Peter Graves
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.
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- Born:
- Mar 18, 1926 In Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 115
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Leap Year 1932-10-11
- Latest Project:
- Movie What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar 2009-04-02
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar | Self | 2009-04-02 |
| Series | Minoriteam | Unknown | 2005-11-06 |
| Movie | Behind the Legend: Timon | Himself - Host | 2004-02-10 |
| Movie | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Host of Civil Defense Film | 2003-11-14 |
| Movie | Men in Black II | Peter Graves | 2002-07-03 |
| Movie | These Old Broads | Bill | 2001-02-12 |
| Movie | Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait | Self - Host | 1999-03-26 |
| Movie | Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life | Self / Narrator | 1998-05-10 |
| Movie | Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown | Host | 1996-08-18 |
| Movie | Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker | Self - Host | 1995-09-03 |
| Movie | Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess | Self - Host | 1994-10-17 |
| Movie | The Eligible Bachelor | George Tidy | 1993-02-03 |
| Series | Diagnosis: Murder | Unknown | 1993-10-29 |
| Movie | Addams Family Values | Host | 1993-11-19 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | I Hired a Contract Killer | Jeweller | 1990-10-12 |
| Movie | The Woman He Loved | Lord Reith | 1988-04-03 |
| Series | War and Remembrance | Palmer Kirby | 1988-11-13 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Jim Phelps | 1988-10-23 |
| Movie | Number One with a Bullet | Capt. Ferris | 1987-02-27 |
| Series | Biography | Unknown | 1987-04-06 |
| Movie | Horrible Horror | Dr. Doug Paul Martin in 'Killers from Space' | 1986-01-01 |
| Series | Life with Lucy | Unknown | 1986-09-20 |
| Series | The Winds of War | Palmer 'Fred' Kirby | 1983-02-06 |
| Movie | Savannah Smiles | Harland Dobbs | 1982-04-09 |
| Movie | Airplane II: The Sequel | Capt. Clarence Oveur | 1982-12-10 |
| Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
| Movie | The Memory of Eva Ryker | Mike Rogers | 1980-05-05 |
| Movie | Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty | TV Director | 1980-02-14 |
| Movie | The Rebels | George Washington | 1979-05-14 |
| Movie | Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident | Alec Franklin | 1979-02-26 |
| Movie | Survival Run | Kandaris | 1979-04-26 |
| Movie | Parts: The Clonus Horror | Jeff Knight | 1979-08-01 |
| Movie | Death Car on the Freeway | Lt. Haller | 1979-09-24 |
| Movie | SST: Death Flight | Paul Whitley | 1977-02-25 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
| Movie | High Seas Hijack | Elliott Rhoades | 1977-10-20 |
| Movie | The Slipper and the Rose | General | 1976-03-25 |
| Movie | The Mysterious Monsters | Himself - Narrator | 1976-07-01 |
| Movie | Dead Man on the Run | Jim Gideon | 1975-04-02 |
| Movie | Sidecar Racers | Carson | 1975-04-30 |
| Movie | Scream of the Wolf | John Wetherby | 1974-01-16 |
| Movie | Where Have All the People Gone | Steven Anders | 1974-10-08 |
| Movie | The President's Plane Is Missing | Mark Jones | 1973-10-23 |
| Movie | The Adventurers | Trustee Banker | 1970-03-25 |
| Movie | The Assassination Bureau | Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited) | 1969-03-09 |
| Movie | The Five Man Army | Dutchman | 1969-10-16 |
| Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Josie | Jason Meredith | 1968-02-01 |
| Movie | Sergeant Ryker | Maj. Whitaker | 1968-02-01 |
