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Peter Graves

Peter Graves, American actor. Recipient Outstanding Achievement award, University Minnesota, 1968. Honorary California chairman American Cancer Society, 1968, honorary national crusade chairman, 1974; celebrity chairman Arthritis Foundation, 1990-1991. With United States Army Air Force. Member Phi Kappa Psi.

Background

  • Graves, Peter was born on March 18, 1926 in Minneapolis.

  • Education

    • Student, University Minnesota, 1949.

    Membership

    Honorary California chairman American Cancer Society, 1968, honorary national crusade chairman, 1974, celebrity chairman Arthritis Foundation, 1990-1991. With United States Army Air Force. Member Phi Kappa Psi.

    Works

    • Actor: (television series) Fury, 1955-1960, Whiplash, 1960-1961, Court Martial, 1965-1966, Mission Impossible, 1966-1973 (Golden Globe award Best Actor in a television Series Drama, 1971), New Mission: Impossible, 1988-1990, 7th Heaven, 1997-2007. (television miniseries) The Winds of War, 1983, War and Rembrance, 1988. (films) Winning Your Wings, 1942, Rogue Rover, 1950, Up Front, 1951, Fort Defiance, 1951, Angels in the Outfield, 1951, The Congregation, 1952, Red Planet Mars, 1952, Stalag 17, 1953, War Paint, 1953, East of Suamatra, 1953, Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, 1953, Killers From Space, 1954 The Yellow Tomahawk, 1954, The Raid, 1954, Black Tuesday, 1954, Court Martial of Billy Marshall, 1955, Robbers Roost, 1955, Witchita, 1955, The Long Gray Line, 1955, The Night of the Hunter, 1955, The Naked Street, 1955, Fort Yuma, 1955, It Conquered the World, 1956, Hold Back the Night, 1956, Canyon River, 1956, Beginning of the End, 1957, Death in Small Doses, 1957, Wolf Larsen, 1958, A Stranger in My Arms, 1959, A Rage to Live, 1965, Texas Across the River, 1966, Sergeant Ryker, 1968, The Ballad of Josie, 1968, The Five-Man Army, 1968, Missile X, 1978, High Seas Hijack, 1978, The Survival Run, 1979, The Clonus Horror, 1979, Airplane!, 1980, The Guns and the Fury, 1981, Airplane II: The Sequel, 1982, Savannah Smiles, 1982, Number One With a Bullet, 1986, Adams Family Values, 1993, The House on Haunted Hill, 1999, Men in Black II, 2002.

      (television films) Las Vegas Beat, 1961, Valley of Mystery, 1967, Call to Danger, 1973, The President's Plane Is Missing, 1973, Scream of the Wolf, 1974, The Underground Man, 1974, Where Have All the People Gone?, 1974, Dead Man on the Run, 1975, Special Security Team: Death Flight, 1977, The Gift of the Magi, 1978, The Rebels, 1979, Death Car on the Freeway, 1979, The Memory of Eve Ryker, 1980, Three Hundred Miles for Stephanie, 1981, Best of Friends, 1981, If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium, 1987, These Old Broads, 2001, With You In Spirit, 2003. (television guest appearances) Gruen Guild Playhouse, 1952, Where's Raymond?, 1953, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, 1953, The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (2 episodes), 1953-1954 Fireside Theatre (4 episodes), 1953-1955, Biff Baker, United States of America, 1954, Studio 57, 1954, Hallmark Hall of Fame (2 episodes), 1954-1955, television Reader's Digest, 1955, Studio One, 1956, Matinee Theatre, 1956, Celebrity Playhouse, 1956, Cavalcade of America, 1956, The Millionaire, 1956, Lux Video Theatre, 1957, Climax! (2 episodes) 1957-1958, Cimarron City, 1959, Route 66 (2 episodes), 1962, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, 1963, Kraft Suspense Theatre (2 episodes), 1963, The Farmer's Daughter, 1964, The Virginian, 1964, The Great Adventure (2 episodes), 1964, The Eye Creature, 1965, Laredo, 1966, Branded (2 episodes) 1966, Run For Your Life, 1966, Daniel Boone, 1966, Disneyland (3 episodes), 1966-1978, 12 O'Clock High, 1967, The Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1967, The Invaders, 1967, The Red Skelton Show, 1969, Fantasy Island (5 episodes), 1978-1983, The Love Boat (4 episodes), 1978-1987, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, 1979, Matt and Jenny, 1980, Simon & Simon, 1981, Murder, She Wrote, 1984, Hammer House of Mystery & Suspense, 1985, Life With Lucy, 1986, The Golden Girls, 1991, Burke's Law, 1995, The Angry Beavers, 1998, Diagnosis Murder, 1999, House Doctor of Medicine 2005, Minoriteam, 2006, Cold Case, 2006, American Dad!, 2007. Host/narrator: Discover! The World of Science, 1985-1990, A & E Biography 1987-2010.

    Connections

    • Son of Rolf C. and Ruth E. (Duesler) Aurness. Married Joan E. Endress, December 16, 1950. Children: Kelly Jean, Claudia King, Amanda Lee.
    • child: Amanda Lee
    • mother: Ruth E. (Duesler) Aurness
    • spouse: Joan E. Endress
    • father: Rolf C.
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    Born March 18, 1926
    Died March 14, 2010
    (aged 83)
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    • 1949
      University Minnesota

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