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 Graves died of a heart attack on March 14, 2010, just four days before his 84th birthday.
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Full filmography
- House (2004) as Myron
- American Dad! (2005) as Mr. Pibb (voice)
- The Love Boat (1977) as Gerald Whitney
- The Love Boat (1977) as Leonard Culver
- The Love Boat (1977) as Carl Lawrence
- Run for Your Life (1965) as Jim Carlson
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Edmund Gerard
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Diagnosis: Murder (1993) as Peter Graves
- Simon & Simon (1981) as Wade Christian
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
- The Virginian (1962) as Robert Gaynor
- Cold Case (2003) as Anton Bikker (2006)
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Jim Phelps
- Daniel Boone (1964) as Logan Harris
- The Golden Girls (1985) as Jerry Kennedy
- Fantasy Island (1978) as 'Singapore' Eddie Malone
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Mark Needham
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
- Matinee Theater (1955)
- Climax! (1954) as Stanley
- Climax! (1954) as Steve Baxter
- 7th Heaven (1996) as John 'Colonel' Camden
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self