Acting · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA · Born March 18, 1926
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
2022
Gettysburg - An American Story
2014
as Narrator
MovieDarkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time
2010
as Narrator
MovieWhat a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
2009
as Self
TVMinoriteam
2005
as Sheldon Miller
MovieChristmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
2005
as Self
TVAmerican Dad!
2005
as Mr. Pibb (voice)
TVHouse
2004
as Myron
MovieBehind the Legend: Timon
2004
as Himself - Host
MovieAmerica on the Move 1876-2000
2003
as Host
MovieLooney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
as Host of Civil Defense Film
TVCold Case
2003
as Anton Bikker (2006)
MovieMen in Black II
2002
as Peter Graves
Don't Ask Don't Tell
2002
MovieThese Old Broads
2001
as Bill
TVDisney's House of Mouse
2001
as Instructor Voice (voice)
MovieHouse on Haunted Hill
1999
as Self
MovieLinda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999
as Narrator
TVMickey Mouse Works
1999
MovieGene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
1999
as Self - Host
MovieDoris Day: It's Magic
1998
as Narrator
MovieCharlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998
as Self - Narrator
TVThe Angry Beavers
1997
MovieMother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
1997
as Self - Host
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
1996
as Narrator
TV7th Heaven
1996
as John 'Colonel' Camden
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1996
as Self - Host
MovieWilliam Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
1996
MovieJean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell
1996
as Narrator
MovieAbbott & Costello Meet Biography
1996
as Self - Host
MovieDarryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995
as Self - Host
TVThe Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
as Self
MovieBetty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires
1994
as Host
MovieMarilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
1994
as Self - Host
TVBurke's Law
1994
as General Prescott
MovieAddams Family Values
1993
as Host
TVDiagnosis: Murder
1993
as Peter Graves
Unauthorized Biographies with Peter Graves
1993
as Self - Narrator
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Complete Churchill
1992
as Presenter
MovieMission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent
1989
as Jim Phelps
TVWar and Remembrance
1988
as Palmer Kirby
TVMission: Impossible
1988
as Jim Phelps
TVBiography
1987
as Self - Host
MovieNumber One with a Bullet
1987
as Capt. Ferris
TVLife with Lucy
1986
as Ben Marshall
MovieThe Demon Lover
1986
as Ponsonby
TVThe Golden Girls
1985
as Jerry Kennedy
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Edmund Gerard
TVHammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
as John Bray
MovieAces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984
as Tom Collins
MovieThe Guns and the Fury
1983
as Mark Janser
TVThe Winds of War
1983
as Palmer 'Fred' Kirby
MovieAirplane II: The Sequel
1982
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
MovieSavannah Smiles
1982
as Harland Dobbs
TVSimon & Simon
1981
as Wade Christian
Movie300 Miles for Stephanie
1981
as Capt. McIntyre
MovieAirplane!
1980
as Capt. Clarence Oveur
MovieThe Memory of Eva Ryker
1980
as Mike Rogers
MovieSteve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980
as TV Director
MovieDeath Car on the Freeway
1979
as Lt. Haller
TVBuck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as Major Noah Cooper
MovieParts: The Clonus Horror
1979
as Jeff Knight
TVThe Rebels
1979
as George Washington
MovieSurvival Run
1979
as Kandaris
MovieMissile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
1979
as Alec Franklin
MovieSST: Death Flight
1978
as Paul Whitley
MovieRace for Survival
1978
as Narrator
TVFantasy Island
1978
as 'Singapore' Eddie Malone
MovieHigh Seas Hijack
1977
as Elliott Rhoades
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Gerald Whitney
TVThe Duchess of Duke Street
1976
as Sir Evelyn Grant-Wortley
MovieThe Mysterious Monsters
1976
as Himself - Narrator
TVThe Sonny and Cher Show
1976
MovieSidecar Racers
1975
as Carson
MovieDead Man on the Run
1975
as Jim Gideon
TVDinah!
