Peter Graves
Acting
Born March 18, 1926 · 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.
Films (101)
Mystery Reel
2022
Gettysburg - An American Story
2014
Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time
2010
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
2009
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
2005
Behind the Legend: Timon
2004
America on the Move 1876-2000
2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
Men in Black II
2002
Don't Ask Don't Tell
2002
These Old Broads
2001
House on Haunted Hill
1999
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
1999
Doris Day: It's Magic
1998
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998
Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
1997
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
1996
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
1996
Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell
1996
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
1996
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires
1994
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
1994
Addams Family Values
1993
Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent
1989
Number One with a Bullet
1987
The Demon Lover
1986
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984
The Guns and the Fury
1983
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
Savannah Smiles
1982
300 Miles for Stephanie
1981
Airplane!
1980
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980
Death Car on the Freeway
1979
Parts: The Clonus Horror
1979
Survival Run
1979
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
1979
SST: Death Flight
1978
Race for Survival
1978
High Seas Hijack
1977
The Mysterious Monsters
1976
Sidecar Racers
1975
Dead Man on the Run
1975
Where Have All the People Gone
1974
The Underground Man
1974
Paul and Michelle
1974
Scream of the Wolf
1974
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
Call to Danger
1973
Under the Law: Arrest and Seize
1973
The All Star Spangled Mission
1973
The Adventurers
1970
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
1970
The 5-Man Army
1969
Mission: Impossible - The Controllers
1969
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
1969
The Assassination Bureau
1969
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker
1969
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
The Ballad of Josie
1968
Sergeant Ryker
1968
The Movie Orgy
1968
Mission: Impossible - The Slave
1967
Valley of Mystery
1967
Gallegher Goes West
1966
Texas Across the River
1966
A Rage to Live
1965
A Stranger in My Arms
1959
Wolf Larsen
1958
Death in Small Doses
1957
Beginning of the End
1957
Bayou
1957
Canyon River
1956
Hold Back The Night
1956
It Conquered the World
1956
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
Fury
1955
Fort Yuma
1955
The Naked Street
1955
The Night of the Hunter
1955
Wichita
1955
Robbers' Roost
1955
The Long Gray Line
1955
Black Tuesday
1954
The Raid
1954
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954
Killers from Space
1954
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
War Paint
1953
East of Sumatra
1953
Stalag 17
1953
Red Planet Mars
1952
The Congregation
1952
Angels in the Outfield
1951
Fort Defiance
1951
Rogue River
1951