
Peter Graves
0 FOLLOWERS • 60 CREDITS • MAR 18, 1926 - MAR 14, 2010 • 83
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

Murder, She Wrote

The Love Boat

The F.B.I.

Studio One

Simon & Simon

The Virginian

Lux Video Theatre

Daniel Boone

Golden Globe Awards

Climax!

7th Heaven

Burke's Law

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Run for Your Life

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Golden Girls

Kraft Suspense Theatre

House

Laredo

Cold Case

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Branded

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

The Millionaire

Disney's House of Mouse

Diagnosis: Murder

Matinee Theater

The Angry Beavers

The Dean Martin Show

Minoriteam

Screen Actors Guild Awards

American Dad!

Biff Baker U.S.A.

Route 66

Cimarron City

Fireside Theater

Celebrity Playhouse

The Movie Orgy

Men in Black II

The Assassination Bureau

Addams Family Values

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

The Adventurers

War and Remembrance

The Winds of War

The Night of the Hunter

Paul and Michelle

Stalag 17

Airplane II: The Sequel

The Raid

Airplane!

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Mission: Impossible

The Underground Man

Parts: The Clonus Horror

Call to Danger

Mission: Impossible

Fury
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