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Peter Graves
Known for: ActingPeter 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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Misiune: Imposibilă
as Jim Phelps 
Avionul buclucaș
as Capt. Clarence Oveur 
Fury
as Jim Newton 
The Winds of War
as Palmer 'Fred' Kirby 
House on Haunted Hill
as Self 
Avionul buclucaș II: Continuarea
as Capt. Clarence Oveur 
Noaptea vânătorului
as Ben Harper 
The 5-Man Army
as Dutchman 
Stalag 17
as Frank Price 
SST: Death Flight
as Paul Whitley 
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
as Tom Collins 
Texas dincolo de râu
as Capt. Stimpson 
Red Planet Mars
as Chris Cronyn 
The Long Gray Line
as Corporal Rudolph Heinz 
The Ballad of Josie
as Jason Meredith 
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Capt. Bob Elliott 
Parts: The Clonus Horror
as Jeff Knight 
Wichita
as Morgan Earp 
These Old Broads
as Bill 
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
as Arnold Dix 
Beginning of the End
as Dr. Ed Wainwright 
A Rage to Live
as Jack Hollister 
Strada goală
as Joe McFarland 
The Yellow Tomahawk
as Sawyer 
Black Tuesday
as Peter Manning 
Savannah Smiles
as Harland Dobbs 
Number One with a Bullet
as Capt. Ferris 
Where Have All the People Gone
as Steven Anders 
Scream of the Wolf
as John Wetherby 
Survival Run
as Kandaris 
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
as Alec Franklin 
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
as TV Director 
Canyon River
as Bob Andrews 
Death in Small Doses
as Agent / Tom Kaylor 
Killers from Space
as Douglas Martin 
Paul and Michelle
as Sir Henry 
Fort Yuma
as Lt. Ben Keegan 
War Paint
as Trooper Tolson 
Robbers' Roost
as Heesman