Peter Graves
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as Capt. Clarence Oveur Airplane! 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
Men in Black II
as Peter Graves
Airplane!
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
Addams Family Values
as Host
The Night of the Hunter
as Ben Harper
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
as Host of Civil Defense Film
Airplane II: The Sequel
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
House on Haunted Hill
as Self
Stalag 17
as Sgt. Frank Price
The Assassination Bureau
as Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)
The 5-Man Army
as Dutchman
Killers from Space
as Douglas Martin
The Long Gray Line
as Corporal Rudolph Heinz
Wichita
as Morgan Earp
It Conquered the World
as Dr. Paul Nelson
Parts: The Clonus Horror
as Jeff Knight
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Capt. Bob Elliott
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
as Tom Collins
Beginning of the End
as Dr. Ed Wainwright
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
as Arnold Dix
Where Have All the People Gone
as Steven Anders