Peter Graves (born March 18, 1926) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his starring role in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973, and its revival, from 1988 to 1990.
Graves was born Peter Aurness in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Ruth (née Duesler), a journalist, and Rolf Cirkler Aurness, a Norwegian who worked in business. Graves is a descendant of German and Norwegian immigrants. His brother is a...
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Peter Graves (born March 18, 1926) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his starring role in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973, and its revival, from 1988 to 1990.
Graves was born Peter Aurness in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Ruth (née Duesler), a journalist, and Rolf Cirkler Aurness, a Norwegian who worked in business. Graves is a descendant of German and Norwegian immigrants. His brother is actor James Arness (Gunsmoke). Graves attended Southwest High School (Class of 1944) and the University of Minnesota, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
Graves has been married to Joan Endress since 1950. They have three daughters: Kelly, Claudia and Amanda. They have six grandchildren.
Graves has appeared in more than seventy films, TV series and TV movies. He is especially well known for the following roles:
From 1960–1961, Graves started as (lead role) Christopher Cobb in 34 episodes of the TV series Whiplash as an American...
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