Actor
· Acting
Peter Graves
Born 1926-03-18
Died 2010-03-14
📍 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 158
Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time
as Narrator
2010
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
as Self
2009
Minoriteam
as Sheldon Miller
2005
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
as Self
2005
American Dad!
as Mr. Pibb (voice)
2005
House
as Myron
2004
Behind the Legend: Timon
as Himself - Host
2004
America on the Move 1876-2000
as Host
2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
as Host of Civil Defense Film
2003
Cold Case
as Anton Bikker (2006)
2003
Men in Black II
as Peter Graves
2002
These Old Broads
as Bill
2001
Disney's House of Mouse
as Instructor Voice (voice)
2001
House on Haunted Hill
as Self
1999
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
as Narrator
1999
Mickey Mouse Works
1999
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
as Self - Host
1999
Doris Day: It's Magic
as Narrator
1998
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
as Self - Narrator
1998
The Angry Beavers
1997
Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
as Self - Host
1997
7th Heaven
as John 'Colonel' Camden
1996
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
as Self - Host
1996
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
1996
Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell
as Narrator
1996
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
as Self - Host
1996
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
as Self - Host
1995
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
as Self
1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1995
The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires
as Host
1994
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
as Self - Host
1994
Burke's Law
as General Prescott
1994
Addams Family Values
as Host
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
as Peter Graves
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent
as Jim Phelps
1989
War and Remembrance
as Palmer Kirby
1988
Mission: Impossible
as Jim Phelps
1988
Biography
as Self - Host
1987
Number One with a Bullet
as Capt. Ferris
1987
Life with Lucy
as Ben Marshall
1986
The Demon Lover
as Ponsonby
1986
The Golden Girls
as Jerry Kennedy
1985
Murder, She Wrote
as Edmund Gerard
1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as John Bray
1984
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
as Tom Collins
1984
The Guns and the Fury
as Mark Janser
1983
The Winds of War
as Palmer 'Fred' Kirby
1983
Airplane II: The Sequel
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
1982
Savannah Smiles
as Harland Dobbs
1982
Simon & Simon
as Wade Christian
1981
300 Miles for Stephanie
as Capt. McIntyre
1981
Airplane!
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
1980
The Memory of Eva Ryker
as Mike Rogers
1980
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
as TV Director
1980
Death Car on the Freeway
as Lt. Haller
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Major Noah Cooper
1979
Parts: The Clonus Horror
as Jeff Knight
1979
The Rebels
as George Washington
1979
Survival Run
as Kandaris
1979
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
as Alec Franklin
1979
SST: Death Flight
as Paul Whitley
1978
Race for Survival
as Narrator
1978
High Seas Hijack
as Elliott Rhoades
1977
The Love Boat
as Gerald Whitney
1977
The Love Boat
as Leonard Culver
1977
The Love Boat
as Carl Lawrence
1977
The Duchess of Duke Street
as Sir Evelyn Grant-Wortley
1976
The Mysterious Monsters
as Himself - Narrator
1976
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
Sidecar Racers
as Carson
1975
Dead Man on the Run
as Jim Gideon
1975
Dinah!
as Self
1974
Where Have All the People Gone
as Steven Anders
1974
The Underground Man
as Lew Archer
1974
Paul and Michelle
as Sir Henry
1974
Scream of the Wolf
as John Wetherby
1974
The President's Plane Is Missing
as Mark Jones
1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
Call to Danger
as Doug Warfield
1973
The All Star Spangled Mission
1973
Funny Face
1971
The Adventurers
as Trustee Banker
1970
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
as James Phelps
1970
The 5-Man Army
as Dutchman
1969
Mission: Impossible - The Controllers
as Jim Phelps
1969
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
as Jim Phelps
1969
The Assassination Bureau
as Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)
1969
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker
as James Phelps
1969
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
1968
The Ballad of Josie
as Jason Meredith
1968
Sergeant Ryker
as Maj. Whitaker
1968
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
Sleeping Dog
as Sir Geoffrey
1967
Mission: Impossible - The Slave
as Jim Phelps
1967
Valley of Mystery
as Ben Barstow
1967
The Invaders
as Gavin Lewis
1967
Gallegher Goes West
as Marshal Neimeyer
1966
Texas Across the River
as Capt. Stimpson
1966
Mission: Impossible
as Jim Phelps
1966
A Rage to Live
as Jack Hollister
1965
The F.B.I.
as Manning Fryes
1965
Laredo
1965
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Run for Your Life
as Jim Carlson
1965
Branded
1965
Daniel Boone
as Logan Harris
1964
12 O'Clock High
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Maj. Frank Whitaker
1963
The Great Adventure
as Daniel Boone
1963
The Farmer's Daughter
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Mark Needham
1962
The Virginian
as Robert Gaynor
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Whiplash
as Christopher Cobb
1961
Route 66
1960
A Stranger in My Arms
as Donald Beasley
1959
Wolf Larsen
as Van Weyden
1958
Cimarron City
1958
Death in Small Doses
as Agent / Tom Kaylor
1957
Beginning of the End
as Dr. Ed Wainwright
1957
Bayou
as Martin Davis
1957
Canyon River
as Bob Andrews
1956
Hold Back The Night
as Lt. Lee Couzens
1956
It Conquered the World
as Dr. Paul Nelson
1956
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Capt. Bob Elliott
1955
Matinee Theater
1955
Fury
as Jim Newton
1955
Fury
as Jim Newton
1955
Fort Yuma
as Lt. Ben Keegan
1955
The Naked Street
as Joe McFarland
1955
The Night of the Hunter
as Ben Harper
1955
Wichita
as Morgan Earp
1955
Robbers' Roost
as Heesman
1955
The Millionaire
as Paul Hartley
1955
The Long Gray Line
as Corporal Rudolph Heinz
1955
Black Tuesday
as Peter Manning
1954
Climax!
as Stanley
1954
Climax!
as Steve Baxter
1954
Studio 57
as Jim Bailey
1954
The Raid
as Capt. Frank Dwyer
1954
The Yellow Tomahawk
as Sawyer
1954
Killers from Space
as Douglas Martin
1954
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
as Arnold Dix
1953
War Paint
as Trooper Tolson
1953
East of Sumatra
as Cowboy
1953
Stalag 17
as Sgt. Frank Price
1953
Biff Baker U.S.A.
1952
Cavalcade of America
as Maj. Tom Howie
1952
Red Planet Mars
as Chris Cronyn
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dr. James Ewing
1951
Angels in the Outfield
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1951
Fort Defiance
as Ned Tallon
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Rocky Kent
1951
Rogue River
as Pete Dandridge
1951
Studio One
as Glenn Willis
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944