Peter Graves

Peter Graves
Birth name	Peter Duesler Aurness
Born	March 18, 1926 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Died	March 14, 2010 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA from a heart attack
Notable Roles	Jim Phelps in Mission: Impossible
Notable Episodes
Awards	star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Peter Graves was an American actor, best known for his role as Jim Phelps on Mission: Impossible.

Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Fury	Jim Newton	1955–1960	1	2	3	4	5
Whiplash	Christopher Cobb	1960–1961	1
Court Martial	Frank Whittaker	1965–1966	1
Mission: Impossible	Jim Phelps	1967–1973		2	3	4	5	6	7

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Route 66	David Leland Fisk	2x20 - You Never Had It So Good	February 23, 1962
Route 66	Peter Hale	2x31 - Hell Is Empty, All the Devils Are Here	May 25, 1962
The Farmer's Daughter	Congressman McDermott	1x21 - The Playboy of Capitol Hill	February 12, 1964
The Virginian	Robert Gaynor	2x21 - A Matter of Destiny	February 19, 1964
Laredo	Ben Conrad	1x18 - That's Noway, Thataway	January 20, 1966
Branded	Senator Keith Ashley	2x28 - The Assassins (1)	March 27, 1966
Branded	Senator Keith Ashley	2x29 - The Assassins (2)	April 3, 1966
Run for Your Life	Jim Carlson	2x05 - The Dark Beyond the Door	October 10, 1966
Daniel Boone	Logan Harris	3x06 - Run a Crooked Mile	October 20, 1966
12 O'Clock High	Captain Dula	3x16 - A Long Time Dead	January 6, 1967
The F.B.I.	Manning Fryes	2x21 - Rope of Gold	February 12, 1967
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Noah Cooper	1x08 - Return of the Fighting 69th	October 25, 1979
Simon & Simon	Wade Christian	1x01 - Details at Eleven	November 24, 1981
Murder, She Wrote	Dr. Edmund Gerard	1x05 - Lovers and Other Killers	November 18, 1984
Life with Lucy	Ben Marshall	1x03 - Love Among the Two-by-Fours	October 4, 1986
The Golden Girls	Jerry Scott	7x06 - Mother Load	October 26, 1991
7th Heaven	John Camden	1x14 - Seven Is Enough	February 3, 1997
7th Heaven	John Camden	1x19 - It's About George...	April 28, 1997
Diagnosis Murder	Himself	5x09 - Must Kill TV	November 6, 1997
7th Heaven	John Camden	2x11 - Lead, Follow or Get out of the Way	January 12, 1998
7th Heaven	John Camden	2x22 - ... and Girlfriends	May 11, 1998
7th Heaven	John Camden	4x01 - The Tattle Tale Heart	September 20, 1999
7th Heaven	John Camden	5x02 - Help	October 9, 2000
7th Heaven	John Camden	6x01 - Changes	September 24, 2001
7th Heaven	John Camden	6x20 - The Known Soldier	May 6, 2002
7th Heaven	John Camden	6x22 - Holy War (2)	May 20, 2002
House, M.D.	Myron	1x20 - Love Hurts	May 10, 2005
7th Heaven	John Camden	10x02 - Home Run	September 26, 2005
Cold Case	Anton Bikker '06	3x21 - The Hen House	April 30, 2006
7th Heaven	John Camden	11x15 - Tit for Tat	February 11, 2007

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
The Underground Man	Lew Archer	May 6, 1974	NBC Monday Night at the Movies

Director

Series	Episode	Airdate	Credit
Gunsmoke	11x26 - Which Doctor	March 19, 1966
Mission: Impossible	7x11 - Kidnap	December 2, 1972

Awards and Accolades

Golden Globe Awards

(1 Win in 3 Nominations)

• Won: Best TV Actor - Drama (1971)

Mission: Impossible

Trivia

• Brother of James Arness