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, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 142
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Miss London Ltd. 1943-06-14
- Latest Project:
- Series The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts 2022
Known For
Filmography
| Series | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Unknown | 2022 |
| Movie | The Guns and the Fury | Mark Janser | 2022 |
| Movie | Gettysburg - An American Story | Narrator | 2014-10-24 |
| Series | Minoriteam | Unknown | 2011-03-19 |
| Movie | What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar | Himself | 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 | Unknown | 2005-09-15 |
| Movie | Behind the Legend: Timon | Himself - Host | 2004-02-10 |
| Series | House | Myron | 2004-11-16 |
| 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 | Himself - Host | 1999-03-26 |
| Movie | Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life | Himself - Narrator | 1998-05-10 |
| Movie | Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion | Himself - Host | 1997-01-01 |
| Series | The Angry Beavers | Unknown | 1997-04-20 |
| Movie | Abbott & Costello Meet Biography | Host | 1996-04-29 |
| Series | 7th Heaven | John "Colonel" Camden | 1996-08-26 |
| Movie | William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama | Unknown | 1996-08-16 |
| Movie | Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown | Host | 1996-08-18 |
| Series | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 1995-02-25 |
| Movie | Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess | Host | 1994-10-17 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Ben Marshall | 1986-09-20 |
| Series | The Golden Girls | Jerry Scott | 1985-09-14 |
| Series | Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense | Unknown | 1984-09-05 |
| Movie | Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street | Tom Collins | 1984-01-25 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Edmund Gerard | 1984-09-30 |
| 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 | Captain McIntyre | 1981-01-21 |
| Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
| Movie | The Memory of Eva Ryker | Mike Rogers | 1980-05-07 |
| Movie | Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty | TV Director | 1980-02-14 |
| Movie | Airplane! | Captain Oveur | 1980-07-02 |
| Movie | Parts: The Clonus Horror | Jeff Knight | 1979-08-01 |
| Movie | Survival Run | Kandaris | 1979-04-26 |
| Series | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Major Noah Cooper | 1979-09-20 |
| Movie | Death Car on the Freeway | Lieutenant Haller | 1979-09-24 |
| Movie | Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident | Alec Franklin | 1978-01-01 |
| Movie | SST: Death Flight | Paul Whitley | 1977-02-25 |
| Movie | High Seas Hijack | Elliott Rhoades | 1977-10-20 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Carl Lawrence | 1977-09-24 |
| Series | The Sonny & Cher Show | Unknown | 1976-02-01 |
| Movie | The Mysterious Monsters | Himself - Narrator | 1976-07-01 |
| Movie | The Slipper and the Rose | General | 1976-03-24 |
| Movie | Dead Man on the Run | Jim Gideon | 1975-04-03 |
| Movie | Sidecar Racers | Carson | 1975-04-30 |
| Movie | Where Have All the People Gone | Steven Anders | 1974-01-01 |
| Movie | Scream of the Wolf | John Wetherby | 1974-01-16 |
| Movie | The Underground Man | Earl Archer | 1974-05-06 |
| Movie | Paul and Michelle | Sir Henry | 1974-03-15 |
| Movie | Call to Danger | Doug Warfield | 1973-02-27 |
| 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 Five Man Army | Dutchman | 1969-10-16 |
| Movie | Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob | Jim Phelps | 1969-12-01 |
| Movie | Sergeant Ryker | Maj. Whitaker | 1968-02-01 |
| Series | Premiere | Unknown | 1968-07-01 |
| Series | The Invaders | Gavin Lewis | 1967-01-10 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Josie | Jason Meredith | 1967-01-01 |
| Movie | Valley of Mystery | Ben Barstow | 1967-09-29 |
| Movie | I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Bankman | 1967-12-18 |
| Movie | Texas Across the River | Capt. Rodney Stimpson | 1966-10-26 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Jim Phelps | 1966-09-17 |
| Movie | Gallegher Goes West | Marshal Neimeyer | 1966-10-30 |
| Series | Court Martial | Major Frank Whittaker | 1965-09-05 |
| Series | Branded | Unknown | 1965-01-24 |
| Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
| Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
| Series | The Dean Martin Show | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
| Movie | A Rage to Live | Jack Hollister | 1965-10-20 |
| Series | Twelve 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 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mark Needham | 1962-09-20 |
| Series | Whiplash | Christopher Cobb | 1961-02-18 |
| Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
| Movie | A Stranger in My Arms | Donald Ashton Beasley | 1959-03-03 |
| Movie | Wolf Larsen | Van Weyden | 1958-10-26 |
| Series | Cimarron City | Unknown | 1958-09-27 |
| Movie | Beginning of the End | Dr. Ed Wainwright | 1957-06-28 |
| Movie | Bayou | Martin Davis | 1957-06-01 |
| Movie | Death in Small Doses | Agent / Tom Kaylor | 1957-09-15 |
| Movie | It Conquered the World | Dr. Paul Nelson | 1956-07-14 |
| Movie | Hold Back the Night | Lt. Lee Couzens | 1956-07-29 |
| Movie | Canyon River | Bob Andrews | 1956-08-04 |
| Movie | The Naked Street | Joe McFarland | 1955-08-01 |
| Movie | Wichita | Morgan | 1955-07-03 |
| Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
| Movie | The Long Gray Line | Rudolph Heinz | 1955-02-09 |
| Movie | Robbers' Roost | Heesman | 1955-05-30 |
| Movie | The Night of the Hunter | Ben Harper | 1955-08-26 |
| Series | Celebrity Playhouse | Unknown | 1955-09-27 |
| Movie | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Capt. Bob Elliott | 1955-12-31 |
| Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
| Movie | Fort Yuma | Lt. Ben Keegan | 1955-10-04 |
| Series | Fury | Jim Newton | 1955-10-15 |
| Movie | Killers from Space | Douglas Martin | 1954-01-23 |
| Movie | The Yellow Tomahawk | Sawyer | 1954-05-01 |
| Movie | The Raid | Capt. Frank Dwyer | 1954-08-04 |
| Movie | Black Tuesday | Peter Manning | 1954-12-31 |
| Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
| Series | Studio 57 | Unknown | 1954-09-21 |
| Movie | War Paint | Trooper Tolson | 1953-08-28 |
| Movie | Stalag 17 | Sgt. Frank Price | 1953-05-29 |
| Movie | East of Sumatra | Cowboy | 1953-09-22 |
| Series | Where's Raymond? | Unknown | 1953-10-08 |
| Series | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Unknown | 1953-10-02 |
| Movie | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Arnold Dix | 1953-12-02 |
| Movie | Red Planet Mars | Chris Cronyn | 1952-05-15 |
| Series | Biff Baker U.S.A. | Unknown | 1952-11-06 |
| Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | The Lady with a Lamp | Prince Albert | 1951-09-22 |
| Movie | Encore | Philip Cronshaw | 1951-06-11 |
| Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
| Movie | Fort Defiance | Ned Tallon | 1951-10-09 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Movie | Angels in the Outfield | Radio Announcer (uncredited) | 1951-10-19 |
| Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
| Movie | Maytime in Mayfair | D'Arcy Davenport | 1949-05-24 |
| Series | Fireside Theater | Unknown | 1949-04-05 |
| 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 | The Laughing Lady | Prince of Wales | 1946-10-16 |
| Movie | Waltz Time | Count Franz von Hofer | 1945-08-13 |
| Movie | Miss London Ltd. | Capt. Rory O'Moore | 1943-06-14 |
