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.
170 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 170
House
2004
American Dad!
2005
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Love Boat
1977
Cold Case
2003
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Golden Girls
1985
Climax!
1954
The F.B.I.
1965
Simon & Simon
1981
Daniel Boone
1964
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Route 66
1960
Run for Your Life
1965
Matinee Theater
1955
Studio One
1948
7th Heaven
1996
The Invaders
1967
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
The Angry Beavers
1997
Dinah!
1974
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Laredo
1965
Studio 57
1954
The Millionaire
1955
Branded
1965
Disney's House of Mouse
2001
Burke's Law
1994
12 O'Clock High
1964
Cavalcade of America
1952
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Biography
1987
Mickey Mouse Works
1999
Airplane!
1980
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Fury
1955
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
The Great Adventure
1963
Men in Black II
2002
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
The Winds of War
1983
War and Remembrance
1988
Mission: Impossible
1988
The Farmer's Daughter
1963
Addams Family Values
1993
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Biff Baker U.S.A.
1952
The Night of the Hunter
1955
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
Life with Lucy
1986
Fireside Theater
1949
Angels in the Outfield
1951
House on Haunted Hill
1999
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Cimarron City
1958
Stalag 17
1953
Whiplash
1961
Funny Face
1971
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
The Rebels
1979
The 5-Man Army
1969
Minoriteam
2005
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984
The Assassination Bureau
1969
The Movie Orgy
1968
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
The Long Gray Line
1955
Wichita
1955
Scream of the Wolf
1974
The Adventurers
1970
Black Tuesday
1954
Texas Across the River
1966
These Old Broads
2001
Death Car on the Freeway
1979
SST: Death Flight
1978
The Ballad of Josie
1968
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
Unauthorized Biographies with Peter Graves
1993
The Naked Street
1955
Savannah Smiles
1982
Premiere
1968
Number One with a Bullet
1987
Robbers' Roost
1955
Sergeant Ryker
1968
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
1979
Fort Yuma
1955
Red Planet Mars
1952
Where Have All the People Gone
1974
Celebrity Playhouse
1955
Paul and Michelle
1974
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980
Court Martial
1965
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995
High Seas Hijack
1977
It Conquered the World
1956
Fury
1955
The Raid
1954
Beginning of the End
1957
A Rage to Live
1965
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
1969
Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent
1989
The Underground Man
1974
Killers from Space
1954
Death in Small Doses
1957
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954
Rogue River
1951
Call to Danger
1973
Canyon River
1956
Gallegher Goes West
1966
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
1996
Sidecar Racers
1975
Valley of Mystery
1967
Mission: Impossible - The Slave
1967
Wolf Larsen
1958
Fort Defiance
1951
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996
War Paint
1953
The Demon Lover
1986
East of Sumatra
1953
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
1999
300 Miles for Stephanie
1981
Bayou
1957
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999
Survival Run
1979
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
1996
Mystery Reel
2022
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
2005
The Mysterious Monsters
1976
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
1994
Mission: Impossible - The Controllers
1969
Parts: The Clonus Horror
1979
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998
Aliens from Space
—
The All Star Spangled Mission
1973
Doris Day: It's Magic
1998
A Stranger in My Arms
1959
Behind the Legend: Timon
2004
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
2009
Don't Ask Don't Tell
2002
Hold Back The Night
1956
Race for Survival
1978
The Complete Churchill
1992
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
1970
Dead Man on the Run
1975
America on the Move 1876-2000
2003
Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell
1996
Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time
2010
The Guns and the Fury
1983
The Congregation
1952
The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires
1994
Under the Law: Arrest and Seize
1973
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker
1969
Gettysburg - An American Story
2014
Sleeping Dog
1967
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
1996
Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
1997