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Peter Graves (Actor)

Few actors were able to convey a sense of gravitas like the tall, dignified Peter Graves. Brother of actor... (Learn more)

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Peter Graves’s Milestones

	Acted in summer stock
	Hosted "Discover: The World of Science", a series of documentary specials on PBS
	Joined the cast of the popular espionage series "Mission: Impossible" during its second season as special agent Jim Phelps
	Played with bands
	Reprised the role of Jim Phelps for the revival of "Mission: Possible"
	Starred in the syndicated Australia-shot adventure series "Whiplash" as a pioneering stage coach company owner
	Worked as a radio announcer while in college
1950	Film acting debut, "Rogue River"
1952	First starring role in a film, "Red Planet Mars", a Cold War propaganda sci-fi film
1953	Memorable supporting role as a German spy in Billy Wilder's "Stalag 17"
1955 - 1966	Debut as a TV series regular, "Fury/Brave Stallion", a Western family drama on NBC-TV
1955	Important supporting role in Charles Laughton's "The Night of the Hunter"
1963	Co-starred in "Court-Martial", the pilot for a military legal series, aired as two episodes of NBC's "Kraft Suspense Theater"
1966	Co-starred in "Court-Martial", a mid-season replacement series on ABC
1969	Reprised the role of Jim Phelps in the feature "Mission Impossible Vs. The Mob"
1969	Starred as Jim Kingsley in "Call to Danger", the initially unaired pilot for "Mission: Impossible", aired as part of the summer replacement series "Premiere" (aired again in 1971 as part of "Suspense Playhouse")
1973	Hosted and narrated "Strange Places", a syndicated documentary series
1973	Starred as Douglas Warfield, an undercover federal agent, on "Call to Danger", a CBS TV-movie pilot
1974	Miscast as private eye Lew Archer in the pilot "The Underground Man" (Brian Keith as cast in the subsequent series)
1975	Starred in the TV-movie "Dead Man on the Run", an unsold pilot, as a special government agent
1980	Starred as Captain Oveur in the hit feature comedy "Airplane!"
1982	Reprised the role of Captain Oveur for "Airplane II: The Sequel"
1983	Appeared as Palmer Kirby in the blockbuster miniseries "The Winds of War"
1988	Reprised the role of Palmer Kirby for the sequel miniseries "War and Remembrance"
1989	Hosted the revival of "Biography", a documentary profile series on A&E
1992	Narrated the documentary feature "The Rise & Fall of the Soviet Union"
1994	Hosted "The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires... Are They Real?", An NBC documentary special
1994	Provided the voices of General Sherman and General McClellan for "Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War", a miniseries on The Learning Channel