Peter Graves

Known for ActingBorn 1926-03-18Died 2010-03-14Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves

America on the Move 1876-2000

The Guns and the Fury

The Rebels

High Seas Hijack

The Great Adventure

Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob

Call to Danger

House

The Congregation

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

Life with Lucy

The Memory of Eva Ryker

What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar

War and Remembrance

The Duchess of Duke Street

Cold Case

Disney's House of Mouse

Court Martial

Celebrity Playhouse

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Chevron Theatre

Mission: Impossible

The Night of the Hunter

The Golden Girls

Murder, She Wrote

Biff Baker U.S.A.

300 Miles for Stephanie

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

Mission: Impossible

Dead Man on the Run

Stalag 17

Valley of Mystery

The Winds of War

Airplane!

Mickey Mouse Works

American Dad!

The Dean Martin Show

Studio 57

Diagnosis: Murder

Whiplash

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

The Angry Beavers

Addams Family Values

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century