Peter Graves
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.
Known For
Acting
1953
asSgt. Frank Price
1980
asCapt. Clarence Oveur
1955
asBen Harper
1984
asTom Collins
1982
asCapt. Clarence Oveur
1968
asSelf (archive footage)
1974
asSir Henry
1995
asSelf - Host
1954
asDouglas Martin
1953
asArnold Dix
1951
asPete Dandridge
1952
asChris Cronyn
1954
asPeter Manning
1975
asCarson
1956
asDr. Paul Nelson
1999
asNarrator
1955
asCorporal Rudolph Heinz
1969
asDutchman
1968
asSelf (uncredited)
1982
asHarland Dobbs
1957
asDr. Ed Wainwright
1976
asHimself - Narrator
1979
asAlec Franklin
1968
asJason Meredith
1957
asAgent / Tom Kaylor
1955
asJim Newton
2001
asBill
1979
asJeff Knight
1979
asKandaris
1957
asMartin Davis
1965
asJack Hollister
1974
asSteven Anders
1955
asJoe McFarland
1953
asTrooper Tolson
1956
asLt. Lee Couzens
1955
asMorgan Earp
1998
asNarrator
1955
asCapt. Bob Elliott
1967
asBankman
1951
asNed Tallon
1974
asJohn Wetherby
1956
asBob Andrews
1954
asSawyer
1958
asVan Weyden
1955
asLt. Ben Keegan
1995
asSelf - Narrator (voice)
2009
asSelf
1975
asJim Gideon
1955
asHeesman
1959
asDonald Beasley
1977
asPaul Whitley
1979
asLt. Haller
1966
asCapt. Stimpson
2022
as
1953
asCowboy
2005
asSelf
1993
asHost
1980
asTV Director
1952
as
1954
asCapt. Frank Dwyer
2003
asHost
1979
asGeorge Washington
1969
asDragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)
2004
asHimself - Host
1999
asHimself
1967
asBen Barstow
2004
asDr. Doug Paul Martin (archive footage)
1951
asRadio Announcer (uncredited)
1978
asNarrator
1994
asHost
1977
asElliott Rhoades
1987
asCapt. Ferris
1968
asMaj. Whitaker
1973
asMark Jones
1994
asSelf - Host
2003
asHost of Civil Defense Film
1996
asHost
1999
asSelf - Host
1980
asMike Rogers
1997
asSelf - Host
2002
asPeter Graves
1998
asSelf - Narrator
1973
asDoug Warfield
1983
asMark Janser
1981
asCapt. McIntyre
1966
asMarshal Neimeyer
1970
asTrustee Banker
1969
asJim Phelps
1974
asLew Archer
1996
asSelf - Host
2014
asNarrator
1996
as
1986
asPonsonby
asNarrator
asDoug Martin
1987
asNarrator
1996
asNarrator
asDaniel Boone
asBen Marshall
asMyron
asMr. Pibb (voice)
as
asMaj. Frank Whitaker
asManning Fryes
asGerald Whitney
asJerry Kennedy
as
asAnton Bikker (2006)
as
asMajor Noah Cooper
asJim Newton
as
asPeter Graves
as
asGlenn Willis
asSelf
asJim Phelps
asJohn "Colonel" Camden
asDr. James Ewing
as
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asJim Carlson
asSheldon Miller
as 
asLogan Harris
asPaul Hartley
asRobert Gaynor
asJim Phelps
asChristopher Cobb
asas 
asRocky Kent
asJoel Barker
asStanley
as
as
as
as
as
asMaj. Tom Howie
asJohn Bray
as 
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asSelf
asPalmer 'Fred' Kirby
asMajor Frank Whittaker
asPalmer Kirby
asLeonard Culver
asSelf
asSelf - Narrator
asGeneral Prescott
asSteve Baxter
asGavin Lewis
asCarl Lawrence
asSelf
asMark Needham
asEdmund Gerard
asSelf - Presenter
asInstructor Voice (voice)
asWade Christian
asJim Bailey
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