As Actor
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
2009
7.7
Peter Graves
Acting
Birth date
March 18, 1926
Birth place
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Death date
March 14, 2010
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.
Featured in
As Actor
These Old Broads
2001
6.1
As Actor
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
1999
1.0
As Actor
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996
6.0
As Actor
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995
4.0
As Actor
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
1994
6.8
As Actor
Number One with a Bullet
1987
4.6
As Actor
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984
5.6
As Actor
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
6.1
As Actor
Savannah Smiles
1982
6.5
As Actor
Airplane!
1980
7.3
As Actor
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980
6.0
As Actor
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980
6.5
As Actor
Death Car on the Freeway
1979
5.3
As Actor
Survival Run
1979
2.7
As Actor
The Mysterious Monsters
1976
5.8
As Actor
Dead Man on the Run
1975
6.0
As Actor
Where Have All the People Gone
1974
5.9
As Actor
The Underground Man
1974
5.0
As Actor
Scream of the Wolf
1974
6.2