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.
Known for
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
Minoriteam
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
American Dad!
House
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
America on the Move 1876-2000
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Cold Case
Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter'
Men in Black II
These Old Broads
House on Haunted Hill
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
Mickey Mouse Works
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
Doris Day: It's Magic
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
The Angry Beavers
Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
7th Heaven
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Burke's Law
Addams Family Values
Diagnosis: Murder
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
War and Remembrance
Mission: Impossible
Number One with a Bullet
Life with Lucy
Horrible Horror
The Golden Girls
Murder, She Wrote
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
The Guns and the Fury
The Winds of War
Airplane II: The Sequel
Savannah Smiles
Simon & Simon
300 Miles for Stephanie
Airplane!
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
Death Car on the Freeway
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Parts: The Clonus Horror
The Rebels
Survival Run
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
Race for Survival
High Seas Hijack
The Love Boat
SST: Death Flight
The Mysterious Monsters
The Sonny & Cher Show
Sidecar Racers
Dead Man on the Run
Dinah!
Where Have All the People Gone
The Underground Man
Paul and Michelle
Scream of the Wolf
The President's Plane Is Missing
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Call to Danger
The Adventurers
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
The 5-Man Army
The Assassination Bureau
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Sergeant Ryker
The Movie Orgy
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Valley of Mystery
The Invaders
Gallegher Goes West
Texas Across the River
Mission: Impossible
A Rage to Live
The F.B.I.
The Dean Martin Show
Run for Your Life
Branded
Daniel Boone
12 O'Clock High
Kraft Suspense Theatre
The Great Adventure
The Farmer's Daughter
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Virginian
The Mike Douglas Show
Whiplash
Route 66
A Stranger in My Arms
Wolf Larsen
Cimarron City
Death in Small Doses
Beginning of the End
Bayou
Canyon River
Hold Back The Night
It Conquered the World
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Matinee Theater
Fury
Fort Yuma
The Night of the Hunter
The Naked Street
Wichita
Robbers' Roost
The Millionaire
The Long Gray Line
Black Tuesday
Climax!
Studio 57
The Raid
The Yellow Tomahawk
Killers from Space
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Where's Raymond?
East of Sumatra
War Paint
Stalag 17
Biff Baker U.S.A.
Cavalcade of America
Red Planet Mars
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Angels in the Outfield
Fort Defiance
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Rogue River
Fury
Lux Video Theatre
Studio One
The Ed Sullivan Show