Peter Graves
Known for Acting
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!
1980
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
Men in Black II
2002
as Peter Graves
Addams Family Values
1993
as Host
The Night of the Hunter
1955
as Ben Harper
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
as Host of Civil Defense Film
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984
as Tom Collins
Angels in the Outfield
1951
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
House on Haunted Hill
1999
as Self
Stalag 17
1953
as Sgt. Frank Price
These Old Broads
2001
as Bill
It Conquered the World
1956
as Dr. Paul Nelson
Wichita
1955
as Morgan Earp
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999
as Narrator
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954
as Sawyer
Texas Across the River
1966
as Capt. Stimpson
Number One with a Bullet
1987
as Capt. Ferris
Paul and Michelle
1974
as Sir Henry
The Long Gray Line
1955
as Corporal Rudolph Heinz