Peter Graves

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-03-18

Deathday 2010-03-14 (83 years old)

Place of Birth Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Also Known As Peter Duesler Aurness

Peter Graves

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

2005
Minoriteam

as Sheldon Miller

2005
American Dad!

as Mr. Pibb (voice)

2004
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

as Dr. Doug Paul Martin (archive footage)

2004
Behind the Legend: Timon

as Himself - Host

2004
House

as Myron

2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action

as Host of Civil Defense Film

2003
Cold Case

as Anton Bikker (2006)

2002
Men in Black II

as Peter Graves

2001
1999
1998
1998
1996
7th Heaven

as John "Colonel" Camden

1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1994
Burke's Law

as General Prescott

1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Peter Graves

1988
War and Remembrance

as Palmer Kirby

1988
Mission: Impossible

as Jim Phelps

1987
Number One with a Bullet

as Capt. Ferris

1986
The Demon Lover

as Ponsonby

1986
Life with Lucy

as Ben Marshall

1985
The Golden Girls

as Jerry Kennedy

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Edmund Gerard

1983
The Guns and the Fury

as Mark Janser

1983
The Winds of War

as Palmer 'Fred' Kirby

1982
Airplane II: The Sequel

as Capt. Clarence Oveur

1982
Savannah Smiles

as Harland Dobbs

1981
300 Miles for Stephanie

as Capt. McIntyre

1980
Airplane!

as Captain Clarence Oveur

1980
1979
1979
1979
The Rebels

as George Washington

1979
Survival Run

as Kandaris

1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as Major Noah Cooper

1978
Race for Survival

as Narrator

1977
High Seas Hijack

as Elliott Rhoades

1977
SST: Death Flight

as Paul Whitley

1977
The Love Boat

as Gerald Whitney

1977
The Love Boat

as Leonard Culver

1977
The Love Boat

as Carl Lawrence

1976
The Mysterious Monsters

as Himself - Narrator

1975
Sidecar Racers

as Carson

1975
Dead Man on the Run

as Jim Gideon

1974
1974
The Underground Man

as Lew Archer

1974
Paul and Michelle

as Sir Henry

1974
Scream of the Wolf

as John Wetherby

1974
Dinah!

as Self

1973
Call to Danger

as Doug Warfield

1970
The Adventurers

as Trustee Banker

1969
The 5-Man Army

as Dutchman

1969
The Assassination Bureau

as Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)

1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show

as Self (uncredited)

1968
The Ballad of Josie

as Jason Meredith

1968
Sergeant Ryker

as Maj. Whitaker

1968
The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1967
Valley of Mystery

as Ben Barstow

1967
The Invaders

as Gavin Lewis

1966
Gallegher Goes West

as Marshal Neimeyer

1966
Texas Across the River

as Capt. Stimpson

1966
Mission: Impossible

as Jim Phelps

1965
A Rage to Live

as Jack Hollister

1965
The F.B.I.

as Manning Fryes

1965
1965
Run for Your Life

as Jim Carlson

1965
Court Martial

as Major Frank Whittaker

1964
Daniel Boone

as Logan Harris

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Maj. Frank Whitaker

1963
The Great Adventure

as Daniel Boone

1962
1962
The Virginian

as Robert Gaynor

1961
Whiplash

as Christopher Cobb

1959
A Stranger in My Arms

as Donald Beasley

1958
Wolf Larsen

as Van Weyden

1957
Death in Small Doses

as Agent / Tom Kaylor

1957
Beginning of the End

as Dr. Ed Wainwright

1957
Bayou

as Martin Davis

1956
Canyon River

as Bob Andrews

1956
Hold Back The Night

as Lt. Lee Couzens

1956
It Conquered the World

as Dr. Paul Nelson

1955
1955
Fort Yuma

as Lt. Ben Keegan

1955
1955
The Naked Street

as Joe McFarland

1955
Wichita

as Morgan Earp

1955
Robbers' Roost

as Heesman

1955
The Long Gray Line

as Corporal Rudolph Heinz

1955
Fury

as Jim Newton

1955
The Millionaire

as Paul Hartley

1954
Black Tuesday

as Peter Manning

1954
The Raid

as Capt. Frank Dwyer

1954
1954
Killers from Space

as Douglas Martin

1954
Climax!

as Stanley

1954
Climax!

as Steve Baxter

1953
1953
East of Sumatra

as Cowboy

1953
War Paint

as Trooper Tolson

1953
Stalag 17

as Sgt. Frank Price

1952
Red Planet Mars

as Chris Cronyn

1952
Cavalcade of America

as Maj. Tom Howie

1951
Angels in the Outfield

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

1951
Fort Defiance

as Ned Tallon

1951
Rogue River

as Pete Dandridge

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Dr. James Ewing

1951
1950
Fury

as Jim Newton

1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Joel Barker

1948
Studio One

as Glenn Willis

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Director

1966