Peter Graves Add to My Celebs Age 86 Birthday Mar. 18th, 1926 Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Height 6' 2"

Peter Graves' Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Mission: Impossible (1966) James Phelps Biography Host - Pete… Laredo Ben Conrad … Mission: Impossible Jim Phelps The Winds of War Palmer 'Fre… War and Remembrance Palmer Kirby Funny Face Peter Graves Fury Jim Newton Life with Lucy Ben Marshall Whiplash (AU) Christopher… Court Martial (UK) Major Frank… Kraft Suspense Theatre Major Frank… The Great Adventure Daniel Boone

Main Movie Roles 2003 - Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2002 - Men In Black II 1999 - House on Haunted Hill 1993 - Addams Family Values 1982 - It Came From Hollywood 1982 - Airplane II: The Sequel 1982 - Savannah Smiles 1980 - Airplane! 1976 - The Mysterious Monsters 1975 - Sidecar Racers 1956 - It Conquered the World 1955 - The Night of the Hunter 1954 - Black Tuesday 1954 - Killers from Space 1953 - Beneath the 12-Mile Reef 1953 - Stalag 17 1952 - Red Planet Mars 1951 - Angels in the Outfield

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

While growing up in Minnesota, Peter Graves 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 U.S. 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. Graves is primarily recognized for his television work, however, particularly as Jim Phelps in "Mission: Impossible" (1966).


TRIVIA:

• Left handed
• Best remembered by the public for his starring role as "Jim Phelps" in _"Mission: Impossible" (1966)_ (qv).
• He said it was almost over for Captain Oveur before the movie _Airplane! (1980)_ (qv) took flight. Graves said he was astounded when his agent sent him the script for the 1980 spoof, and after reading it, he felt that it was "the worst piece of junk" he had ever seen. However, he changed his mind after meeting with the movie's writers, 'Jerry Zucker' (qv) and 'David Zucker (I)' (qv).
• Ex-brother-in-law of 'Virginia Chapman' (qv).
• Daughters with Endress: Kelly, Claudia, and Amanda.
• Interviewed in "Earth vs. the Sci-Fi Filmmakers" by 'Tom Weaver (I)' (qv) (McFarland, 2005).
• He directed the "Which Dr." episode of _"Gunsmoke" (1955)_ (qv), his older brother 'James Arness' (qv) being the star of that series.
• Brother of James Aurness, star of long running Gunsmoke TV series.

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