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Peter Graves and Wife Joan Endress during American Ballet Theater Gala Fundraiser Event - March 4, 1985 at Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, United States. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images.
- He Wasn't The First Mission:Impossible Team Leader
- He Worked with Giant Grasshoppers
- Close, But No Award
- His Real Last Name Was "Aurness"
- Thanks to Airplane! He Could Discuss "Tangerine Lip Gloss" with A Straight Face
Peter Graves starred as James Phelps on TV's Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973. M:I fans remember Graves as the character who opened each episode -- he was the one who received the tape recording (which self-destructed) and dossier that outlined each week's story to the viewers. However, he wasn't the original M:Iteam leader. During the series'...
The 1950s were a hotbed of Creatures Gone Wild films, from Tarantula to the giant ants in Them to The Blob. One memorable entry in this genre was 1957's Beginning of the End, in which enormous grasshoppers threaten to destroy Chicago. Graves' portrayal of scientist Dr. Ed Wainwright helped to make this film the biggest money-maker in director Bert ...
Even though his Mission: Impossible co-star Barbara Bain won three Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Cinnamon Carter, Peter Graves was only nominated for that award just once during his M:I years -- and he lost to Carl Betz for his work on Judd for the Defense. Graves won his sole Emmy in 1997 as host of the A&E Channel's documentary Judy Garland: B...
The family's surname is Aurness; when Pete's big brother, Jim, launched his acting career he dropped the "u" from the spelling. By the time Peter got the acting bug, James already had several movie roles under his belt. In order to avoid confusion, Pete adopted his maternal grandfather's middle name, Graves, as his new last name. Probably a good t...
Had Graves not appeared as deadpan pilot Clarence Oveur, he probably would've never been tapped for the big-bucks-royalties-for-an-hour-of-work world of TV commercials. Remember the gravitas he added a real customer's case for Geico insurance?
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Mar 15, 2010 · He married his college sweetheart, Joan Endress, that same year. One year later, he landed his first movie role in 1951’s “Rogue River.” He later starred in the TV show “Fury,” playing a horse...
He was married to Joan Endress Graves for 60 years from 1950 until his death. [ 4 ] On March 6, 1984, Graves was hospitalized at Tahoe Forest Hospital for a fractured jaw among other injuries sustained from a fall on an icy Lake Tahoe road the previous weekend.
Aug 7, 2024 · The Biography star married Joan Endress as he began his movie career in 1950. The pair—who met in college—remained together until he died in 2010 and had three children: Amanda, Kelly, and Claudia.
In 1950, Peter Graves married Joan Endress. The couple had three daughters, Claudia, Amanda, and Kelly. Graves was a devout Christian. He was a member of the ‘Republican’ party.
Nov 5, 2019 · He found enough success there to send for his college sweetheart, Joan Endress. They were married in 1950 and had three daughters — Kelly Jean, Claudia King and Amanda Lee — and six...
