Peter Graves
- Acting
- March 18, 1926 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- March 14, 2010
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Mystery Reel
- Gettysburg - An American Story · Narrator
- Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time · Narrator
- What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar · Self
- Minoriteam · Sheldon Miller
- Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves · Self
- American Dad! · Mr. Pibb (Voice)
- House · Myron
- Behind the Legend: Timon · Self
- America on the Move 1876-2000 · Host
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action · Host of Civil Defense Film
- Cold Case · Anton Bikker (2006)
- Men in Black II · Peter Graves
- Don't Ask Don't Tell
- These Old Broads · Bill
- Disney's House of Mouse · Instructor Voice (Voice)
- House on Haunted Hill · Self
- Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel · Narrator
- Mickey Mouse Works
- Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait · Self
- Doris Day: It's Magic · Narrator
- Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life · Self
- The Angry Beavers
- Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion · Self
- Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star · Narrator
- 7th Heaven · John 'Colonel' Camden
- Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown · Self
- William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
- Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell · Narrator
- Abbott & Costello Meet Biography · Self
- Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker · Self
- The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA · Self
- Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons · Self
- The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires · Host
- Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess · Self
- Burke's Law · General Prescott
- Addams Family Values · Host
- Diagnosis: Murder · Peter Graves
- Unauthorized Biographies with Peter Graves · Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- The Complete Churchill · Presenter
- Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent · Jim Phelps
- War and Remembrance · Palmer Kirby
- Mission: Impossible · Jim Phelps
- Biography · Self
- Number One with a Bullet · Capt. Ferris
- Life with Lucy · Ben Marshall
- The Demon Lover · Ponsonby
- The Golden Girls · Jerry Kennedy
- Murder, She Wrote · Edmund Gerard
- Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense · John Bray
- Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street · Tom Collins
- The Guns and the Fury · Mark Janser
- The Winds of War · Palmer 'Fred' Kirby
- Airplane II: The Sequel · Capt. Clarence Oveur
- Savannah Smiles · Harland Dobbs
- Simon & Simon · Wade Christian
- 300 Miles for Stephanie · Capt. McIntyre
- Airplane! · Capt. Clarence Oveur
- The Memory of Eva Ryker · Mike Rogers
- Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty · TV Director
- Death Car on the Freeway · Lieutenant Haller
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century · Major Noah Cooper
- Parts: The Clonus Horror · Jeff Knight
- The Rebels · George Washington
- Survival Run · Kandaris
- Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident · Alec Franklin
- SST: Death Flight · Paul Whitley
- Race for Survival · Narrator
- Fantasy Island · 'Singapore' Eddie Malone
- High Seas Hijack · Elliott Rhoades
- The Love Boat · Gerald Whitney, Leonard Culver
- The Duchess of Duke Street · Sir Evelyn Grant-Wortley
- The Mysterious Monsters · Self
- The Sonny and Cher Show
- Sidecar Racers · Carson
- Dead Man on the Run · Jim Gideon
- Dinah! · Self
- Where Have All the People Gone · Steven Anders
- The Underground Man · Lew Archer