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.
Awards & recognition
- Golden Plate Award · 1970
- American Campaign Medal
- Primetime Emmy Award
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- World War II Victory Medal
Filmography50+ titles
House
The Duchess of Duke Street
The Night of the Hunter
Cold Case
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Biff Baker U.S.A.
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
Stalag 17
The Golden Girls
Mission: Impossible
Murder, She Wrote
Airplane!
Diagnosis: Murder
American Dad!
Addams Family Values
Daniel Boone
The Long Gray Line
Angels in the Outfield
The Angry Beavers
The Ed Sullivan Show
Biography
Simon & Simon
The Assassination Bureau
Route 66
Lux Video Theatre
The 5-Man Army
The Yellow Tomahawk
Savannah Smiles
The Virginian
Canyon River
Fury
Fort Defiance
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Men in Black II
7th Heaven
Scream of the Wolf
These Old Broads
The Love Boat
Wichita
The Naked Street
Black Tuesday
Airplane II: The Sequel
The Ballad of Josie
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Robbers' Roost
Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street
Texas Across the River
House on Haunted Hill
The F.B.I.
War Paint