Peter Graves
1926-2010
Known for Airplane!, Mission: Impossible, Men in Black II.
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident (1979)
Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)
Survival Run (1979)
Scream of the Wolf (1974)
Where Have All the People Gone (1974)
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob (1969)
The 5-Man Army (1969)
Bayou (1957)
Beginning of the End (1957)
Death in Small Doses (1957)
Fort Yuma (1955)
Killers from Space (1954)
Red Planet Mars (1952)
The Ballad of Josie (1967)
Wolf Larsen (1958)
Hold Back the Night (1956)
Don't Ask Don't Tell (2002)
Sergeant Ryker (1968)
Canyon River (1956)
It Conquered the World (1956)
Black Tuesday (1954)
Fort Defiance (1951)
Number One with a Bullet (1987)
A Rage to Live (1965)
Robbers' Roost (1955)
War Paint (1953)
Savannah Smiles (1982)
Airplane! (1980)
Texas Across the River (1966)
Wichita (1955)
The Raid (1954)
These Old Broads (2001)
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Paul and Michelle (1974)
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street (1984)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
East of Sumatra (1953)
The Long Gray Line (1955)
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
The Adventurers (1970)
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Addams Family Values (1993)
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Men in Black II (2002)
