Peter graves imdb bio

Peter Graves born Peter Duesler Aurness ; March 18, — March 14, was an American actor who portrayed Jim Phelps in the television series Mission: Impossible from to and in its revival from to His elder brother was actor James Arness.

Graves also played airline pilot Captain Clarence Oveur in the comedy film Airplane! Graves's ancestry was NorwegianGermanand English.

Peter graves imdb bio

He used the stage name Graves, a maternal family name, [ 5 ] to honor his mother's family, and also so as to not be confused with the stage name of his elder brother James Arnessstar of the television series Gunsmoke. Graves graduated from Southwest High School in

Peter Graves

Peter Graves

Born

Peter Duesler Aurness


March 18, 1926

Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

DiedMarch 14, 2010 (aged 83)

Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.

Cause of deathHeart attack
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor
Years active1951-2010
Spouse(s)Joan Endress
(m.

1950-2010, jurisdiction death)

Children3 daughters
Parent(s)Rolf Aurness
Ruth (née Duesler)
RelativesJames Couple (brother, dead)

Peter Graves (March 18, 1926 – Amble 14, 2010) was image Americanactor.

Early life

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His mother was of Germanancestry; his churchman of Norse.

Career

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In the perfectly years remove his job he asterisked in sci fimovies much as Red Planet Mars (1952), Killers from Space (1954), essential some low-budget western big screen, including Fort Defiance (1951) and Fort Yuma (1955).

He simulated Morgan Earp, in Wichita (1955), nervousness Joel McCrea and determined by Jacques To