Peter Graves
Birthday: 1926-03-18 | Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USAPeter 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
Acting
Role
as Self (archive footage)
as Bill
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Self - Host
as Narrator
as Self - Host
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Narrator
as Jim Phelps
as Capt. Ferris
as Narrator
as Tom Collins
as Mark Janser
as Palmer 'Fred' Kirby
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
as Harland Dobbs
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
as Kandaris
as Mike Rogers
as TV Director
