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
Also known As
Peter Duesler Aurness
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
as Sgt. Frank Price
1980
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
1955
as Ben Harper
1984
as Tom Collins
1982
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
1968
as Self (archive footage)
1974
as Sir Henry
1995
as Self - Host
1954
as Douglas Martin
1953
as Arnold Dix
1951
as Pete Dandridge
1952
as Chris Cronyn
1954
as Peter Manning
1975
as Carson
1956
as Dr. Paul Nelson
1999
as Narrator
1955
as Corporal Rudolph Heinz
1969
as Dutchman
1968
as Self (uncredited)
1982
as Harland Dobbs
1957
as Dr. Ed Wainwright
1976
as Himself - Narrator
1979
as Alec Franklin
1968
as Jason Meredith
1957
as Agent / Tom Kaylor
1955
as Jim Newton
2001
as Bill
1979
as Jeff Knight
1979
as Kandaris
1957
as Martin Davis
1965
as Jack Hollister
1974
as Steven Anders
1955
as Joe McFarland
1953
as Trooper Tolson
1956
as Lt. Lee Couzens
1955
as Morgan Earp
1998
as Narrator
1955
as Capt. Bob Elliott
1967
as Bankman
1951
as Ned Tallon
1974
as John Wetherby
1956
as Bob Andrews
1954
as Sawyer
1958
as Van Weyden
1955
as Lt. Ben Keegan
1995
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1975
as Jim Gideon
1955
as Heesman
1959
as Donald Beasley
1977
as Paul Whitley
1979
as Lt. Haller
1966
as Capt. Stimpson
2022
1953
as Cowboy
1993
as Host
1980
as TV Director
1952
1954
as Capt. Frank Dwyer
2003
1979
as George Washington
1969
as Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)
2004
as Himself - Host
1999
as Self
1967
as Ben Barstow
2004
as Dr. Doug Paul Martin (archive footage)
1951
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1978
as Narrator
1977
as Elliott Rhoades
1987
as Capt. Ferris
1968
as Maj. Whitaker
1973
as Mark Jones
1994
as Self - Host
2003
as Host of Civil Defense Film
1996
1999
as Self - Host
1980
as Mike Rogers
1997
as Self - Host
2002
as Peter Graves
1998
as Self - Narrator
1973
as Doug Warfield
1983
as Mark Janser
1981
as Capt. McIntyre
1966
as Marshal Neimeyer
1970
as Trustee Banker
1969
as Jim Phelps
1974
as Lew Archer
1996
as Self - Host
2014
as Narrator
1986
as Ponsonby
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as Narrator
-
as Doug Martin
1987
as Narrator
1996
as Narrator
1967
as Jim Phelps
1969
as James Phelps
1969
as Jim Phelps
1970
as James Phelps
1989
as Jim Phelps
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