Peter Graves

Peter Graves

1926-03-18 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 102 Credits

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, es...

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Mystery Reel

2022

Acting

A look into the subconscious of the 20th century.

Gettysburg - An American Story

2014

as Narrator

Acting

The 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment fought bravely and gallantly during the Civil War. Their regiment was the first to sign up for the Union...

What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar

What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar

2009

as Self

7.7
Acting

A documentary about Doris Day and the question where she is today.

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves

2005

as Self

10.0
Acting

Four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and veteran movie and television star Peter Graves join with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at T...

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

2004

as Dr. Doug Paul Martin (archive footage)

4.6
Acting

There are some movies that are so bad they're good. And there are some movies that are so bad- that they're just bad...

Behind the Legend: Timon

Behind the Legend: Timon

2004

as Himself - Host

Acting

A look at Timon

America on the Move 1876-2000

America on the Move 1876-2000

2003

as Host

Acting

Two complete documentaries exploring more than a century of invention innovation transportation and transformation. Featuring interviews and fascinat...

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

2003

as Host of Civil Defense Film

6.3
Acting

Fed up with all the attention going to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck quits Hollywood, teams up with recently-fired stuntman Damien Drake Jr. and embarks on a...

Men in Black II

Men in Black II

2002

as Peter Graves

6.4
Acting

Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB'...

These Old Broads

These Old Broads

2001

as Bill

6.1
Acting

Network television executive Gavin hopes to reunite celebrated Hollywood stars Piper Grayson, Kate Westbourne, and Addie Holden in a TV special after ...

House on Haunted Hill

House on Haunted Hill

1999

as Self

5.6
Acting

An amusement park mogul offers a random group of diverse people $1 million to spend the night in a decrepit former mental institution.

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

1999

as Narrator

Acting

Linda Darnell had the looks and talent to be a great Hollywood leading lady, but never quite delivered on her potential. This is the story of her rath...

Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait

1999

as Self - Host

1.0
Acting

A&E Biography about life and times of the beautiful actress of the '40s and feature interview of her ex-husband, her second daughter and her co-st...

Doris Day: It's Magic

Doris Day: It's Magic

1998

as Narrator

Acting

When the cameras rolled, Doris Day wore a happy face, never hinting at the pain she endured in her personal life. This documentary brings viewers clos...

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

1998

as Self - Narrator

Acting

A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to gl...

Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion

Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion

1997

as Self - Host

Acting

This poignant portrait is highlighted by talks with those who knew and worked with Mother Teresa -- unknowns to famed leaders. For more than 50 years,...

Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star

1996

as Narrator

Acting
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown

Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown

1996

as Host

6.0
Acting

Jerry Lewis biography

William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama

William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama

1996

Acting

William Shakespeare's life produced an unmatched legacy of drama and poetry. But the Bard's own story remains mostly a mystery. Track clues to Shakesp...

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography

1996

as Self - Host

Acting

A biography of comedian double act Bud Abbott & Lou Costello

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

1995

as Self - Host

4.0
Acting

A biography of Darryl F. Zanuck, mogul and the power behind 20th Century Fox throughout the Golden Age.

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

1995

as Self - Narrator (voice)

8.0
Acting

From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a ...

The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires

The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires

1994

as Host

Acting

Hosted by Peter Graves, this documentary questions the myths and facts about witches, werewolves, and vampires.

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

1994

as Self - Host

6.8
Acting

An account of the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood's most famous and glamorous movie stars.

Addams Family Values

Addams Family Values

1993

as Host

7.0
Acting

Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from...

Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent

Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent

1989

as Jim Phelps

Acting

Jim Phelps and his team of agents get the mission to destroy a South East Asian drug smuggling organisation known as "The Golden Serpent", and to loca...

Platinum Bombshell

Platinum Bombshell

1987

as Narrator

Acting

Short documentary about Jean Harlow's life and career.

Number One with a Bullet

Number One with a Bullet

1987

as Capt. Ferris

4.6
Acting

Number One with a Bullet is a 1987 American police detective film directed by Jack Smight. A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, a...

The Demon Lover

The Demon Lover

1986

as Ponsonby

Acting

When young Kathleen makes a promise to Keith Cameron during World War One, that no matter what happens they will meet again one day, she little realis...

Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street

Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street

1984

as Tom Collins

5.6
Acting

A master thief is duped by lookalikes for James Bond and the Queen of England into stealing a valuable gem from a heavily guarded location then must h...

The Guns and the Fury

The Guns and the Fury

1983

as Mark Janser

Acting

Two turn of the Century fortune hunters (Peter Graves and Cameron Mitchell) discover oil in Persia and attempt to claim it. Serious resistance is met.

Airplane II: The Sequel

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

as Capt. Clarence Oveur

6.1
Acting

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle...

Savannah Smiles

Savannah Smiles

1982

as Harland Dobbs

6.4
Acting

The young daughter of a politician runs away due to lack of attention. She hides in the car of two not too bright crooks who are slowly converted into...

300 Miles for Stephanie

300 Miles for Stephanie

1981

as Capt. McIntyre

Acting

A San Antonio cop, as an act of faith, vows to run more than 300 miles in five days, hoping his critically ill five-year-old daughter will survive to ...

Airplane!

Airplane!

1980

as Capt. Clarence Oveur

7.3
Acting

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

The Memory of Eva Ryker

The Memory of Eva Ryker

1980

as Mike Rogers

6.0
Acting

A young woman has spent her life tormented by the death of her mother, who was on a ship torpedoed during World War II. When her father hires an inves...

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty

1980

as TV Director

6.5
Acting

Steve Martin's second NBC special was made up entirely of sketches. Highlights include: Marty Robbins' "El Paso" with monkeys; "The Death Of Socrates"...

Death Car on the Freeway

Death Car on the Freeway

1979

as Lt. Haller

5.3
Acting

A determined TV reporter is out to find a maniac who is methodically attacking lone women drivers on the Los Angeles Freeway by pushing them off the r...

Parts: The Clonus Horror

Parts: The Clonus Horror

1979

as Jeff Knight

4.4
Acting

An escaped clone tries to expose a government plot to clone everyone and make a perfect society.

The Rebels

The Rebels

1979

as George Washington

Acting

This sequel to "The Bastard" continues the saga of Philip Kent, the illegitimate son of an English nobleman, who has renounced his patrician birthrigh...

Survival Run

Survival Run

1979

as Kandaris

2.7
Acting

A group of teenagers drive out into the desert in search of sex, beer, and general good times. When their van breaks down, they find a group of prospe...

Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident

Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident

1979

as Alec Franklin

2.8
Acting

An American intelligence agent travels to pre-Islamic Revolution Iran to try to thwart a power-mad European baron from using a stolen cruise missile t...

Race for Survival

Race for Survival

1978

as Narrator

Acting

When a game warden crashes in East Africa, his greyhound goes for help, only to find unexpected assistance from an aging lion.

High Seas Hijack

High Seas Hijack

1977

as Elliott Rhoades

10.0
Acting

Terrorists hijack an oil tanker and threaten to blow it up unless Japan meets their demands.

SST: Death Flight

SST: Death Flight

1977

as Paul Whitley

5.3
Acting

On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly ...

The Mysterious Monsters

The Mysterious Monsters

1976

as Himself - Narrator

5.8
Acting

One of the many notorious 70's "unknown" documentaries, The Mysterious Monsters covers topics such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. Pictures, sou...

Sidecar Racers

Sidecar Racers

1975

as Carson

2.5
Acting

You're going to get us both killed with your grandstanding...! Two guys, one girl, and no brakes! Death defying daredevils burning up the track in thr...

Dead Man on the Run

Dead Man on the Run

1975

as Jim Gideon

6.0
Acting

A government agent who is investigating a colleague's murder discovers a conspiracy to cover up a political assassination.

Where Have All the People Gone

Where Have All the People Gone

1974

as Steven Anders

6.0
Acting

A strange series of solar flares proves fatal for inhabitants of the Earth, except for the fortunate few who are somehow immune from the effects. Anim...

The Underground Man

The Underground Man

1974

as Lew Archer

5.0
Acting

A private detective goes after the kidnappers of his ex-girlfriend's son and becomes involved in a series of murders.

Paul and Michelle

Paul and Michelle

1974

as Sir Henry

5.5
Acting

Taking place approximately three years after the events in Friends, Paul and Michelle follows the family of Paul Harrison and Michelle Latour-Harrison...

Scream of the Wolf

Scream of the Wolf

1974

as John Wetherby

6.2
Acting

A big-game hunter comes out of retirement to help track down a killer wolf, and begins to suspect that it isn't a wolf but an animal that can take hum...

The President's Plane Is Missing

The President's Plane Is Missing

1973

as Mark Jones

6.2
Acting

When the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board, it is left to the seemingly weak Vice President to try to avert a nuclear exchan...

Call to Danger

Call to Danger

1973

as Doug Warfield

Acting

A federal agent recruits a computer whiz to try to free a Mafia witness who has been kidnapped and held in a heavily fortified compound.

The Adventurers

The Adventurers

1970

as Trustee Banker

4.5
Acting

The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the co...

Mission: Impossible - The Falcon

Mission: Impossible - The Falcon

1970

as James Phelps

Acting

Prince Stephan's death has been faked by General Sabattini; leaving Stephan's childlike cousin Nicolai as sovereign. Sabattini is forcing Stefan's fia...

Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob

Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob

1969

as Jim Phelps

10.0
Acting

Jim Phelps leads the IMF on an assignment to destroy a criminal empire headed by Frank Wayne.

The 5-Man Army

The 5-Man Army

1969

as Dutchman

6.7
Acting

At the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $5...

Mission: Impossible - The Controllers

Mission: Impossible - The Controllers

1969

as Jim Phelps

Acting

An Eastern Bloc nation is trying to develop a mind-controlling drug, a project led by Dr. Karl Turek. Phelps devises a plan to play Turek off against ...

The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau

1969

as Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are c...

Mission: Impossible - The Bunker

Mission: Impossible - The Bunker

1969

as James Phelps

Acting

Dr. Erich Rojak, a brilliant scientist, is being held in an underground bunker containing a laboratory where he is forced to work on a small but extre...

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

1968

as Self (uncredited)

7.6
Acting

A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.

The Ballad of Josie

The Ballad of Josie

1968

as Jason Meredith

5.7
Acting

A frontier widow aims to raise sheep despite a cattle rancher in old Wyoming.

Sergeant Ryker

Sergeant Ryker

1968

as Maj. Whitaker

6.0
Acting

During the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy. He's court-martialed and...

The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy

1968

as Self (archive footage)

6.5
Acting

Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and gov...

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

1967

as Bankman

5.6
Acting

Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very dramatic fashion, he quits his job to return to writing for...

Mission: Impossible - The Slave

Mission: Impossible - The Slave

1967

as Jim Phelps

Acting

The Impossible Missions Force takes on the absolute ruler of a Middle East nation who is running a secret slave market. Barney poses as a slave, part ...

Valley of Mystery

Valley of Mystery

1967

as Ben Barstow

5.0
Acting

A Meridian Airlines flight from Miami to Caracas crashes in the Venezuelan jungle, stranding 130 passengers and crew in hostile surroundings.

Gallegher Goes West

Gallegher Goes West

1966

as Marshal Neimeyer

Acting

In Part 1, Gallegher befriends a man on the stagecoach while heading west, only to discover he is a famous outlaw, the Sundown Kid. The sheriff is cro...

Texas Across the River

Texas Across the River

1966

as Capt. Stimpson

5.6
Acting

The Louisiana wedding of debutante Phoebe Ann Naylor to Don Andrea de Baldasar, El Duce de la Casala is stopped by the Cavalry over a matter of honor....

A Rage to Live

A Rage to Live

1965

as Jack Hollister

4.7
Acting

Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has trouble restraining herself when it comes to the amorous at...

A Stranger in My Arms

A Stranger in My Arms

1959

as Donald Beasley

2.3
Acting

An Air Force pilot finds romance with his war buddy's widow.

Wolf Larsen

Wolf Larsen

1958

as Van Weyden

Acting

A mean-spirited ship captain keeps his crew under his autocratic thumb while indulging his more refined side. But when his men rise up in mutiny, Lars...

Death in Small Doses

Death in Small Doses

1957

as Agent / Tom Kaylor

5.0
Acting

A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.

Beginning of the End

Beginning of the End

1957

as Dr. Ed Wainwright

3.8
Acting

An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation ...

Bayou

Bayou

1957

as Martin Davis

2.6
Acting

A community of Cajun fishermen living around a remote bayou includes one authentic beauty, Marie, who wants to better herself but must deal with the u...

