daughter
TV · 1 ep

The Virginian
TV · as Robert Gaynor · 1 ep

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Mark Needham · 1 ep

Whiplash
TV · as Christopher Cobb · 34 eps

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Route 66
TV · 2 eps

A Stranger in My Arms
Movie · as Donald Beasley

Wolf Larsen
Movie · as Van Weyden

Cimarron City
TV · 1 ep

Beginning of the End
Movie · as Dr. Ed Wainwright

Death in Small Doses
Movie · as Agent / Tom Kaylor

Bayou
Movie · as Martin Davis

It Conquered the World
Movie · as Dr. Paul Nelson

Hold Back the Night
Movie · as Lt. Lee Couzens

Canyon River
Movie · as Bob Andrews

The Night of the Hunter
Movie · as Ben Harper

The Long Gray Line
Movie · as Corporal Rudolph Heinz

Fury
Movie · as Jim Newton

The Naked Street
Movie · as Joe McFarland

Wichita
Movie · as Morgan Earp

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Movie · as Capt. Bob Elliott

Fort Yuma
Movie · as Lt. Ben Keegan

Robbers' Roost
Movie · as Heesman

Fury
TV · as Jim Newton · 117 eps

The Millionaire
TV · as Paul Hartley · 1 ep

Matinee Theater
TV · 1 ep
Celebrity Playhouse
TV · 1 ep

Killers from Space
Movie · as Douglas Martin

Black Tuesday
Movie · as Peter Manning

The Yellow Tomahawk
Movie · as Sawyer

The Raid
Movie · as Capt. Frank Dwyer

Climax!
TV · as Stanley, Steve Baxter · 1 ep

Studio 57
TV · as Jim Bailey · 1 ep

Stalag 17
Movie · as Frank Price

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Movie · as Arnold Dix

War Paint
Movie · as Trooper Tolson

East of Sumatra
Movie · as Cowboy
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV · as Fred Crain · 2 eps

Red Planet Mars
Movie · as Chris Cronyn
The Congregation
Movie

Cavalcade of America
TV · as Maj. Tom Howie · 1 ep

Biff Baker U.S.A.
TV · 1 ep
Chevron Theatre
TV · 1 ep

Rogue River
Movie · as Pete Dandridge

Fort Defiance
Movie · as Ned Tallon

Angels in the Outfield
Movie · as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Dr. James Ewing · 1 ep

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Rocky Kent · 1 ep

Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Joel Barker · 1 ep
Fireside Theater
TV · 4 eps

Studio One
TV · as Glenn Willis · 1 ep

The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep




