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Peter Graves
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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.
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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.
Known For
Murder, She Wrote
The F.B.I.
Studio One
Simon & Simon
The Virginian
Lux Video Theatre
Daniel Boone
Climax!
Golden Globe Awards
7th Heaven
Burke's Law
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Love Boat
Run for Your Life
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Golden Girls
Kraft Suspense Theatre
House
Laredo
Cold Case
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Branded
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
The Millionaire
Disney's House of Mouse
Diagnosis: Murder
Matinee Theater
The Angry Beavers
The Dean Martin Show
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Minoriteam
American Dad!
Cimarron City
Biff Baker U.S.A.
Route 66
Celebrity Playhouse
Fireside Theater
The Movie Orgy
Men in Black II
The Assassination Bureau
Addams Family Values
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
The Adventurers
War and Remembrance
The Winds of War
The Night of the Hunter
Stalag 17
Paul and Michelle
Airplane II: The Sequel
The Raid
Airplane!
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mission: Impossible
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Fury
Call to Danger
Mission: Impossible
The Underground Man
Production Credits
Mission: Impossible
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