Canyon River

Canyon River

1956

as Bob Andrews

6.4
Acting

A rancher's foreman schemes against him on a cattle drive from Oregon to Wyoming.

Hold Back The Night

Hold Back The Night

1956

as Lt. Lee Couzens

6.3
Acting

A Marine officer (John Payne) goes through Korea with the bottle of Scotch that his wife (Mona Freeman) gave him in the last war.

It Conquered the World

It Conquered the World

1956

as Dr. Paul Nelson

4.8
Acting

An alien from Venus tries to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist, as his wife, his best friend and the friend's wife ...

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

1955

as Capt. Bob Elliott

6.8
Acting

A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial figh...

Fury

Fury

1955

as Jim Newton

Acting

Jim Newton and his adopted son Joey navigate life on the Broken Wheel Ranch, with their close bond to the wild black stallion Fury.

Fort Yuma

Fort Yuma

1955

as Lt. Ben Keegan

5.2
Acting

Apaches plan to attack a fort by wearing uniforms plundered from a cavalry officer's (Peter Graves) supply column.

The Naked Street

The Naked Street

1955

as Joe McFarland

6.1
Acting

To make an honest woman of his pregnant sister, Rosalie, callous New York mobster Phil Regal intimidates witnesses and bribes a store clerk to get Ros...

The Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter

1955

as Ben Harper

7.9
Acting

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Wichita

Wichita

1955

as Morgan Earp

6.3
Acting

Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect...

Robbers' Roost

Robbers' Roost

1955

as Heesman

5.8
Acting

Jim "Tex" Wall, searching for the last of the three men who raped and killed his wife, joins a gang of cattle rustlers led by Hank Hays. Both Hays' ou...

The Long Gray Line

The Long Gray Line

1955

as Corporal Rudolph Heinz

7.0
Acting

The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States ...

Black Tuesday

Black Tuesday

1954

as Peter Manning

6.0
Acting

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a b...

The Raid

The Raid

1954

as Capt. Frank Dwyer

6.5
Acting

A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie ...

The Yellow Tomahawk

The Yellow Tomahawk

1954

as Sawyer

6.0
Acting

When the army insists on building a fort on Indian land, in defiance of a treaty, the warnings of a scout go unheeded.

Killers from Space

Killers from Space

1954

as Douglas Martin

3.7
Acting

Atomic scientist/pilot Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes on an reconnaissance mission after a nuclear test. Miraculously appearing unhurt...

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

1953

as Arnold Dix

5.9
Acting

Mike and Tony Petrakis are a Greek father and son team who dive for sponges off the coast of Florida. After they are robbed by crooks, Arnold and the ...

War Paint

War Paint

1953

as Trooper Tolson

5.5
Acting

An Indian and his beautiful sister attempt to destroy a cavalry patrol trying to deliver a peace treaty to their chief.

East of Sumatra

East of Sumatra

1953

as Cowboy

5.2
Acting

Duke Mullane, manager of a Malayan tin mine, goes to a little-known island to open a new mine in the jungle. Initially, the natives there are friendly...

Stalag 17

Stalag 17

1953

as Sgt. Frank Price

7.7
Acting

It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seem...

Red Planet Mars

Red Planet Mars

1952

as Chris Cronyn

4.7
Acting

Husband-and-wife scientists pick up a pie-in-the-sky TV message supposedly from Mars.

The Congregation

1952

Acting

Film starring Peter Graves

Angels in the Outfield

Angels in the Outfield

1951

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.

Fort Defiance

Fort Defiance

1951

as Ned Tallon

6.3
Acting

It's just after the Civil War and Ben Shelby arrives looking for Johnny Tallon whom he plans to kill. Shelby was the only survivor of a battle due to ...

Rogue River

Rogue River

1951

as Pete Dandridge

Acting

The story of Ownie Rodgers, the nephew of crooked Oregon police chief Joe Dandridge. A $70,000 windfall, bequeathed to Dandridge by a man he'd once fr...

Darkstar: Terror at The Edge of Time

Darkstar: Terror at The Edge of Time

N/A

as Narrator

Acting

With the destruction of planet Earth imminent, four spaceships are deployed with an impossible mission-to travel back in time and prevent the global e...

Aliens from Space

N/A

as Doug Martin

Acting

A group of extra-terrestrials determined to take over the earth and make it their new home, station themselves in a canyon and set about their task.