Peter Graves was born Peter Duesler Aurness on March 18, 1926 on Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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.
Movie | Gettysburg - An American Story | Narrator | 2014-10-24 |
Movie | What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar | Himself | 2009-04-02 |
Series | American Dad! | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
Movie | Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves | Self | 2005-09-15 |
Series | Minoriteam | Unknown | 2005-11-06 |
Series | House | Unknown | 2004-11-16 |
Series | Cold Case | Unknown | 2003-09-28 |
Movie | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Host of Civil Defense Film | 2003-11-14 |
Movie | Men in Black II | Peter Graves | 2002-07-03 |
Movie | These Old Broads | Bill | 2001-02-12 |
Movie | Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait | Self - Host | 1999-03-26 |
Series | Mickey Mouse Works | Unknown | 1999-05-01 |
Movie | Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life | Self / Narrator | 1998-05-10 |
Movie | Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion | Himself - Host | 1997-01-01 |
Series | The Angry Beavers | Unknown | 1997-04-19 |
Series | 7th Heaven | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
Movie | Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown | Host | 1996-08-18 |
Movie | Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1995-01-01 |
Series | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 1995-02-25 |
Movie | Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker | Self - Host | 1995-09-03 |
Movie | Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess | Self - Host | 1994-10-17 |
Movie | The Eligible Bachelor | George Tidy | 1993-02-03 |
Series | Diagnosis: Murder | Unknown | 1993-10-29 |
Movie | Addams Family Values | Host | 1993-11-19 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | I Hired a Contract Killer | Jeweller | 1990-10-12 |
Movie | The Woman He Loved | Lord Reith | 1988-04-03 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Jim Phelps | 1988-10-23 |
Series | War and Remembrance | Palmer Kirby | 1988-11-13 |
Movie | Number One with a Bullet | Capt. Ferris | 1987-02-27 |
Series | Biography | Unknown | 1987-04-06 |
Movie | Horrible Horror | Dr. Doug Paul Martin in 'Killers from Space' | 1986-01-01 |
Series | Life with Lucy | Unknown | 1986-09-20 |
Series | The Golden Girls | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
Movie | Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street | Tom Collins | 1984-01-25 |
Series | Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense | Unknown | 1984-09-05 |
Series | The Winds of War | Palmer 'Fred' Kirby | 1983-02-06 |
Movie | Savannah Smiles | Harland Dobbs | 1982-04-09 |
Movie | Airplane II: The Sequel | Capt. Clarence Oveur | 1982-12-10 |
Movie | 300 Miles for Stephanie | Capt. McIntyre | 1981-01-12 |
Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
Movie | Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty | TV Director | 1980-02-14 |
Movie | The Memory of Eva Ryker | Mike Rogers | 1980-05-05 |
Movie | Airplane! | Captain Clarence Oveur | 1980-07-02 |
Movie | Survival Run | Kandaris | 1979-04-26 |
Movie | Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident | Alec Franklin | 1979-02-26 |
Movie | The Rebels | George Washington | 1979-05-14 |
Movie | Parts: The Clonus Horror | Jeff Knight | 1979-08-01 |
Series | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Unknown | 1979-09-20 |
Movie | Death Car on the Freeway | Lt. Haller | 1979-09-24 |
Movie | SST: Death Flight | Paul Whitley | 1977-02-25 |
Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
Movie | High Seas Hijack | Elliott Rhoades | 1977-10-20 |
Series | The Sonny & Cher Show | Unknown | 1976-02-01 |
Movie | The Mysterious Monsters | Himself - Narrator | 1976-07-01 |
Movie | The Slipper and the Rose | General | 1976-03-25 |
Movie | Dead Man on the Run | Jim Gideon | 1975-04-02 |
Movie | Sidecar Racers | Carson | 1975-04-30 |
Movie | Scream of the Wolf | John Wetherby | 1974-01-16 |
Movie | Paul and Michelle | Sir Henry | 1974-03-15 |
Movie | Where Have All the People Gone | Steven Anders | 1974-10-08 |
Movie | Call to Danger | Doug Warfield | 1973-02-27 |
Movie | The President's Plane Is Missing | Mark Jones | 1973-10-23 |
Series | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Unknown | 1973-09-14 |
Series | Funny Face | Unknown | 1971-09-18 |
Movie | The Adventurers | Trustee Banker | 1970-03-25 |
Movie | The Five Man Army | Dutchman | 1969-10-16 |
Movie | Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob | Jim Phelps | 1969-12-01 |
