Acting
Peter Graves
EN, DE, NL, CN cinema · 103 credits
Born
18 March 1926
Died
14 March 2010 (aged 83)
Birthplace
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Also known as Peter Duesler Aurness
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.
Known for
Filmography
Aliens from Space
as Doug Martin
Behind the Legend: Timon
as Himself - Host
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
as Host of Civil Defense Film
Men in Black II
as Peter Graves
These Old Broads
as Bill
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
as Self - Host
Doris Day: It's Magic
as Narrator
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
as Self - Narrator
Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
as Self - Host
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
as Self - Host
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
as Self - Host
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
1996
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
as Narrator
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
as Self - Host
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
as Self - Host
Number One with a Bullet
as Capt. Ferris
The Demon Lover
as Ponsonby
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
as Tom Collins
The Guns and the Fury
as Mark Janser
Airplane II: The Sequel
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
Savannah Smiles
as Harland Dobbs
300 Miles for Stephanie
as Capt. McIntyre
Airplane!
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
as TV Director
The Memory of Eva Ryker
as Mike Rogers
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
as Alec Franklin
Parts: The Clonus Horror
as Jeff Knight
Survival Run
as Kandaris
Death Car on the Freeway
as Lieutenant Haller
SST: Death Flight
as Paul Whitley
Race for Survival
as Narrator
High Seas Hijack
as Elliott Rhoades
The Mysterious Monsters
as Himself - Narrator
Sidecar Racers
as Carson
Dead Man on the Run
as Jim Gideon
Paul and Michelle
as Sir Henry
Where Have All the People Gone
as Steven Anders
Scream of the Wolf
as John Wetherby
The Underground Man
as Lew Archer
The President's Plane Is Missing
as Mark Jones
Call to Danger
as Doug Warfield
The All Star Spangled Mission
as Jim Phelps
The Adventurers
as Trustee Banker
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
as James Phelps
The 5-Man Army
as Dutchman
The Assassination Bureau
as Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
as Jim Phelps
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker
as James Phelps
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
Sergeant Ryker
as Maj. Whitaker
The Ballad of Josie
as Jason Meredith
Valley of Mystery
as Ben Barstow
Mission: Impossible - The Slave
as Jim Phelps
Sleeping Dog
as Sir Geoffrey
Texas Across the River
as Capt. Stimpson
Gallegher Goes West
as Marshal Neimeyer
A Rage to Live
as Jack Hollister
A Stranger in My Arms
as Donald Beasley
Wolf Larsen
as Van Weyden
Beginning of the End
as Dr. Ed Wainwright
Death in Small Doses
as Agent / Tom Kaylor
Bayou
as Martin Davis
It Conquered the World
as Dr. Paul Nelson
Hold Back the Night
as Lt. Lee Couzens
Canyon River
as Bob Andrews
The Night of the Hunter
as Ben Harper
The Long Gray Line
as Corporal Rudolph Heinz
Fury
as Jim Newton
The Naked Street
as Joe McFarland
Wichita
as Morgan Earp
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Capt. Bob Elliott
Fort Yuma
as Lt. Ben Keegan
Robbers' Roost
as Heesman
Killers from Space
as Douglas Martin
Black Tuesday
as Peter Manning
The Yellow Tomahawk
as Sawyer
The Raid
as Capt. Frank Dwyer
Stalag 17
as Frank Price
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
as Arnold Dix
War Paint
as Trooper Tolson
East of Sumatra
as Cowboy
Red Planet Mars
as Chris Cronyn
Rogue River
as Pete Dandridge
Fort Defiance
as Ned Tallon
Angels in the Outfield
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)