Peter Graves

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-03-18 (84 years old)

Deathday

2010-03-14

Place of Birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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...

Acting

1953

Stalag 17

as Sgt. Frank Price

1980

Airplane!

as Capt. Clarence Oveur

1955

1982

Airplane II: The Sequel

as Capt. Clarence Oveur

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1974

Paul and Michelle

as Sir Henry

1954

Killers from Space

as Douglas Martin

1953

1951

Rogue River

as Pete Dandridge

1952

Red Planet Mars

as Chris Cronyn

1954

Black Tuesday

as Peter Manning

1975

1956

It Conquered the World

as Dr. Paul Nelson

1955

The Long Gray Line

as Corporal Rudolph Heinz

1969

The 5-Man Army

as Dutchman

1968

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

as Self (uncredited)

1982

Savannah Smiles

as Harland Dobbs

1957

Beginning of the End

as Dr. Ed Wainwright

1976

The Mysterious Monsters

as Himself - Narrator

1968

The Ballad of Josie

as Jason Meredith

1957

Death in Small Doses

as Agent / Tom Kaylor

1955

Fury

as Jim Newton

2001

1979

1979

Survival Run

as Kandaris

1957

Bayou

as Martin Davis

1965

A Rage to Live

as Jack Hollister

1974

1955

The Naked Street

as Joe McFarland

1953

War Paint

as Trooper Tolson

1956

Hold Back The Night

as Lt. Lee Couzens

1955

Wichita

as Morgan Earp

1998

1955

1951

Fort Defiance

as Ned Tallon

1974

Scream of the Wolf

as John Wetherby

1956

Canyon River

as Bob Andrews

1954

1958

Wolf Larsen

as Van Weyden

1955

Fort Yuma

as Lt. Ben Keegan

1995

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1975

Dead Man on the Run

as Jim Gideon

1955

Robbers' Roost

as Heesman

1959

A Stranger in My Arms

as Donald Beasley

1977

SST: Death Flight

as Paul Whitley

1979

1966

Texas Across the River

as Capt. Stimpson

1953

1954

The Raid

as Capt. Frank Dwyer

1979

The Rebels

as George Washington

1969

The Assassination Bureau

as Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)

2004

Behind the Legend: Timon

as Himself - Host

1967

Valley of Mystery

as Ben Barstow

2004

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

as Dr. Doug Paul Martin (archive footage)

1951

Angels in the Outfield

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

1978

1977

High Seas Hijack

as Elliott Rhoades

1987

1968

Sergeant Ryker

as Maj. Whitaker

2003

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

as Host of Civil Defense Film

1980

2002

Men in Black II

as Peter Graves

1998

1973

Call to Danger

as Doug Warfield

1983

The Guns and the Fury

as Mark Janser

1981

300 Miles for Stephanie

as Capt. McIntyre

1966

Gallegher Goes West

as Marshal Neimeyer

1970

The Adventurers

as Trustee Banker

1974

The Underground Man

as Lew Archer

1986

The Demon Lover

as Ponsonby

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Aliens from Space

as Doug Martin

1987

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