Peter Graves

ActorDirector Mar 18 (died age 83) Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 1944–2022 (78 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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, es…

Known For

Film

Airplane!

Capt. Clarence Oveur

Film

The Night of the Hunter

Ben Harper

Film

Men in Black II

Peter Graves

Film

Addams Family Values

Host

Film

Stalag 17

Sgt. Frank Price

Film

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Host of Civil Defense Film

Film

Airplane II: The Sequel

Capt. Clarence Oveur

Film

Mission: Impossible

Jim Phelps

Filmography

Acting (170)

Movies (103)

Mystery Reel

2022

Gettysburg - An American Story

2014

as Narrator

Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time

2010

as Narrator

What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar

2009

as Self

7.7

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves

2005

as Self

10.0

Behind the Legend: Timon

2004

as Himself - Host

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

2003

as Host of Civil Defense Film

6.4

America on the Move 1876-2000

2003

as Host

Men in Black II

as Peter Graves

Don't Ask Don't Tell

These Old Broads

as Bill

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

1999

as Narrator

House on Haunted Hill

1999

as Self

5.6

Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

1999

as Self - Host

1.0

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

1998

as Self - Narrator

Doris Day: It's Magic

1998

as Narrator

Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion

1997

as Self - Host

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography

1996

as Self - Host

Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown

1996

as Self - Host

6.0

Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star

1996

as Narrator

Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell

1996

as Narrator

William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama

1996

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

1995

as Self - Narrator (voice)

8.0

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

1995

as Self - Host

3.0

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

1994

as Self - Host

6.8

The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires

1994

as Host

Addams Family Values

1993

as Host

7.0

Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent

1989

as Jim Phelps

Number One with a Bullet

1987

as Capt. Ferris

4.6

The Demon Lover

1986

as Ponsonby

Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street

1984

as Tom Collins

5.7

The Guns and the Fury

1983

as Mark Janser

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

as Capt. Clarence Oveur

6.1

Savannah Smiles

1982

as Harland Dobbs

6.5

300 Miles for Stephanie

1981

as Capt. McIntyre

Airplane!

1980

as Capt. Clarence Oveur

7.3

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty

1980

as TV Director

6.5

The Memory of Eva Ryker

1980

as Mike Rogers

6.0

Parts: The Clonus Horror

1979

as Jeff Knight

4.4

The Rebels

1979

as George Washington

Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident

1979

as Alec Franklin

2.7

Death Car on the Freeway

as Lt. Haller

Survival Run

as Kandaris

Race for Survival

as Narrator

SST: Death Flight

as Paul Whitley

High Seas Hijack

as Elliott Rhoades

The Mysterious Monsters

1976

as Himself - Narrator

Dead Man on the Run

as Jim Gideon

Sidecar Racers

as Carson

Paul and Michelle

as Sir Henry

Scream of the Wolf

as John Wetherby

The Underground Man

as Lew Archer

Where Have All the People Gone

1974

as Steven Anders

5.9

Call to Danger

1973

as Doug Warfield

The President's Plane Is Missing

1973

as Mark Jones

6.2

Under the Law: Arrest and Seize

1973

as Narration

The All Star Spangled Mission

1973

The Adventurers

1970

as Trustee Banker

4.2

Mission: Impossible - The Falcon

1970

as James Phelps

Mission: Impossible - The Controllers

1969

as Jim Phelps

The Assassination Bureau

1969

as Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)

6.6

The 5-Man Army

1969

as Dutchman

6.6

Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob

1969

as Jim Phelps

10.0

Mission: Impossible - The Bunker

1969

as James Phelps

The Movie Orgy

1968

as Self (archive footage)

6.3

Sergeant Ryker

1968

as Maj. Whitaker

6.0

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

as Self (uncredited)

