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:
- 165
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Leap Year 1932-10-11
- Latest Project:
- Movie Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time 2010-11-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time | Narrator | 2010-11-05 |
| Movie | What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar | Self | 2009-04-02 |
| Series | American Dad! | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
| Movie | Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves | Self | 2005-09-15 |
| Series | Minoriteam | Unknown | 2005-11-06 |
| Movie | Behind the Legend: Timon | Himself - Host | 2004-02-10 |
| Series | House | Myron | 2004-11-16 |
| Movie | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Dr. Doug Paul Martin (archive footage) | 2004-07-13 |
| Series | Cold Case | Unknown | 2003-09-28 |
| 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 |
| Series | Mickey Mouse Works | Unknown | 1999-05-01 |
| Movie | Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait | Self - Host | 1999-03-26 |
| Movie | House on Haunted Hill | Self | 1999-10-29 |
| Movie | Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life | Self - Narrator | 1998-05-10 |
| Movie | Doris Day: It's Magic | Narrator | 1998-10-18 |
| Movie | Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion | Self - Host | 1997-01-01 |
| Series | The Angry Beavers | Unknown | 1997-04-19 |
| Movie | Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell | Narrator | 1996-05-20 |
| Series | 7th Heaven | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
| Movie | Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown | Self - 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 |
| Series | The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA | Unknown | 1995-02-25 |
| Movie | Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess | Self - Host | 1994-10-17 |
| Movie | The Eligible Bachelor | George Tidy | 1993-02-03 |
| Series | Diagnosis: Murder | Himself | 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 |
| Movie | Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | Doctor - England | 1988-05-15 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Jim Phelps | 1988-10-23 |
| Series | War and Remembrance | Palmer Kirby | 1988-11-13 |
| Movie | Number One with a Bullet | Capt. Ferris | 1987-02-27 |
| Series | Life with Lucy | Unknown | 1986-09-20 |
| Movie | Horrible Horror | Dr. Doug Paul Martin in 'Killers from Space' | 1986-01-01 |
| Series | The Golden Girls | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
| Movie | Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street | Tom Collins | 1984-01-25 |
| Series | Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense | Unknown | 1984-09-05 |
| Movie | Tennis Court | Vicar John Bray | 1984-12-17 |
| 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 |
| Movie | 300 Miles for Stephanie | Capt. McIntyre | 1981-01-12 |
| 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 | Airplane! | Capt. Clarence Oveur | 1980-06-27 |
| Movie | Survival Run | Kandaris | 1979-04-26 |
| Movie | Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident | Alec Franklin | 1979-02-26 |
| Movie | The Rebels | George Washington | 1979-05-14 |
| Movie | Death Car on the Freeway | Lt. Haller | 1979-09-24 |
| Series | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Unknown | 1979-09-20 |
| Movie | Parts: The Clonus Horror | Jeff Knight | 1979-08-01 |
| Movie | SST: Death Flight | Paul Whitley | 1978-04-23 |
| Movie | High Seas Hijack | Elliott Rhoades | 1977-10-20 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
| Series | The Sonny and Cher Show | Unknown | 1976-02-01 |
| 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 | Paul and Michelle | Sir Henry | 1974-03-15 |
| Movie | The Underground Man | Lew Archer | 1974-05-06 |
| Movie | Where Have All the People Gone | Steven Anders | 1974-10-08 |
| Series | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Unknown | 1973-09-14 |
| Movie | The President's Plane Is Missing | Mark Jones | 1973-10-23 |
| Series | Funny Face | Unknown | 1971-09-18 |
| Movie | The Adventurers | Trustee Banker | 1970-03-25 |
