Peter Graves
Acting
1926-03-18 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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.
Filmography
Mystery Reel
2022 · Movie
Gettysburg - An American Story
2014 · Movie
Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time
2010 · Movie
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
2009 · Movie
Minoriteam
2005 · Series
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
2005 · Movie
American Dad!
2005 · Series
House
2004 · Series
Behind the Legend: Timon
2004 · Movie
America on the Move 1876-2000
2003 · Movie
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003 · Movie
Cold Case
2003 · Series
Men in Black II
2002 · Movie
Don't Ask Don't Tell
2002 · Movie
These Old Broads
2001 · Movie
Disney's House of Mouse
2001 · Series
House on Haunted Hill
1999 · Movie
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999 · Movie
Mickey Mouse Works
1999 · Series
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
1999 · Movie
Doris Day: It's Magic
1998 · Movie
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998 · Movie
The Angry Beavers
1997 · Series
Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
1997 · Movie
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
1996 · Movie
7th Heaven
1996 · Series
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996 · Movie
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
1996 · Movie
Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell
1996 · Movie
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
1996 · Movie
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995 · Movie
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995 · Series
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995 · Movie
The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires
1994 · Movie
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
1994 · Movie
Burke's Law
1994 · Series
Addams Family Values
1993 · Movie
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Series
Unauthorized Biographies with Peter Graves
1993 · Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Series
The Complete Churchill
1992 · Series
Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent
1989 · Movie
War and Remembrance
1988 · Series
Mission: Impossible
1988 · Series
Biography
1987 · Series
Number One with a Bullet
1987 · Movie
Life with Lucy
1986 · Series
The Demon Lover
1986 · Movie
The Golden Girls
1985 · Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984 · Series
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984 · Movie
The Guns and the Fury
1983 · Movie
The Winds of War
1983 · Series
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982 · Movie
Savannah Smiles
1982 · Movie
Simon & Simon
1981 · Series
300 Miles for Stephanie
1981 · Movie
Airplane!
1980 · Movie
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980 · Movie
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980 · Movie
Death Car on the Freeway
1979 · Movie
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979 · Series
Parts: The Clonus Horror
1979 · Movie
The Rebels
1979 · Series
Survival Run
1979 · Movie
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
1979 · Movie
SST: Death Flight
1978 · Movie
Race for Survival
1978 · Movie
Fantasy Island
1978 · Series
High Seas Hijack
1977 · Movie
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976 · Series
The Mysterious Monsters
1976 · Movie
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976 · Series
Sidecar Racers
1975 · Movie
Dead Man on the Run
1975 · Movie
Dinah!
1974 · Series
Where Have All the People Gone
1974 · Movie
The Underground Man
1974 · Movie
Paul and Michelle
1974 · Movie
Scream of the Wolf
1974 · Movie
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973 · Movie
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · Series
Call to Danger
1973 · Movie
The All Star Spangled Mission
1973 · Movie
Under the Law: Arrest and Seize
1973 · Movie
Funny Face
1971 · Series
The Adventurers
1970 · Movie
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
1970 · Movie
The 5-Man Army
1969 · Movie
Mission: Impossible - The Controllers
1969 · Movie
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
1969 · Movie
The Assassination Bureau
1969 · Movie
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker
1969 · Movie
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968 · Movie
Premiere
1968 · Series
The Ballad of Josie
1968 · Movie
Sergeant Ryker
1968 · Movie
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Movie
Sleeping Dog
1967 · Movie
Mission: Impossible - The Slave
1967 · Movie
Valley of Mystery
1967 · Movie
The Invaders
1967 · Series
Gallegher Goes West
1966 · Movie
Texas Across the River
1966 · Movie
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
A Rage to Live
1965 · Movie
The F.B.I.
1965 · Series
The Dean Martin Show
1965 · Series
Laredo
1965 · Series
Run for Your Life
1965 · Series
Court Martial
1965 · Series
Branded
1965 · Series
Daniel Boone
1964 · Series
12 O'Clock High
1964 · Series
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Series
The Great Adventure
1963 · Series
The Farmer's Daughter
1963 · Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Whiplash
1961 · Series
Route 66
1960 · Series
A Stranger in My Arms
1959 · Movie
Wolf Larsen
1958 · Movie
Cimarron City
1958 · Series
Death in Small Doses
1957 · Movie
Beginning of the End
1957 · Movie
Bayou
1957 · Movie
Canyon River
1956 · Movie
Hold Back the Night
1956 · Movie
It Conquered the World
1956 · Movie
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955 · Movie
Matinee Theater
1955 · Series
Fury
1955 · Series
Fury
1955 · Movie
Fort Yuma
1955 · Movie
Celebrity Playhouse
1955 · Series
The Naked Street
1955 · Movie
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Movie
Wichita
1955 · Movie
Robbers' Roost
1955 · Movie
The Millionaire
1955 · Series
The Long Gray Line
1955 · Movie
Black Tuesday
1954 · Movie
Climax!
1954 · Series
Studio 57
1954 · Series
The Raid
1954 · Movie
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954 · Movie
Killers from Space
1954 · Movie
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953 · Movie
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953 · Series
War Paint
1953 · Movie
East of Sumatra
1953 · Movie
Stalag 17
1953 · Movie
Biff Baker U.S.A.
1952 · Series
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Series
Red Planet Mars
1952 · Movie
Chevron Theatre
1952 · Series
The Congregation
1952 · Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Angels in the Outfield
1951 · Movie
Fort Defiance
1951 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Rogue River
1951 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
Fireside Theater
1949 · Series
Studio One
1948 · Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series
Aliens from Space
Movie