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Peter Graves
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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, 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.
Notable films
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The Night of the Hunter
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Airplane!
As Capt. Clarence Oveur
The Winds of War
As Palmer 'Fred' Kirby
House on Haunted Hill
As Self
Stalag 17
As Frank Price
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
As Alec Franklin
The Raid
As Capt. Frank Dwyer
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
As Arnold Dix
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
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House on Haunted Hill
1999 · Self
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
1996
The Winds of War
1983 · Palmer 'Fred' Kirby
Airplane!
1980 · Capt. Clarence Oveur
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
1979 · Alec Franklin
Canyon River
1956 · Bob Andrews
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Ben Harper
The Raid
1954 · Capt. Frank Dwyer
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953 · Arnold Dix
Stalag 17
1953 · Frank Price