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.
Movie | Mystery Reel | Unknown | 2022-08-19 |
Movie | Gettysburg - An American Story | Narrator | 2014-10-24 |
Movie | What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar | Self | 2009-04-02 |
Series | American Dad! | Mr. Pibb (voice) | 2005-02-06 |
Movie | Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves | Self | 2005-09-15 |
Series | Minoriteam | Sheldon Miller | 2005-11-06 |
Movie | Behind the Legend: Timon | Himself - Host | 2004-02-10 |
Movie | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Dr. Doug Paul Martin (archive footage) | 2004-07-13 |
Series | House | Myron | 2004-11-16 |
Series | Cold Case | Anton Bikker (2006) | 2003-09-28 |
Movie | America on the Move 1876-2000 | Host | 2003-11-29 |
Movie | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Host of Civil Defense Film | 2003-11-14 |
Movie | Men in Black II | Peter Graves | 2002-07-03 |
Movie | Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter' | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-15 |
Movie | These Old Broads | Bill | 2001-02-12 |
Movie | Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait | Self - Host | 1999-03-26 |
Series | Mickey Mouse Works | Unknown | 1999-05-01 |
Movie | House on Haunted Hill | Himself | 1999-10-29 |
Movie | Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel | Narrator | 1999-08-24 |
Movie | Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life | Self - Narrator | 1998-05-10 |
Movie | Doris Day: It's Magic | Narrator | 1998-10-18 |
Series | The Angry Beavers | Unknown | 1997-04-19 |
Movie | Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion | Himself - Host | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | Abbott & Costello Meet Biography | Host | 1996-04-29 |
Movie | William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama | Unknown | 1996-08-16 |
Movie | Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown | Host | 1996-08-18 |
Series | 7th Heaven | John "Colonel" Camden | 1996-08-26 |
Series | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 1995-02-25 |
Movie | Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker | Self - Host | 1995-09-03 |
Series | Burke's Law | General Prescott | 1994-01-07 |
Movie | Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess | Self - Host | 1994-10-17 |
Movie | The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires | Host | 1994-10-23 |
Series | Unauthorized Biographies with Peter Graves | Self - Narrator | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | Addams Family Values | Host | 1993-11-19 |
Series | Diagnosis: Murder | Peter Graves | 1993-10-29 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | I Hired a Contract Killer | Jeweller | 1990-10-12 |
Movie | The Woman He Loved | Lord Reith | 1988-04-03 |
Movie | Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | Doctor - England | 1988-05-15 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Jim Phelps | 1988-10-23 |
Series | War and Remembrance | Palmer Kirby | 1988-11-13 |
Movie | Number One with a Bullet | Capt. Ferris | 1987-02-27 |
Movie | Horrible Horror | Dr. Doug Paul Martin in 'Killers from Space' | 1986-01-01 |
Series | Life with Lucy | Ben Marshall | 1986-09-20 |
Series | The Golden Girls | Jerry Kennedy | 1985-09-14 |
Movie | Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street | Tom Collins | 1984-01-25 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Edmund Gerard | 1984-09-30 |
Series | Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense | Unknown | 1984-09-05 |
Series | The Winds of War | Palmer 'Fred' Kirby | 1983-02-06 |
Movie | The Guns and the Fury | Mark Janser | 1983-12-12 |
Movie | Savannah Smiles | Harland Dobbs | 1982-04-09 |
Movie | Airplane II: The Sequel | Capt. Clarence Oveur | 1982-12-10 |
Movie | 300 Miles for Stephanie | Capt. McIntyre | 1981-01-12 |
Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
Movie | Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty | TV Director | 1980-02-14 |
Movie | Airplane! | Captain Clarence Oveur | 1980-07-02 |
Movie | The Memory of Eva Ryker | Mike Rogers | 1980-05-05 |
Movie | The Rebels | George Washington | 1979-05-14 |
Movie | Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident | Alec Franklin | 1979-02-26 |
Movie | Survival Run | Kandaris | 1979-04-26 |
Movie | Parts: The Clonus Horror | Jeff Knight | 1979-08-01 |
Series | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Major Noah Cooper | 1979-09-20 |
Movie | Death Car on the Freeway | Lt. Haller | 1979-09-24 |
Movie | Race for Survival | Narrator | 1978-03-05 |
Movie | SST: Death Flight | Paul Whitley | 1977-02-25 |
Series | The Love Boat | Leonard Culver | 1977-09-24 |
Movie | High Seas Hijack | Elliott Rhoades | 1977-10-20 |
Series | The Sonny & Cher Show | Unknown | 1976-02-01 |
Movie | The Slipper and the Rose | General | 1976-03-25 |
Movie | The Mysterious Monsters | Himself - Narrator | 1976-07-01 |
Movie | Dead Man on the Run | Jim Gideon | 1975-04-02 |
Movie | Sidecar Racers | Carson | 1975-04-30 |
Series | Dinah! | Self | 1974-10-21 |
Movie | Paul and Michelle | Sir Henry | 1974-03-15 |
Movie | Scream of the Wolf | John Wetherby | 1974-01-16 |
Movie | The Underground Man | Lew Archer | 1974-05-06 |
Movie | Where Have All the People Gone | Steven Anders | 1974-10-08 |
