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 | What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar | Himself | 2009-04-02 |
Series | American Dad! | Unknown | 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 | Unknown | 2005-11-06 |
Movie | Behind the Legend: Timon | Himself - Host | 2004-02-10 |
Series | House | Myron | 2004-11-16 |
Movie | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Host of Civil Defense Film | 2003-11-14 |
Series | Cold Case | Unknown | 2003-09-28 |
Movie | Men in Black II | Peter Graves | 2002-07-03 |
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 | Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life | Self / Narrator | 1998-05-10 |
Movie | Doris Day: It's Magic | Narrator | 1998-10-18 |
Movie | Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion | Himself - Host | 1997-01-01 |
Series | The Angry Beavers | Unknown | 1997-04-19 |
Movie | Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown | Host | 1996-08-18 |
Series | 7th Heaven | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
Series | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 1995-02-25 |
Movie | Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker | Self - Host | 1995-09-03 |
Movie | Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess | Self - Host | 1994-10-17 |
Series | Diagnosis: Murder | Himself | 1993-10-29 |
Movie | The Eligible Bachelor | George Tidy | 1993-02-03 |
Movie | Addams Family Values | Host | 1993-11-19 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | I Hired a Contract Killer | Jeweller | 1990-10-12 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Jim Phelps | 1988-10-23 |
Movie | The Woman He Loved | Lord Reith | 1988-04-03 |
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 | Unknown | 1986-09-20 |
Series | The Golden Girls | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
Series | Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense | Unknown | 1984-09-05 |
Movie | Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street | Tom Collins | 1984-01-25 |
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 |
Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
Movie | 300 Miles for Stephanie | Capt. McIntyre | 1981-01-12 |
Movie | Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty | TV Director | 1980-02-14 |
Movie | The Memory of Eva Ryker | Mike Rogers | 1980-05-05 |
Movie | Airplane! | Captain Clarence Oveur | 1980-07-02 |
Movie | Survival Run | Kandaris | 1979-04-26 |
Movie | Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident | Alec Franklin | 1979-02-26 |
Movie | The Rebels | George Washington | 1979-05-14 |
Movie | Death Car on the Freeway | Lt. Haller | 1979-09-24 |
Series | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Unknown | 1979-09-20 |
Movie | Parts: The Clonus Horror | Jeff Knight | 1979-08-01 |
Movie | SST: Death Flight | Paul Whitley | 1977-02-25 |
Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
Movie | High Seas Hijack | Elliott Rhoades | 1977-10-20 |
Series | The Sonny & Cher Show | Unknown | 1976-02-01 |
Movie | The Mysterious Monsters | Himself - Narrator | 1976-07-01 |
Movie | The Slipper and the Rose | General | 1976-03-25 |
Movie | Dead Man on the Run | Jim Gideon | 1975-04-02 |
Movie | Sidecar Racers | Carson | 1975-04-30 |
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 | Unknown | 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 Five Man Army | Dutchman | 1969-10-16 |
Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | Sergeant Ryker | Maj. Whitaker | 1968-02-01 |
Series | Premiere | Unknown | 1968-07-01 |
Movie | The Ballad of Josie | Jason Meredith | 1968-02-01 |
Movie | The Dean Martin Christmas Show | Self (uncredited) | 1968-12-19 |
Movie | Valley of Mystery | Ben Barstow | 1967-09-29 |
Movie | The Jokers | Mr. Tremayne | 1967-05-15 |
Movie | How I Won the War | Staff Officer | 1967-10-18 |
Movie | I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Bankman | 1967-12-18 |
Movie | The Wrong Box | Military Officer | 1966-06-19 |
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 | Court Martial | Major Frank Whittaker | 1965-09-05 |
Series | Branded | Unknown | 1965-01-24 |
Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
Movie | A Rage to Live | Jack Hollister | 1965-10-20 |
Series | The Dean Martin Show | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Series | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown | 1964-09-18 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
Series | The Farmer's Daughter | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
Series | Whiplash | Christopher Cobb | 1961-02-18 |
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 | Hold Back The Night | Lt. Lee Couzens | 1956-07-29 |
Movie | It Conquered the World | Dr. Paul Nelson | 1956-07-14 |
Movie | Canyon River | Bob Andrews | 1956-08-04 |
Movie | The Naked Street | Joe McFarland | 1955-08-01 |
Movie | Wichita | Morgan Earp | 1955-07-03 |
Movie | Robbers' Roost | Heesman | 1955-05-30 |
Movie | The Night of the Hunter | Ben Harper | 1955-08-26 |
Movie | The Long Gray Line | Rudolph Heinz | 1955-01-04 |
Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
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 |
Series | Fury | Jim Newton | 1955-10-15 |
Movie | Fort Yuma | Lt. Ben Keegan | 1955-10-04 |
Movie | The Yellow Tomahawk | Sawyer | 1954-05-01 |
Movie | Killers from Space | Douglas Martin | 1954-01-23 |
Series | Studio 57 | Unknown | 1954-09-21 |
Movie | The Raid | Capt. Frank Dwyer | 1954-08-04 |
Movie | Black Tuesday | Peter Manning | 1954-12-31 |
Movie | Lilacs in the Spring | Albert Gutman | 1954-12-21 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
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 | Where's Raymond? | 1953-10-08 | |
Series | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Unknown | 1953-10-02 |
Movie | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Arnold Dix | 1953-12-02 |
Movie | Derby Day | Gerald Berkeley | 1952-06-09 |
Movie | Red Planet Mars | Chris Cronyn | 1952-05-15 |
Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Series | Biff Baker U.S.A. | Unknown | 1952-11-06 |
Movie | Encore | Philip Cronshaw | 1951-06-11 |
Movie | Rogue River | Pete Dandridge | 1951-02-15 |
Movie | The Lady with a Lamp | Prince Albert | 1951-09-22 |
Movie | Fort Defiance | Ned Tallon | 1951-10-09 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | Angels in the Outfield | Radio Announcer (uncredited) | 1951-10-19 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Series | Fireside Theater | Unknown | 1949-04-05 |
Movie | Maytime in Mayfair | D'Arcy Davenport | 1949-05-24 |
Movie | Spring in Park Lane | Basil Maitland | 1948-03-17 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
Movie | Mrs. Fitzherbert | Prince of Wales | 1947-12-03 |
Movie | Gaiety George | Henry Carter | 1946-07-15 |
Movie | The Laughing Lady | Prince of Wales | 1946-10-16 |
Movie | I'll Be Your Sweetheart | 1945-07-30 | |
Movie | Waltz Time | Count Franz von Hofer | 1945-08-13 |
Movie | Bees in Paradise | Peter Lovell | 1944-03-20 |
Movie | Give Us the Moon | Peter Pyke | 1944-07-31 |
Movie | Miss London Ltd. | Capt. Rory O'Moore | 1943-06-14 |
Movie | Leap Year | 1932-10-11 |