The Ballad of Josie

as Jason Meredith

Valley of Mystery

as Ben Barstow

Mission: Impossible - The Slave

1967

as Jim Phelps

Texas Across the River

1966

as Capt. Stimpson

5.6

Gallegher Goes West

1966

as Marshal Neimeyer

A Rage to Live

1965

as Jack Hollister

4.4

A Stranger in My Arms

1959

as Donald Beasley

3.2

Wolf Larsen

1958

as Van Weyden

Death in Small Doses

1957

as Agent / Tom Kaylor

Beginning of the End

as Dr. Ed Wainwright

Bayou

as Martin Davis

Hold Back The Night

as Lt. Lee Couzens

It Conquered the World

as Dr. Paul Nelson

Canyon River

as Bob Andrews

The Night of the Hunter

as Ben Harper

Wichita

as Morgan Earp

The Long Gray Line

as Corporal Rudolph Heinz

The Naked Street

as Joe McFarland

Fort Yuma

as Lt. Ben Keegan

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

as Capt. Bob Elliott

Robbers' Roost

as Heesman

Fury

as Jim Newton

Black Tuesday

as Peter Manning

The Raid

as Capt. Frank Dwyer

Killers from Space

as Douglas Martin

The Yellow Tomahawk

as Sawyer

Stalag 17

as Sgt. Frank Price

East of Sumatra

as Cowboy

War Paint

as Trooper Tolson

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

as Arnold Dix

The Congregation

Red Planet Mars

as Chris Cronyn

Angels in the Outfield

1951

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Rogue River

as Pete Dandridge

Fort Defiance

as Ned Tallon

Aliens from Space

as Doug Martin

Television (67)

American Dad!

as Mr. Pibb (voice)

Minoriteam

as Sheldon Miller

House

as Myron

Cold Case

as Anton Bikker (2006)

7.8

Disney's House of Mouse

2001

as Instructor Voice (voice)

Mickey Mouse Works

The Angry Beavers

7th Heaven

as John "Colonel" Camden

6.4

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA

as Self

Burke's Law

as General Prescott

Diagnosis: Murder

as Peter Graves

Unauthorized Biographies with Peter Graves

1993

as Self - Narrator

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

The Complete Churchill

1992

as Presenter

Mission: Impossible

as Jim Phelps

War and Remembrance

as Palmer Kirby

Biography

as Self - Host

Life with Lucy

as Ben Marshall

The Golden Girls

as Jerry Kennedy

Murder, She Wrote

as Edmund Gerard

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

1984

as John Bray

6.4

The Winds of War

1983

as Palmer 'Fred' Kirby

7.2

Simon & Simon

1981

as Wade Christian

6.7

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1979

as Major Noah Cooper

6.9

The Rebels

1979

as George Washington

The Love Boat

1977

as Carl Lawrence

6.3

The Sonny and Cher Show

1976

6.8

The Duchess of Duke Street

1976

as Sir Evelyn Grant-Wortley

8.0

Dinah!

1974

as Self

6.7

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self

Funny Face

Premiere

The Invaders

as Gavin Lewis

Mission: Impossible

as Jim Phelps

The F.B.I.

as Manning Fryes

Run for Your Life

as Jim Carlson

The Dean Martin Show

Laredo

Branded

Court Martial

as Major Frank Whittaker

Daniel Boone

as Logan Harris

12 O'Clock High

The Farmer's Daughter

1963

5.0

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as Maj. Frank Whitaker

5.3

The Great Adventure

1963

as Daniel Boone

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Mark Needham

The Virginian

as Robert Gaynor

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Whiplash

as Christopher Cobb

Route 66

Cimarron City

Matinee Theater

The Millionaire

as Paul Hartley

Fury

as Jim Newton

Celebrity Playhouse

Climax!

as Stanley

Studio 57

as Jim Bailey

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

as Fred Crain

Cavalcade of America

as Maj. Tom Howie

Biff Baker U.S.A.

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Dr. James Ewing

8.6

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Rocky Kent

Lux Video Theatre

as Joel Barker

Fireside Theater

Studio One

as Glenn Willis

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Crew (1)

Television (1)

Mission: Impossible

1966

Director

7.6