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Peter Graves
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Peter Graves

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1926 – 2010 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA · Active 1944–2022

Peter Graves, born in 1926, made his mark in cult cinema with roles in films like It Conquered the World (1956) and Killers from Space (1954). After serving in the U.S. Air Force, he honed his craft at the University of Minnesota before transitioning to Hollywood. Graves' performances in Beginning of the End (1957) and A Rage to Live (1965) showcase his ability to navigate the realms of science fiction and drama, solidifying his status in the genre. His work in these films contributes to the rich tapestry of cult cinema that SassyFlix celebrates.

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Red Planet Mars

Red Planet Mars

1952 ★ 4.7
as Chris Cronyn

An American scientist is able to contact and communicate with Mars with shattering political, economic, and spiritual repercussions.

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Where Have All the People Gone (1974) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Where Have All the People Gone
1974 · ★6.0
The Adventurers (1970) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
The Adventurers
1970 · ★5.0
Beginning of the End (1957) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Beginning of the End
1957 · ★4.0
Bayou (1957) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Bayou
1957 · ★5.0
House on Haunted Hill (1999) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
House on Haunted Hill
1999 · ★6.0
The Assassination Bureau (1969) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
The Assassination Bureau
1969 · ★7.0
Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Parts: The Clonus Horror
1979 · ★5.0
Sergeant Ryker (1968) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Sergeant Ryker
1968
A Rage to Live (1965) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
A Rage to Live
1965 · ★5.0
It Conquered the World (1956) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
It Conquered the World
1956 · ★4.0
Killers from Space (1954) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Killers from Space
1954 · ★3.0
Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB
Men in Black II (2002)
Men in Black II
2002
House (2004)
House
2004
Airplane! (1980)
Airplane!
1980
Addams Family Values (1993)
Addams Family Values
1993
American Dad! (2005)
American Dad!
2005
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Night of the Hunter
1955

