Peter Graves
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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
March 18, 1926Deathday
March 14, 2010Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
91Place of birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USAAlso known as
Peter Duesler Aurness
Cast credits
Stalag 17
Sgt. Frank Price
Airplane!
Captain Clarence Oveur
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Tom Collins
Airplane II: The Sequel
Capt. Clarence Oveur
The Night of the Hunter
Ben Harper
Paul and Michelle
Sir Henry
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Arnold Dix
Killers from Space
Douglas Martin
Red Planet Mars
Chris Cronyn
Black Tuesday
Peter Manning
Sidecar Racers
Carson
It Conquered the World
Dr. Paul Nelson
The Long Gray Line
Rudolph Heinz
The Five Man Army
Dutchman
Savannah Smiles
Harland Dobbs
The Mysterious Monsters
Himself - Narrator
Beginning of the End
Dr. Ed Wainwright
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
Alec Franklin
The Ballad of Josie
Jason Meredith
Death in Small Doses
Agent / Tom Kaylor
These Old Broads
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