Peter Graves
Acting
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.
Mystery Reel
Gettysburg - An American Story
Narrator
Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time
Narrator
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
Self
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
Self
Behind the Legend: Timon
Himself - Host
America on the Move 1876-2000
Host
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Host of Civil Defense Film
Men in Black II
Peter Graves
Don't Ask Don't Tell
These Old Broads
Bill
House on Haunted Hill
Self
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
Narrator
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
Self - Host
Doris Day: It's Magic
Narrator
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Self - Narrator
Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
Self - Host
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
Narrator
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
Self - Host
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell
Narrator
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
Self - Host
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
Self - Host
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires
Host
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Self - Host
Addams Family Values
Host
Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent
Jim Phelps
Number One with a Bullet
Capt. Ferris
The Demon Lover
Ponsonby
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
Tom Collins
The Guns and the Fury
Mark Janser
Airplane II: The Sequel
Capt. Clarence Oveur
Savannah Smiles
Harland Dobbs
300 Miles for Stephanie
Capt. McIntyre
Airplane!
Capt. Clarence Oveur
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Mike Rogers
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
TV Director
Death Car on the Freeway
Lt. Haller
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Jeff Knight
Survival Run
Kandaris
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
Alec Franklin
SST: Death Flight
Paul Whitley
Race for Survival
Narrator
High Seas Hijack
Elliott Rhoades
The Mysterious Monsters
Himself - Narrator
Sidecar Racers
Carson
Dead Man on the Run
Jim Gideon
Where Have All the People Gone
Steven Anders
The Underground Man
Lew Archer
Paul and Michelle
Sir Henry
Scream of the Wolf
John Wetherby
The President's Plane Is Missing
Mark Jones
Call to Danger
Doug Warfield
The All Star Spangled Mission
Under the Law: Arrest and Seize
Narration
The Adventurers
Trustee Banker
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
James Phelps
The 5-Man Army
Dutchman
Mission: Impossible - The Controllers
Jim Phelps
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
Jim Phelps
The Assassination Bureau
Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker
James Phelps
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
Sergeant Ryker
Maj. Whitaker
The Ballad of Josie
Jason Meredith
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Mission: Impossible - The Slave
Jim Phelps
Valley of Mystery
Ben Barstow
Gallegher Goes West
Marshal Neimeyer
Texas Across the River
Capt. Stimpson
A Rage to Live
Jack Hollister
A Stranger in My Arms
Donald Beasley
Wolf Larsen
Van Weyden
Death in Small Doses
Agent / Tom Kaylor
Beginning of the End
Dr. Ed Wainwright
Bayou
Martin Davis
Canyon River
Bob Andrews
Hold Back The Night
Lt. Lee Couzens
It Conquered the World
Dr. Paul Nelson
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Capt. Bob Elliott
Fury
Jim Newton
Fort Yuma
Lt. Ben Keegan
The Naked Street
Joe McFarland
The Night of the Hunter
Ben Harper
Wichita
Morgan Earp
Robbers' Roost
Heesman
The Long Gray Line
Corporal Rudolph Heinz
Black Tuesday
Peter Manning
The Raid
Capt. Frank Dwyer
The Yellow Tomahawk
Sawyer
Killers from Space
Douglas Martin
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Arnold Dix
War Paint
Trooper Tolson
East of Sumatra
Cowboy
Stalag 17
Sgt. Frank Price
Red Planet Mars
Chris Cronyn
The Congregation
Angels in the Outfield
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Fort Defiance
Ned Tallon
Rogue River
Pete Dandridge