Peter Graves
Actor
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.
Filmography
Airplane!
as Capt. Clarence Oveur 1980
Addams Family Values
as Host 1993
The Night of the Hunter
as Ben Harper 1955
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
as Host of Civil Defense Film 2003
Airplane II: The Sequel
as Capt. Clarence Oveur 1982
House on Haunted Hill
as Self 1999
Stalag 17
as Sgt. Frank Price 1953
The Assassination Bureau
as Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited) 1969
The 5-Man Army
as Dutchman 1969
Killers from Space
as Douglas Martin 1954
The Long Gray Line
as Corporal Rudolph Heinz 1955
Wichita
as Morgan Earp 1955
It Conquered the World
as Dr. Paul Nelson 1956
Parts: The Clonus Horror
as Jeff Knight 1979
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
as Tom Collins 1984
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Capt. Bob Elliott 1955