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Peter Graves
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Peter Graves was born Peter Duesler Aurness on March 18, 1926 on 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 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.
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Peter Graves was born Peter Duesler Aurness on March 18, 1926 on 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 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.
Known For
Murder, She Wrote
The Love Boat
Climax!
The F.B.I.
Studio One
Simon & Simon
The Virginian
Lux Video Theatre
Daniel Boone
Golden Globe Awards
Hallmark Hall of Fame
7th Heaven
Burke's Law
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Ed Sullivan Show
Run for Your Life
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Golden Girls
House
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Laredo
Cold Case
Branded
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
The Millionaire
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Diagnosis: Murder
Matinee Theater
The Angry Beavers
The Dean Martin Show
Screen Actors Guild Awards
American Dad!
Cimarron City
Route 66
Biff Baker U.S.A.
Celebrity Playhouse
Fireside Theater
The Movie Orgy
Men in Black II
The Assassination Bureau
Addams Family Values
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
The Adventurers
War and Remembrance
The Winds of War
The Night of the Hunter
Paul and Michelle
Stalag 17
Airplane II: The Sequel
The Raid
Airplane!
Minoriteam
The Underground Man
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
Fury
Call to Danger
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Production Credits
Mission: Impossible
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