Peter Graves
Age: 83 | From: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1926-03-18 02:15:33
Death: 2010-03-14 03:15:33
Aliases: Peter Duesler Aurness
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 66
TV Involvements: 29
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Climax!
(1954) Steve Baxter
The Invaders
(1967) Gavin Lewis
Daniel Boone
(1964) Logan Harris
Diagnosis: Murder
(1993) Peter Graves
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Joel Barker
House
(2004) Myron
Run for Your Life
(1965) Jim Carlson
Studio One
(1948) Glenn WillisActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | N/A | |
| 2014 | Narrator | |
| 2009 | Himself | |
| 2005 | Sheldon Miller | |
| Self | ||
| Mr. Pibb (voice) | ||
| 2004 | Myron | |
| Himself - Host | ||
| 2003 | Host | |
| Host of Civil Defense Film | ||
| Anton Bikker (2006) | ||
| 2002 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Peter Graves | ||
| 2001 | Bill | |
| 1999 | Narrator | |
| N/A | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| 1998 | Narrator | |
| Self / Narrator | ||
| 1997 | N/A | |
| Himself - Host | ||
| 1996 | John "Colonel" Camden | |
| Host | ||
| N/A | ||
| Host | ||
| 1995 | Self - Host | |
| N/A | ||
| Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1994 | Self - Host | |
| 1993 | Host | |
| Peter Graves | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1992 | N/A | |
| 1988 | Palmer Kirby | |
| Jim Phelps | ||
| 1987 | Capt. Ferris | |
| 1986 | Ben Marshall | |
| Dr. Doug Paul Martin in 'Killers from Space' | ||
| 1985 | Jerry Kennedy | |
| 1984 | Edmund Gerard | |
| N/A | ||
| Tom Collins | ||
| 1983 | Mark Janser | |
| Palmer 'Fred' Kirby | ||
| 1982 | Capt. Clarence Oveur | |
| Harland Dobbs | ||
| 1981 | N/A | |
| Capt. McIntyre | ||
| 1980 | Captain Clarence Oveur | |
| Mike Rogers | ||
| TV Director | ||
| 1979 | Lt. Haller | |
| Major Noah Cooper | ||
| Jeff Knight | ||
| George Washington | ||
| Kandaris | ||
| Alec Franklin | ||
| 1977 | Elliott Rhoades | |
| Leonard Culver | ||
| Gerald Whitney | ||
| Carl Lawrence | ||
| Paul Whitley | ||
| 1976 | Himself - Narrator | |
| N/A | ||
| 1975 | Carson | |
| Jim Gideon | ||
| 1974 | Steven Anders | |
| Lew Archer | ||
| Sir Henry | ||
| John Wetherby | ||
| 1973 | Mark Jones | |
| Self | ||
| Doug Warfield | ||
| 1971 | N/A | |
| 1970 | Trustee Banker | |
| 1969 | Jim Phelps | |
| Dutchman | ||
| 1968 | Self (uncredited) | |
| N/A | ||
| Maj. Whitaker | ||
| Jason Meredith | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1967 | Bankman | |
| Ben Barstow | ||
| Gavin Lewis | ||
| 1966 | Marshal Neimeyer | |
| Capt. Stimpson | ||
| Jim Phelps | ||
| 1965 | Jack Hollister | |
| Manning Fryes | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Jim Carlson | ||
| Major Frank Whittaker | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1964 | Logan Harris | |
| N/A | ||
| 1963 | Maj. Frank Whitaker | |
| Daniel Boone | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1962 | Mark Needham | |
| Robert Gaynor | ||
| 1961 | Self | |
| Christopher Cobb | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| 1959 | Donald Beasley | |
| 1958 | Van Weyden | |
| N/A | ||
| 1957 | Agent / Tom Kaylor | |
| Dr. Ed Wainwright | ||
| Martin Davis | ||
| 1956 | Bob Andrews | |
| Lt. Lee Couzens | ||
| Dr. Paul Nelson | ||
| 1955 | Capt. Bob Elliott | |
| N/A | ||
| Jim Newton | ||
| Lt. Ben Keegan | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ben Harper | ||
| Joe McFarland | ||
| Morgan Earp | ||
| Heesman | ||
| Rudolph Heinz | ||
| Paul Hartley | ||
| 1954 | Peter Manning | |
| Steve Baxter | ||
| Stanley | ||
| N/A | ||
| Capt. Frank Dwyer | ||
| Sawyer | ||
| Douglas Martin | ||
| 1953 | Arnold Dix | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Cowboy | ||
| Trooper Tolson | ||
| Sgt. Frank Price | ||
| 1952 | N/A | |
| Maj. Tom Howie | ||
| Chris Cronyn | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1951 | Dr. James Ewing | |
| Radio Announcer (uncredited) | ||
| Ned Tallon | ||
| Rocky Kent | ||
| Pete Dandridge | ||
| 1950 | Jim Newton | |
| Joel Barker | ||
| 1949 | N/A | |
| 1948 | Glenn Willis | |
| Self | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
