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Peter Graves. Actor: Stalag 17. Peter Graves was born Peter Duesler Aurness on March 18, 1926 in 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 Army Air Force, he studied drama at the University of Minnesota and then headed to ...
Mar 15, 2010 · Graves’ older brother, James Arness, would later play Marshal Matt Dillon on “Gunsmoke.” Graves adopted his grandfather’s last name to avoid confusion with his brother.
Mar 14, 2010 · I didn’t know that Peter Graves, the star of “Mission: Impossible,” who died on Sunday, four days before his eighty-fourth birthday, was the younger brother of James Arness, the star of ...
While recuperating in a hospital in Clinton, Iowa, Arness was visited by his younger brother Peter (later to gain fame as actor Peter Graves), who suggested he take a radio course at the University of Minnesota. James did so, and a teacher recommended him for a job as an announcer at a Minneapolis radio station.
Mar 15, 2010 · His older brother, the actor James Arness, also made his name in a TV series (Gunsmoke). After two years in the US air force, Graves studied drama at the University of Minnesota.
Mar 7, 2014 · Graves, the baby brother of “Gunsmoke” star James Arness, isn’t one to make changes lightly. 2010 marks the 60th anniversary of his career in Hollywood and his 60th wedding anniversary to ...
Mar 15, 2010 · Peter Graves, ‘Mission: Impossible’ Star, Dies at 83. Peter Graves, the cool spymaster of television’s “Mission: Impossible” and the dignified host of the “Biography” series, who ...
