Peter Graves
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.
Movies
Mystery Reel
Gettysburg - An American Story
Narrator
America on the Move 1876-2000
Host
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Host of Civil Defense Film
Men in Black II
Peter Graves
Don't Ask Don't Tell
These Old Broads
Bill
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
Narrator
Doris Day: It's Magic
Narrator
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
Narrator
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
Host
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell
Narrator
The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires
Host
Addams Family Values
Host
Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent
Jim Phelps
Number One with a Bullet
Capt. Ferris
The Demon Lover
Ponsonby
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Tom Collins
The Guns and the Fury
Mark Janser
Airplane II: The Sequel
Capt. Clarence Oveur
Savannah Smiles
Harland Dobbs
300 Miles for Stephanie
Capt. McIntyre
Airplane!
Capt. Clarence Oveur
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Mike Rogers
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
TV Director
Death Car on the Freeway
Lt. Haller
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Jeff Knight
The Rebels
George Washington
Survival Run
Kandaris
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
Alec Franklin
SST: Death Flight
Paul Whitley
Race for Survival
Narrator
High Seas Hijack
Elliott Rhoades
Sidecar Racers
Carson
Dead Man on the Run
Jim Gideon
Where Have All the People Gone
Steven Anders
The Underground Man
Lew Archer
Paul and Michelle
Sir Henry
Scream of the Wolf
John Wetherby
The President's Plane Is Missing
Mark Jones
Call to Danger
Doug Warfield
Under the Law: Arrest and Seize
Narration
The Adventurers
Trustee Banker
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
James Phelps
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
Jim Phelps
The 5-Man Army
Dutchman
Mission: Impossible - The Controllers
Jim Phelps
The Assassination Bureau
Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker
James Phelps
The Ballad of Josie
Jason Meredith
Sergeant Ryker
Maj. Whitaker
Mission: Impossible - The Slave
Jim Phelps
Valley of Mystery
Ben Barstow
Gallegher Goes West
Marshal Neimeyer
Texas Across the River
Capt. Stimpson
A Rage to Live
Jack Hollister
A Stranger in My Arms
Donald Beasley
Wolf Larsen
Van Weyden
Death in Small Doses
Agent / Tom Kaylor
Beginning of the End
Dr. Ed Wainwright
Bayou
Martin Davis
Canyon River
Bob Andrews
Hold Back The Night
Lt. Lee Couzens
It Conquered the World
Dr. Paul Nelson
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Capt. Bob Elliott
Fury
Jim Newton
Fort Yuma
Lt. Ben Keegan
The Naked Street
Joe McFarland
The Night of the Hunter
Ben Harper
Wichita
Morgan Earp
Robbers' Roost
Heesman
The Long Gray Line
Corporal Rudolph Heinz
Black Tuesday
Peter Manning
The Raid
Capt. Frank Dwyer
The Yellow Tomahawk
Sawyer
Killers from Space
Douglas Martin
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Arnold Dix
War Paint
Trooper Tolson
East of Sumatra
Cowboy
Stalag 17
Sgt. Frank Price
Red Planet Mars
Chris Cronyn
The Congregation
Angels in the Outfield
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Fort Defiance
Ned Tallon
Rogue River
Pete Dandridge
Darkstar: Terror at The Edge of Time
Narrator
Aliens from Space
Doug Martin
TV Series
Minoriteam
Sheldon Miller
1 Episode
American Dad!
Mr. Pibb (voice)
1 Episode
House
Myron
1 Episode
Cold Case
Anton Bikker (2006)
1 Episode
Disney's House of Mouse
Instructor Voice (voice)
1 Episode
Mickey Mouse Works
1 Episode
The Angry Beavers
1 Episode
7th Heaven
John "Colonel" Camden
11 Episodes
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1 Episode
Burke's Law
General Prescott
1 Episode
Diagnosis: Murder
Peter Graves
1 Episode
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1 Episode
War and Remembrance
Palmer Kirby
12 Episodes
Mission: Impossible
Jim Phelps
35 Episodes
Life with Lucy
Ben Marshall
1 Episode
The Golden Girls
Jerry Kennedy
1 Episode
Murder, She Wrote
Edmund Gerard
1 Episode
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
John Bray
1 Episode
The Winds of War
Palmer 'Fred' Kirby
7 Episodes
Simon & Simon
Wade Christian
1 Episode
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Major Noah Cooper
1 Episode
The Love Boat
Gerald Whitney
2 Episodes
The Sonny and Cher Show
1 Episode
Funny Face
1 Episode
Premiere
1 Episode
The Invaders
Gavin Lewis
1 Episode
Mission: Impossible
Jim Phelps
143 Episodes
The F.B.I.
Manning Fryes
1 Episode
Laredo
1 Episode
The Dean Martin Show
1 Episode
Run for Your Life
Jim Carlson
1 Episode
Court Martial
Major Frank Whittaker
1 Episode
Branded
2 Episodes
Daniel Boone
Logan Harris
1 Episode
12 O'Clock High
1 Episode
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Maj. Frank Whitaker
2 Episodes
The Great Adventure
Daniel Boone
2 Episodes
The Farmer's Daughter
1 Episode
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mark Needham
1 Episode
The Virginian
Robert Gaynor
1 Episode
Whiplash
Christopher Cobb
34 Episodes
Route 66
2 Episodes
Cimarron City
1 Episode
Matinee Theater
1 Episode
Fury
Jim Newton
116 Episodes
Celebrity Playhouse
1 Episode
The Millionaire
Paul Hartley
1 Episode
Climax!
Stanley
1 Episode
Studio 57
Jim Bailey
1 Episode
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
2 Episodes
Biff Baker U.S.A.
1 Episode
Cavalcade of America
Maj. Tom Howie
1 Episode
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. James Ewing
1 Episode
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Rocky Kent
1 Episode
Lux Video Theatre
Joel Barker
1 Episode
Fireside Theater
4 Episodes
Studio One
Glenn Willis
1 Episode