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Peter Graves. Peter Graves (born Peter Duesler Aurness; March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010) was an American actor who portrayed Jim Phelps in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973 and in its revival from 1988 to 1990. His elder brother was actor James Arness. Graves also played airline pilot Captain Clarence Oveur in the ...
- James Arness
James Arness (born James King Aurness; May 26, 1923 – June...
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Beginning of the End (1957) by Bert I. Gordon. Beginning of...
- Jim Phelps
James "Jim" Phelps (portrayed by Peter Graves, in his Golden...
- Southwest High School
Peter Graves – actor; Dylan Keefe – bass guitarist of Marcy...
- Red Planet Mars
Red Planet Mars is a 1952 American science fiction film...
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Martin Landau, Barbara Bain and Steven Hill, 1967. Mission:...
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Killers from Space (also known as The Man Who Saved the...
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Learn about the life and career of Peter Graves, an American actor best known for his role as Jim Phelps in Mission: Impossible. Find out his birth name, height, family, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.
- Actor, Director, Soundtrack
- March 14, 2010
- March 18, 1926
He played Morgan Earp, in Wichita (1955), with Joel McCrea and directed by Jacques Tourneur. Peter Graves won the role of traitor prisoner Sgt. Price in the movie Stalag 17 (1953), directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden. Another of his movies was The Night of the Hunter (1955), with Robert Mitchum .
IMDb provides an extensive overview of Peter Graves' life and career, from his birth in Minnesota to his death in California. Learn about his roles in Mission: Impossible, Airplane!, Stalag 17 and more, as well as his awards, trivia and personal details.
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- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Pacific Palisades, California, USA
March 14, 2010. Peter Graves, the cool spymaster of television’s “Mission: Impossible” and the dignified host of the “Biography” series, who successfully spoofed his own gravitas in the ...
Mar 15, 2010 · Graves was born Peter Aurness in 1926 in Minneapolis, the son of a journalist and a businessman. Graves’ older brother, James Arness, would later play Marshal Matt Dillon on “Gunsmoke.”
Peter Graves was an American actor who portrayed Jim Phelps in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973 and in its revival from 1988 to 1990. His elder brother was actor James Arness. Graves also played airline pilot Captain Clarence Oveur in the 1980 comedy film Airplane! and its 1982 sequel Airplane II: The Sequel.
