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Peter Graves
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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)…
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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.
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2022
Mystery Reel
Movie
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2014
Gettysburg - An American Story
Movie Narrator
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2010
Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time
Movie Narrator
- 2009
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2005
Minoriteam
TV show Sheldon Miller
- 2005
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2005
American Dad!
TV show Mr. Pibb (voice)
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2004
House
TV show Myron
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2004
Behind the Legend: Timon
Movie Himself - Host
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2003
America on the Move 1876-2000
Movie Host
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2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Movie Host of Civil Defense Film
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2003
Cold Case
TV show Anton Bikker (2006)
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2002
Men in Black II
Movie Peter Graves
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2002
Don't Ask Don't Tell
Movie
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2001
These Old Broads
Movie Bill
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2001
Disney's House of Mouse
TV show Instructor Voice (voice)
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1999
House on Haunted Hill
Movie Self
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1999
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
Movie Narrator
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1999
Mickey Mouse Works
TV show
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1999
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
Movie Self - Host
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1998
Doris Day: It's Magic
Movie Narrator
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1998
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Movie Self - Narrator
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1997
The Angry Beavers
TV show
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1997
Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
Movie Self - Host
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1996
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
Movie Narrator
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1996
7th Heaven
TV show John 'Colonel' Camden
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1996
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
Movie Self - Host
- 1996
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1996
Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell
Movie Narrator
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1996
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
Movie Self - Host
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1995
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
Movie Self - Host
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1995
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
TV show Self
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1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1994
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1994
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Movie Self - Host
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1994
Burke's Law
TV show General Prescott
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1993
Addams Family Values
Movie Host
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1993
Diagnosis: Murder
TV show Peter Graves
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1993
Unauthorized Biographies with Peter Graves
TV show Self - Narrator
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1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV show
