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Peter Graves

18 March 1926 — 14 March 2010

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Peter Graves, aka Peter Duesler Aurness, was an American film and television actor who passed away at the age of 83 due to a heart attack. He was best known for his role in the original "Mission: Impossible" and the movie “Airplane!” Graves was a champion hurdler in high school in Minnesota, as well as a clarinet player in dance bands and a radio announcer.
Born 1926 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he served in the United States Army Air Forces near the end of World War II and after the war he enrolled in the University of Minnesota on the G.I. Bill.
In 1953, Graves appeared in “Stalag 17.” Two years later, Graves joined the NBC television series "Fury," as the rancher and adoptive single father, Jim Newton.
Two years later, in 1965, he starred in the British made ITC series "Court Martial" playing U.S. Army Lawyer Major Frank Whittaker.
However, he is best known for his starring role in the CBS television series "Mission: Impossible" from 1967 to 1973. In 1980, he appeared as Captain Clarence Oveur in the h

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