| Movie | The Jokers | Mr. Tremayne | 1967-05-15 |
| Movie | Valley of Mystery | Ben Barstow | 1967-09-29 |
| Movie | How I Won the War | Staff Officer | 1967-10-18 |
| Movie | I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Bankman | 1967-12-18 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Jim Phelps | 1966-09-17 |
| Movie | The Wrong Box | Military Officer | 1966-06-19 |
| Movie | Texas Across the River | Capt. Stimpson | 1966-10-26 |
| Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
| Series | The Dean Martin Show | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
| Movie | A Rage to Live | Jack Hollister | 1965-10-20 |
| Series | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown | 1964-09-18 |
| Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
| Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
| Movie | A Stranger in My Arms | Donald Beasley | 1959-03-03 |
| Movie | Wolf Larsen | Van Weyden | 1958-10-26 |
| Movie | The Admirable Crichton | Brocklehurst | 1957-06-11 |
| Movie | Bayou | Martin Davis | 1957-06-01 |
| Movie | Beginning of the End | Dr. Ed Wainwright | 1957-06-28 |
| Movie | Death in Small Doses | Agent / Tom Kaylor | 1957-09-15 |
| Movie | Hold Back The Night | Lt. Lee Couzens | 1956-07-29 |
| Movie | It Conquered the World | Dr. Paul Nelson | 1956-07-14 |
| Movie | Canyon River | Bob Andrews | 1956-08-04 |
| Movie | Wichita | Morgan Earp | 1955-07-03 |
| Movie | Robbers' Roost | Heesman | 1955-05-30 |
| Movie | The Long Gray Line | Rudolph Heinz | 1955-02-09 |
| Movie | The Naked Street | Joe McFarland | 1955-08-01 |
| Series | Fury | Jim Newton | 1955-10-15 |
| Movie | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Capt. Bob Elliott | 1955-12-31 |
| Movie | The Night of the Hunter | Ben Harper | 1955-08-26 |
| Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
| Movie | Fort Yuma | Lt. Ben Keegan | 1955-10-04 |
| Movie | Killers from Space | Douglas Martin | 1954-01-23 |
| Movie | The Yellow Tomahawk | Sawyer | 1954-05-01 |
| Movie | Lilacs in the Spring | Albert Gutman | 1954-12-21 |
| Movie | Black Tuesday | Peter Manning | 1954-12-31 |
| Movie | War Paint | Trooper Tolson | 1953-08-28 |
| Movie | East of Sumatra | Cowboy | 1953-09-23 |
| Movie | Stalag 17 | Sgt. Frank Price | 1953-05-29 |
| Series | Where's Raymond? | 1953-10-08 | |
| Movie | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Arnold Dix | 1953-12-02 |
| Movie | Derby Day | Gerald Berkeley | 1952-06-09 |
| Movie | Red Planet Mars | Chris Cronyn | 1952-05-15 |
| Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Series | Biff Baker U.S.A. | Unknown | 1952-11-06 |
| Movie | Fort Defiance | Ned Tallon | 1951-10-09 |
| Movie | Encore | Philip Cronshaw | 1951-06-11 |
| Movie | The Lady with a Lamp | Prince Albert | 1951-09-22 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Movie | Angels in the Outfield | Radio Announcer (uncredited) | 1951-10-19 |
| Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
| Movie | Maytime in Mayfair | D'Arcy Davenport | 1949-05-24 |
| Series | Fireside Theater | Unknown | 1949-04-05 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | Spring in Park Lane | Basil Maitland | 1948-03-17 |
| Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
| Movie | Gaiety George | Henry Carter | 1946-07-15 |
| Movie | I'll Be Your Sweetheart | 1945-07-30 | |
| Movie | Waltz Time | Count Franz von Hofer | 1945-08-13 |
| Movie | Bees in Paradise | Peter Lovell | 1944-03-20 |
| Movie | Give Us the Moon | Peter Pyke | 1944-07-31 |
| Movie | Miss London Ltd. | Capt. Rory O'Moore | 1943-06-14 |
| Movie | King Arthur Was a Gentleman | Lance Elliott | 1942-12-28 |
| Movie | Leap Year | 1932-10-11 |