| Movie | The Assassination Bureau | Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited) | 1969-03-09 |
| Movie | The 5-Man Army | Dutchman | 1969-10-16 |
| Movie | Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob | Jim Phelps | 1969-12-01 |
| Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Josie | Jason Meredith | 1968-02-01 |
| Movie | The Dean Martin Christmas Show | Self (uncredited) | 1968-12-19 |
| Movie | Sergeant Ryker | Maj. Whitaker | 1968-02-01 |
| Series | Premiere | Unknown | 1968-07-01 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Wrong Box | Military Officer | 1966-06-19 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Jim Phelps | 1966-09-17 |
| Movie | Texas Across the River | Capt. Stimpson | 1966-10-26 |
| Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| Series | Branded | Unknown | 1965-01-24 |
| Series | Court Martial | Major Frank Whittaker | 1965-09-05 |
| 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 | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
| Series | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown | 1964-09-18 |
| Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
| Series | The Farmer's Daughter | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
| Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
| Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Series | Whiplash | Christopher Cobb | 1961-02-18 |
| Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
| Movie | A Stranger in My Arms | Donald Beasley | 1959-03-03 |
| Movie | Wolf Larsen | Van Weyden | 1958-10-26 |
| Series | Cimarron City | Unknown | 1958-09-27 |
| 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 | The Night of the Hunter | Ben Harper | 1955-07-26 |
| Movie | Wichita | Morgan Earp | 1955-07-03 |
| Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
| Movie | The Naked Street | Joe McFarland | 1955-08-01 |
| Movie | Robbers' Roost | Heesman | 1955-05-30 |
| Movie | The Long Gray Line | Corporal Rudolph Heinz | 1955-01-04 |
| Movie | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Capt. Bob Elliott | 1955-12-31 |
| Series | Celebrity Playhouse | Unknown | 1955-09-27 |
| Series | Fury | Jim Newton | 1955-10-15 |
| Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
| Movie | Fury | Jim Newton | 1955-10-15 |
| Movie | Fort Yuma | Lt. Ben Keegan | 1955-10-04 |
| Movie | The Raid | Capt. Frank Dwyer | 1954-08-04 |
| Movie | The Yellow Tomahawk | Sawyer | 1954-05-01 |
| Series | Studio 57 | Unknown | 1954-09-21 |
| Movie | Killers from Space | Douglas Martin | 1954-01-23 |
| Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
| Movie | Black Tuesday | Peter Manning | 1954-12-31 |
| Movie | Lilacs in the Spring | Albert Gutman | 1954-12-21 |
| Movie | Stalag 17 | Sgt. Frank Price | 1953-05-29 |
| Movie | War Paint | Trooper Tolson | 1953-08-28 |
| Movie | East of Sumatra | Cowboy | 1953-08-26 |
| Series | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Unknown | 1953-10-02 |
| Movie | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Arnold Dix | 1953-12-02 |
| Series | Where's Raymond? | 1953-10-08 | |
| Movie | Red Planet Mars | Chris Cronyn | 1952-05-15 |
| Movie | Derby Day | Gerald Berkeley | 1952-06-09 |
| Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Series | Biff Baker U.S.A. | Unknown | 1952-11-06 |
| Movie | Encore | Philip Cronshaw | 1951-06-11 |
| Movie | The Lady with a Lamp | Prince Albert | 1951-09-22 |
| Movie | Rogue River | Pete Dandridge | 1951-02-15 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
| Movie | Angels in the Outfield | Radio Announcer (uncredited) | 1951-10-19 |
| Movie | Fort Defiance | Ned Tallon | 1951-10-09 |
| Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
| Series | Fireside Theater | Unknown | 1949-04-05 |
| Movie | Maytime in Mayfair | D'Arcy Davenport | 1949-05-24 |
| Movie | Spring in Park Lane | Basil Maitland | 1948-03-17 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
| Movie | Mrs. Fitzherbert | Prince of Wales | 1947-12-03 |
| Movie | Gaiety George | Henry Carter | 1946-07-15 |
| Movie | The Laughing Lady | Prince of Wales | 1946-10-16 |
| Movie | Spring Song | Tony Winster | 1946-12-23 |
| 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 |