Peter Graves
Acting
🎂 1926-03-18
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.
Cast credits(169)
Myron
2004
Mr. Pibb (voice)
2005
1955
Mark Needham
1962
Self
1948
Self
1961
Jim Carlson
1965
1992
Self - Presenter
1944
Peter Graves
1993
Anton Bikker (2006)
2003
1953
Fred Crain
1953
Edmund Gerard
1984
Wade Christian
1981
Glenn Willis
1948
Instructor Voice (voice)
2001
Logan Harris
1964
Manning Fryes
1965
1960
Jim Newton
1955
1999
Jerry Kennedy
1985
Gavin Lewis
1967
Gerald Whitney
1977
Leonard Culver
1977
Carl Lawrence
1977
1997
1995
Stanley
1954
Steve Baxter
1954
Jim Bailey
1954
General Prescott
1994
Self
1973
1963
Robert Gaynor
1962
Jim Phelps
1966
Major Noah Cooper
1979
Maj. Frank Whitaker
1963
1965
Paul Hartley
1955
Palmer 'Fred' Kirby
1983
1949
Sheldon Miller
2005
1952
John Bray
1984
Daniel Boone
1963
Dr. James Ewing
1951
1971
Jim Phelps
1991
Christopher Cobb
1961
1958
1965
1955
John "Colonel" Camden
1996
1965
Self
1974
Peter Graves
2002
1964
Joel Barker
1950
Capt. Clarence Oveur
1980
Maj. Tom Howie
1952
Host
1993
Self - Narrator
1993
1976
1968
Palmer Kirby
1988
Ben Harper
1955
Host of Civil Defense Film
2003
Capt. Clarence Oveur
1982
Arnold Dix
1953
Rocky Kent
1951
Ben Marshall
1986
Capt. Stimpson
1966
Himself
1999
Major Frank Whittaker
1965
John Wetherby
1974
Sgt. Frank Price
1953
Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)
1969
Tom Collins
1984
Capt. Frank Dwyer
1954
Morgan Earp
1955
Bill
2001
Peter Manning
1954
Chris Cronyn
1952
Jack Hollister
1965
Jim Phelps
1969
Dutchman
1969
Trustee Banker
1970
Self (archive footage)
1968
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1951
Dr. Doug Paul Martin (archive footage)
2004
Douglas Martin
1954
Maj. Whitaker
1968
Bob Andrews
1956
George Washington
1979
Corporal Rudolph Heinz
1955
Jason Meredith
1968
Capt. Ferris
1987
Capt. Bob Elliott
1955
Mike Rogers
1980
Paul Whitley
1977
Dr. Ed Wainwright
1957
Alec Franklin
1979
Lt. Ben Keegan
1955
Harland Dobbs
1982
James Phelps
1969
Heesman
1955
Trooper Tolson
1953
Jeff Knight
1979
Cowboy
1953
Martin Davis
1957
Self (uncredited)
1968
Mark Janser
1983
Self
2009
Narrator
1998
Steven Anders
1974
Doug Warfield
1973
Capt. McIntyre
1981
TV Director
1980
Jim Phelps
1967
Sawyer
1954
Ned Tallon
1951
Lt. Haller
1979
Self - Host
1994
Dr. Paul Nelson
1956
Mark Jones
1973
Joe McFarland
1955
Lew Archer
1974
Marshal Neimeyer
1966
Kandaris
1979
Agent / Tom Kaylor
1957
Himself - Narrator
1976
Van Weyden
1958
Jim Phelps
1969
Carson
1975
Ben Barstow
1967
Donald Beasley
1959
Elliott Rhoades
1977
Self - Host
1995
Jim Newton
1955
Bankman
1967
Pete Dandridge
1951
Jim Gideon
1975
Jim Phelps
1989
Self - Narrator
1998
Sir Henry
1974
Ponsonby
1986
Self - Narrator (voice)
1995
Lt. Lee Couzens
1956
2022
Narrator
2014
Himself - Host
2004
Self - Host
1997
James Phelps
1970
Host
1996
Host
1994
Narrator
1978
Self
2005
Narrator
1999
Narrator
1996
Narrator
1952
Doug Martin
Self - Host
1996
Self - Host
1999
Host
2003
Narrator
1987
1996