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Peter Aurness (born March 18, 1926 ), better known as Peter Graves, is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his starring role in the television series Mission: Impossible
from 1966 to 1973.

Graves was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Rolf Cirkler Aurness and Ruth Duesler, descendants of German, Norwegian and English immigrants; his brother is actor James Arness (Gunsmoke). Graves attended the University of Minnesota, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.

Graves has made more than 70 screen and TV films and series. He is also well known for the following roles:

The German spy posing as an American POW in the movie Stalag 17
Captain Clarence Oveur in Airplane!
and Airplane II: The Sequel
.

During the 1990s, he hosted the documentary series Biography on A&E. He also acted in a number of films featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000, which subsequently featured running jokes about Graves' Biography work and presumed sibling rivalry with Arness.

Graves has been married to Joan Endress since 1950. They have three daughters.

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Actors - Peter Graves

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