Movie | Call to Danger | Doug Warfield | 1973-02-27 |
Movie | The President's Plane Is Missing | Mark Jones | 1973-10-23 |
Series | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self | 1973-09-14 |
Series | Funny Face | Unknown | 1971-09-18 |
Movie | The Adventurers | Trustee Banker | 1970-03-25 |
Movie | Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob | Jim Phelps | 1969-12-01 |
Movie | The Assassination Bureau | Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited) | 1969-03-09 |
Movie | The 5-Man Army | Dutchman | 1969-10-16 |
Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | The Ballad of Josie | Jason Meredith | 1968-02-01 |
Series | Premiere | Unknown | 1968-07-01 |
Movie | The Dean Martin Christmas Show | Self (uncredited) | 1968-12-19 |
Movie | Sergeant Ryker | Maj. Whitaker | 1968-02-01 |
Series | The Invaders | Gavin Lewis | 1967-01-10 |
Movie | The Jokers | Mr. Tremayne | 1967-05-15 |
Movie | How I Won the War | Staff Officer | 1967-10-18 |
Movie | Valley of Mystery | Ben Barstow | 1967-09-29 |
Movie | I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Bankman | 1967-12-18 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Jim Phelps | 1966-09-17 |
Movie | Texas Across the River | Capt. Stimpson | 1966-10-26 |
Movie | Gallegher Goes West | Marshal Neimeyer | 1966-10-30 |
Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Series | Branded | Unknown | 1965-01-24 |
Series | Court Martial | Major Frank Whittaker | 1965-09-05 |
Series | Run for Your Life | Jim Carlson | 1965-09-13 |
Series | The Dean Martin Show | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Movie | A Rage to Live | Jack Hollister | 1965-10-20 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Manning Fryes | 1965-09-19 |
Series | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown | 1964-09-18 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Logan Harris | 1964-09-24 |
Series | The Farmer's Daughter | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Maj. Frank Whitaker | 1963-10-10 |
Series | The Great Adventure | Daniel Boone | 1963-09-27 |
Series | The Virginian | Robert Gaynor | 1962-09-19 |
Series | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mark Needham | 1962-09-20 |
Series | Whiplash | Christopher Cobb | 1961-02-18 |
Series | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961-12-11 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Movie | A Stranger in My Arms | Donald Beasley | 1959-03-03 |
Series | Cimarron City | Unknown | 1958-09-27 |
Movie | Wolf Larsen | Van Weyden | 1958-10-26 |
Movie | Bayou | Martin Davis | 1957-06-01 |
Movie | The Admirable Crichton | Brocklehurst | 1957-06-11 |
Movie | Death in Small Doses | Agent / Tom Kaylor | 1957-09-15 |
Movie | Beginning of the End | Dr. Ed Wainwright | 1957-06-28 |
Movie | It Conquered the World | Dr. Paul Nelson | 1956-07-14 |
Movie | Hold Back The Night | Lt. Lee Couzens | 1956-07-29 |
Movie | Canyon River | Bob Andrews | 1956-08-04 |
Movie | Wichita | Morgan Earp | 1955-07-03 |
Movie | The Naked Street | Joe McFarland | 1955-08-01 |
Series | The Millionaire | Paul Hartley | 1955-01-19 |
Movie | The Long Gray Line | Rudolph Heinz | 1955-01-04 |
Movie | The Night of the Hunter | Ben Harper | 1955-08-26 |
Movie | Robbers' Roost | Heesman | 1955-05-30 |
Series | Celebrity Playhouse | Unknown | 1955-09-27 |
Movie | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Capt. Bob Elliott | 1955-12-31 |
Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
Movie | Fort Yuma | Lt. Ben Keegan | 1955-10-04 |
Series | Fury | Jim Newton | 1955-10-15 |
Movie | The Yellow Tomahawk | Sawyer | 1954-05-01 |
Movie | Killers from Space | Douglas Martin | 1954-01-23 |
Movie | The Raid | Capt. Frank Dwyer | 1954-08-04 |
Series | Climax! | Steve Baxter | 1954-10-07 |
Series | Studio 57 | Unknown | 1954-09-21 |
Movie | Black Tuesday | Peter Manning | 1954-12-31 |
Movie | War Paint | Trooper Tolson | 1953-08-28 |
Movie | Stalag 17 | Sgt. Frank Price | 1953-05-29 |
Movie | East of Sumatra | Cowboy | 1953-09-23 |
Series | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Unknown | 1953-10-02 |
Movie | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Arnold Dix | 1953-12-02 |
Movie | Red Planet Mars | Chris Cronyn | 1952-05-15 |
Movie | The Congregation | Unknown | 1952-01-01 |
Series | Cavalcade of America | Maj. Tom Howie | 1952-10-01 |
Series | Biff Baker U.S.A. | Unknown | 1952-11-06 |
Movie | The Lady with a Lamp | Prince Albert | 1951-09-22 |
Movie | Rogue River | Pete Dandridge | 1951-02-15 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Rocky Kent | 1951-10-05 |
Movie | Fort Defiance | Ned Tallon | 1951-10-09 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Dr. James Ewing | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | Angels in the Outfield | Radio Announcer (uncredited) | 1951-10-19 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Joel Barker | 1950-10-02 |
Movie | Fury | Jim Newton | 1950-11-10 |
Series | Fireside Theater | Unknown | 1949-04-05 |
Movie | Maytime in Mayfair | D'Arcy Davenport | 1949-05-24 |
Series | Studio One | Glenn Willis | 1948-11-07 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | Mrs. Fitzherbert | Prince of Wales | 1947-12-03 |
Movie | Give Us the Moon | Peter Pyke | 1944-07-31 |