Peter Graves was born Peter Duesler Aurness on March 18 1926 on Minneapolis Minnesota 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 especially in Westerns However Graves is primarily recognized for his television work particularly as Jim Phelps in Mission Impossible 1966 Peter Graves died of a heart attack on March 14 2010 just four days before his 84th birthday
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