Peter Graves
Acting
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.
Born: March 18, 1926
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Known For
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
Four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and veteran movie and television star Peter Graves join with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square in an extraordinary musical Christmas celebration. This spectacular performance of the Choir's 2004 Christmas concert will be a holiday favorite for years to come.
High Seas Hijack
Terrorists hijack an oil tanker and threaten to blow it up unless Japan meets their demands.
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
Jim Phelps leads the IMF on an assignment to destroy a criminal empire headed by Frank Wayne.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
House
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
Life with Lucy
Life With Lucy is an American sitcom starring Lucille Ball. The show ran on the ABC network in 1986 not on the CBS network as her previous shows had and unlike Ball's previous programs, it was a critical and ratings flop. Only eight out of the thirteen episodes that were filmed aired before ABC cancelled the series. It is the very last sitcom she starred in before her death in 1989.
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a popular icon since the 1930s.
The Night of the Hunter
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
War and Remembrance
War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. It is the sequel to highly successful The Winds of War.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
Filmography
as Narrator
as Sheldon Miller
as Mr. Pibb (voice)
as Myron
as Himself - Host
as Host of Civil Defense Film
as Anton Bikker (2006)
as Peter Graves
as Bill
as Instructor Voice (voice)
as Self
as Narrator
as Self - Host
as Narrator
as Self - Narrator
as Self - Host
as John "Colonel" Camden
as Self - Host
as Narrator
as Self - Host
as Self - Host
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Host
as General Prescott
as Host
as Peter Graves
as Jim Phelps
as Palmer Kirby
as Jim Phelps
as Self - Host
as Capt. Ferris
as Ben Marshall
as Ponsonby
as Jerry Kennedy
as Edmund Gerard
as John Bray
as Tom Collins
as Mark Janser
as Palmer 'Fred' Kirby
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
as Harland Dobbs
as Wade Christian
as Capt. McIntyre
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
as Mike Rogers
as TV Director
as Lt. Haller
as Major Noah Cooper
as Jeff Knight
as George Washington
as Kandaris
as Alec Franklin
as Paul Whitley
as Narrator
as Elliott Rhoades
as Gerald Whitney
as Leonard Culver
as Carl Lawrence
as Himself - Narrator
as Carson
as Jim Gideon
as Self
as Steven Anders
as Lew Archer
as Sir Henry
as John Wetherby
as Mark Jones
as Doug Warfield
as Trustee Banker
as James Phelps
as Jim Phelps
as Dutchman
as Jim Phelps
as Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)
as James Phelps
as Self (uncredited)
as Maj. Whitaker
as Jason Meredith
as Self (archive footage)
as Jim Phelps
as Ben Barstow
as Gavin Lewis
as Marshal Neimeyer
as Capt. Stimpson
as Jim Phelps
as Jack Hollister
as Manning Fryes
as Jim Carlson
as Logan Harris
as Maj. Frank Whitaker
as Daniel Boone
as Mark Needham
as Robert Gaynor
as Self
as Christopher Cobb
as Donald Beasley
as Van Weyden
as Agent / Tom Kaylor
as Dr. Ed Wainwright
as Martin Davis
as Bob Andrews
as Lt. Lee Couzens
as Dr. Paul Nelson
as Capt. Bob Elliott
as Jim Newton
as Jim Newton
as Lt. Ben Keegan
as Joe McFarland
as Ben Harper
as Morgan Earp
as Heesman
as Paul Hartley
as Corporal Rudolph Heinz
as Peter Manning
as Stanley
as Steve Baxter
as Jim Bailey
as Capt. Frank Dwyer
as Sawyer
as Douglas Martin
as Arnold Dix
as Trooper Tolson
as Cowboy
as Sgt. Frank Price
as Maj. Tom Howie
as Chris Cronyn
as Dr. James Ewing
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
as Ned Tallon
as Rocky Kent
as Pete Dandridge
as Glenn Willis
as Self
as Self - Presenter