Movie | The Dean Martin Christmas Show | Self (uncredited) | 1968-12-19 |
Movie | Sergeant Ryker | Maj. Whitaker | 1968-02-01 |
Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | The Ballad of Josie | Jason Meredith | 1968-02-01 |
Series | Premiere | Unknown | 1968-07-01 |
Movie | The Jokers | Mr. Tremayne | 1967-05-15 |
Movie | I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Bankman | 1967-12-18 |
Movie | How I Won the War | Staff Officer | 1967-10-18 |
Movie | The Wrong Box | Military Officer | 1966-06-19 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Jim Phelps | 1966-09-17 |
Movie | Texas Across the River | Capt. Stimpson | 1966-10-26 |
Series | Court Martial | Major Frank Whittaker | 1965-09-05 |
Series | Branded | Unknown | 1965-01-24 |
Series | The Dean Martin Show | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
Movie | A Rage to Live | Jack Hollister | 1965-10-20 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Series | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown | 1964-09-18 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Series | The Farmer's Daughter | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
Series | Whiplash | Christopher Cobb | 1961-02-18 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Movie | A Stranger in My Arms | Donald Beasley | 1959-03-03 |
Movie | Wolf Larsen | Van Weyden | 1958-10-26 |
Series | Cimarron City | Unknown | 1958-09-27 |
Movie | Bayou | Martin Davis | 1957-06-01 |
Movie | Paradise Lagoon | Brocklehurst | 1957-06-11 |
Movie | Death in Small Doses | Agent / Tom Kaylor | 1957-09-15 |
Movie | Beginning of the End | Dr. Ed Wainwright | 1957-06-28 |
Movie | It Conquered the World | Dr. Paul Nelson | 1956-07-14 |
Movie | Hold Back The Night | Lt. Lee Couzens | 1956-07-29 |
Movie | Canyon River | Bob Andrews | 1956-08-04 |
Movie | Wichita | Morgan Earp | 1955-07-03 |
Movie | Robbers' Roost | Heesman | 1955-05-30 |
Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
Movie | The Naked Street | Joe McFarland | 1955-08-01 |
Movie | The Long Gray Line | Rudolph Heinz | 1955-02-09 |
Series | Celebrity Playhouse | Unknown | 1955-09-27 |
Movie | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Capt. Bob Elliott | 1955-12-31 |
Movie | The Night of the Hunter | Ben Harper | 1955-08-26 |
Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
Series | Fury | Jim Newton | 1955-10-15 |
Movie | Fort Yuma | Lt. Ben Keegan | 1955-10-04 |
Movie | The Yellow Tomahawk | Sawyer | 1954-05-01 |
Movie | Killers from Space | Douglas Martin | 1954-01-23 |
Movie | The Raid | Capt. Frank Dwyer | 1954-08-04 |
Movie | Lilacs in the Spring | Albert Gutman | 1954-12-21 |
Series | Studio 57 | Unknown | 1954-09-21 |
Movie | Black Tuesday | Peter Manning | 1954-12-31 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Movie | Stalag 17 | Sgt. Frank Price | 1953-05-29 |
Movie | East of Sumatra | Cowboy | 1953-09-23 |
Movie | War Paint | Trooper Tolson | 1953-08-28 |
Series | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Unknown | 1953-10-02 |
Series | Where's Raymond? | 1953-10-08 | |
Movie | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Arnold Dix | 1953-12-02 |
Movie | Red Planet Mars | Chris Cronyn | 1952-05-15 |
Movie | Derby Day | Gerald Berkeley | 1952-06-09 |
Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Series | Biff Baker U.S.A. | Unknown | 1952-11-06 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Movie | Rogue River | Pete Dandridge | 1951-02-15 |
Movie | Encore | Philip Cronshaw | 1951-06-11 |
Movie | The Lady with a Lamp | Prince Albert | 1951-09-22 |
Movie | Fort Defiance | Ned Tallon | 1951-10-09 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | Angels in the Outfield | Radio Announcer (uncredited) | 1951-10-19 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Series | Fireside Theater | Unknown | 1949-04-05 |
Movie | Maytime in Mayfair | D'Arcy Davenport | 1949-05-24 |
Movie | Spring in Park Lane | Basil Maitland | 1948-03-17 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
Movie | Mrs. Fitzherbert | Prince of Wales | 1947-12-03 |
Movie | The Laughing Lady | Prince of Wales | 1946-10-16 |
Movie | Gaiety George | Henry Carter | 1946-07-15 |
Movie | I'll Be Your Sweetheart | 1945-07-30 | |
Movie | Waltz Time | Count Franz von Hofer | 1945-08-13 |
Movie | Bees in Paradise | Peter Lovell | 1944-03-20 |
Movie | Give Us the Moon | Peter Pyke | 1944-07-31 |
Movie | Miss London Ltd. | Capt. Rory O'Moore | 1943-06-14 |
Movie | King Arthur Was a Gentleman | Lance Elliott | 1942-12-28 |
Movie | Leap Year | 1932-10-11 |