Peter Graves
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.
Acting
Movie
Men in Black II
as Peter Graves
2002
TV
House
as Myron
2004
Movie
Airplane!
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
1980
Movie
Addams Family Values
as Host
1993
TV
American Dad!
as Mr. Pibb (voice)
2005
Movie
The Night of the Hunter
as Ben Harper
1955
Movie
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
as Host of Civil Defense Film
2003
Movie
Airplane II: The Sequel
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
1982
Movie
House on Haunted Hill
as Self
1999
Movie
Stalag 17
as Sgt. Frank Price
1953
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Edmund Gerard
1984
TV
Cold Case
as Anton Bikker (2006)
2003
TV
The Golden Girls
as Jerry Kennedy
1985
TV
Mission: Impossible
as Jim Phelps
1966
TV
The Angry Beavers
1997
TV
7th Heaven
as John 'Colonel' Camden
1996
TV
Mission: Impossible
as Jim Phelps
1988
TV
The Love Boat
as Gerald Whitney
1977
TV
The Love Boat
as Leonard Culver
1977
TV
The Love Boat
as Carl Lawrence
1977
TV
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Major Noah Cooper
1979
TV
Diagnosis: Murder
as Peter Graves
1993
TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
TV
Simon & Simon
as Wade Christian
1981