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