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