1974
as Self
MovieWhere Have All the People Gone
1974
as Steven Anders
MovieThe Underground Man
1974
as Lew Archer
MoviePaul and Michelle
1974
as Sir Henry
MovieScream of the Wolf
1974
as John Wetherby
MovieThe President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as Mark Jones
TVThe Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
MovieCall to Danger
1973
as Doug Warfield
Under the Law: Arrest and Seize
1973
as Narration
MovieThe All Star Spangled Mission
1973
TVFunny Face
1971
MovieThe Adventurers
1970
as Trustee Banker
MovieMission: Impossible - The Falcon
1970
as James Phelps
MovieThe 5-Man Army
1969
as Dutchman
MovieMission: Impossible - The Controllers
1969
as Jim Phelps
MovieMission: Impossible vs. the Mob
1969
as Jim Phelps
MovieThe Assassination Bureau
1969
as Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)
MovieMission: Impossible - The Bunker
1969
as James Phelps
MovieThe Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Premiere
1968
MovieThe Ballad of Josie
1968
as Jason Meredith
MovieSergeant Ryker
1968
as Maj. Whitaker
MovieThe Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSleeping Dog
1967
as Sir Geoffrey
MovieMission: Impossible - The Slave
1967
as Jim Phelps
MovieValley of Mystery
1967
as Ben Barstow
TVThe Invaders
1967
as Gavin Lewis
MovieGallegher Goes West
1966
as Marshal Neimeyer
MovieTexas Across the River
1966
as Capt. Stimpson
TVMission: Impossible
1966
as Jim Phelps
MovieA Rage to Live
1965
as Jack Hollister
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Manning Fryes
TVLaredo
1965
TVThe Dean Martin Show
1965
TVRun for Your Life
1965
as Jim Carlson
Court Martial
1965
as Major Frank Whittaker
TVBranded
1965
TVDaniel Boone
1964
as Logan Harris
TV12 O'Clock High
1964
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Maj. Frank Whitaker
TVThe Great Adventure
1963
as Daniel Boone
TVThe Farmer's Daughter
1963
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Mark Needham
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Robert Gaynor
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVWhiplash
1961
as Christopher Cobb
TVRoute 66
1960
MovieA Stranger in My Arms
1959
as Donald Beasley
MovieWolf Larsen
1958
as Van Weyden
TVCimarron City
1958
MovieDeath in Small Doses
1957
as Agent / Tom Kaylor
MovieBeginning of the End
1957
as Dr. Ed Wainwright
MovieBayou
1957
as Martin Davis
MovieCanyon River
1956
as Bob Andrews
MovieHold Back The Night
1956
as Lt. Lee Couzens
MovieIt Conquered the World
1956
as Dr. Paul Nelson
MovieThe Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
as Capt. Bob Elliott
TVMatinee Theater
1955
MovieFury
1955
as Jim Newton
TVFury
1955
as Jim Newton
MovieFort Yuma
1955
as Lt. Ben Keegan
Celebrity Playhouse
1955
MovieThe Naked Street
1955
as Joe McFarland
MovieThe Night of the Hunter
1955
as Ben Harper
MovieWichita
1955
as Morgan Earp
MovieRobbers' Roost
1955
as Heesman
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Paul Hartley
MovieThe Long Gray Line
1955
as Corporal Rudolph Heinz
MovieBlack Tuesday
1954
as Peter Manning
TVClimax!
1954
as Stanley
TVStudio 57
1954
as Jim Bailey
MovieThe Raid
1954
as Capt. Frank Dwyer
MovieThe Yellow Tomahawk
1954
as Sawyer
MovieKillers from Space
1954
as Douglas Martin
MovieBeneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
as Arnold Dix
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
MovieWar Paint
1953
as Trooper Tolson
MovieEast of Sumatra
1953
as Cowboy
MovieStalag 17
1953
as Sgt. Frank Price
TVBiff Baker U.S.A.
1952
TVCavalcade of America
1952
as Maj. Tom Howie
MovieRed Planet Mars
1952
as Chris Cronyn
The Congregation
1952
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dr. James Ewing
MovieAngels in the Outfield
1951
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
MovieFort Defiance
1951
as Ned Tallon
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Rocky Kent
MovieRogue River
1951
as Pete Dandridge
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Joel Barker
Fireside Theater
1949
TVStudio One
1948
as Glenn Willis
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Aliens from Space
as Doug Martin