Filmography

175 credits
2020s 1 credit
2022
Mystery Reel
Movie
2010s 2 credits
2014
Gettysburg - An American Story as Narrator
Movie
2010
Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time as Narrator
Movie ★ 8.0
2000s 13 credits
2009
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar as Self
Movie ★ 7.7
2005
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves as Self
Movie ★ 10.0
2005
American Dad! as Mr. Pibb (voice)
TV ★ 7.0
2005
Minoriteam as Sheldon Miller
TV ★ 7.0
2004
Behind the Legend: Timon as Himself - Host
Movie ★ 7.0
2004
House as Myron
TV ★ 8.6
2003
America on the Move 1876-2000 as Host
Movie ★ 10.0
2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action as Host of Civil Defense Film
Movie ★ 6.4
2003
Cold Case as Anton Bikker (2006)
TV ★ 7.8
2002
Men in Black II as Peter Graves
Movie ★ 6.4
2002
Don't Ask Don't Tell
Movie ★ 4.3
2001
These Old Broads as Bill
Movie ★ 6.3
2001
Disney's House of Mouse as Instructor Voice (voice)
TV ★ 7.5
1990s 25 credits
1999
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel as Narrator
Movie ★ 7.0
1999
House on Haunted Hill● as Self
Movie ★ 5.6
1999
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait as Self - Host
Movie ★ 3.7
1999
Mickey Mouse Works
TV ★ 6.9
1998
Doris Day: It's Magic as Narrator
Movie
1998
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life as Self - Narrator
Movie ★ 8.0
1997
Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion as Self - Host
Movie
1997
The Angry Beavers
TV ★ 6.9
1996
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown as Self - Host
Movie ★ 6.0
1996
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography as Self - Host
Movie
1996
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
Movie
1996
Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell as Narrator
Movie
1996
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star as Narrator
Movie
1996
7th Heaven as John 'Colonel' Camden
TV ★ 6.4
1995
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker as Self - Host
Movie ★ 4.3
1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie ★ 8.0
1995
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA as Self
TV ★ 6.7
1994
The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires as Host
Movie
1994
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess as Self - Host
Movie ★ 6.9
1994
Burke's Law as General Prescott
TV ★ 6.8
1993
Addams Family Values as Host
Movie ★ 7.0
1993
Diagnosis: Murder as Peter Graves
TV ★ 7.1
1993
Unauthorized Biographies with Peter Graves as Self - Narrator
TV
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV ★ 5.4
1992
The Complete Churchill as Presenter
TV
1980s 20 credits
1989
Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent as Jim Phelps
Movie
1988
Mission: Impossible as Jim Phelps
TV ★ 7.5
1988
War and Remembrance as Palmer Kirby
TV ★ 7.9
1987
Number One with a Bullet as Capt. Ferris
Movie ★ 4.8
1987
Biography as Self - Host
TV ★ 6.7
1986
The Demon Lover as Ponsonby
Movie ★ 7.0
1986
Life with Lucy as Ben Marshall
TV ★ 8.0
1985
The Golden Girls as Jerry Kennedy
TV ★ 7.6
1984
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street as Tom Collins
Movie ★ 5.8
1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense as John Bray
TV ★ 6.5
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Edmund Gerard
TV ★ 7.5
1983
The Guns and the Fury as Mark Janser
Movie ★ 10.0
1983
The Winds of War as Palmer 'Fred' Kirby
TV ★ 7.3
1982
Airplane II: The Sequel as Capt. Clarence Oveur
Movie ★ 6.1
1982
Savannah Smiles as Harland Dobbs
Movie ★ 6.5
1981
300 Miles for Stephanie as Capt. McIntyre
Movie ★ 7.5
1981
Simon & Simon as Wade Christian
TV ★ 6.7
1980
Airplane! as Capt. Clarence Oveur
Movie ★ 7.3
1980
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty as TV Director
Movie ★ 6.7
1980
The Memory of Eva Ryker as Mike Rogers
Movie ★ 8.0
1970s 30 credits
1979
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident as Alec Franklin
Movie ★ 3.3
1979
Parts: The Clonus Horror● as Jeff Knight
Movie ★ 4.5
1979
Survival Run as Kandaris
Movie ★ 3.2
1979
Death Car on the Freeway as Lt. Haller
Movie ★ 5.2
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Major Noah Cooper
TV ★ 7.0
1979
The Rebels as George Washington
TV ★ 10.0
1978
SST: Death Flight as Paul Whitley
Movie ★ 5.4
1978
Race for Survival as Narrator
Movie
1977
High Seas Hijack as Elliott Rhoades
Movie ★ 10.0
1977
The Love Boat as Gerald Whitney
TV ★ 6.3
1977
The Love Boat as Leonard Culver
TV ★ 6.3
1977
The Love Boat as Carl Lawrence
TV ★ 6.3
1976
The Mysterious Monsters as Himself - Narrator
Movie ★ 6.2
1976
The Sonny and Cher Show
TV ★ 7.2
1976
The Duchess of Duke Street as Sir Evelyn Grant-Wortley
TV ★ 7.9
1975
Sidecar Racers as Carson
Movie ★ 5.0
1975
Dead Man on the Run as Jim Gideon
Movie ★ 7.5
1974
Paul and Michelle as Sir Henry
Movie ★ 5.5
1974
Where Have All the People Gone● as Steven Anders
Movie ★ 5.9
1974
Scream of the Wolf as John Wetherby
Movie ★ 6.4
1974
The Underground Man as Lew Archer
Movie ★ 6.3
1974
Dinah! as Self
TV ★ 7.0
1973
The President's Plane Is Missing as Mark Jones
Movie ★ 6.3
1973
Call to Danger as Doug Warfield
Movie ★ 9.0
1973
Under the Law: Arrest and Seize as Narration
Movie
1973
The All Star Spangled Mission
Movie
1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
TV ★ 5.4
1971
Funny Face
TV ★ 7.0
1970
The Adventurers● as Trustee Banker
Movie ★ 4.7
1970
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon as James Phelps
Movie
1960s 34 credits
1969
The 5-Man Army as Dutchman
Movie ★ 6.6
1969
The Assassination Bureau● as Dragomiloff's Butler (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1969
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob as Jim Phelps
Movie ★ 9.7
1969
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker as James Phelps
Movie
1969
Mission: Impossible - The Controllers as Jim Phelps
Movie
1968
The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.6
1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.6
1968
The Ballad of Josie as Jason Meredith
Movie ★ 6.0
1968
Sergeant Ryker● as Maj. Whitaker
Movie ★ 6.3
1968
Premiere
TV
1967
Valley of Mystery as Ben Barstow
Movie ★ 7.5
1967
Mission: Impossible - The Slave as Jim Phelps
Movie
1967
Sleeping Dog as Sir Geoffrey
Movie
1967
The Invaders as Gavin Lewis
TV ★ 6.8
1966
Texas Across the River as Capt. Stimpson
Movie ★ 5.7
1966
Gallegher Goes West as Marshal Neimeyer
Movie
1966
Mission: Impossible as Jim Phelps
TV ★ 7.6
1965
A Rage to Live● as Jack Hollister
Movie ★ 4.8
1965
The F.B.I. as Manning Fryes
TV ★ 5.6
1965
Laredo
TV ★ 6.4
1965
Run for Your Life as Jim Carlson
TV ★ 7.1
1965
The Dean Martin Show
TV ★ 7.4
1965
Branded
TV ★ 6.8
1965
Court Martial as Major Frank Whittaker
TV ★ 8.0
1964
Daniel Boone as Logan Harris
TV ★ 7.0
1964
12 O'Clock High
TV ★ 7.2
1963
The Great Adventure as Daniel Boone
TV ★ 10.0
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Maj. Frank Whitaker
TV ★ 6.5
1963
The Farmer's Daughter
TV ★ 6.0
1962
The Virginian as Robert Gaynor
TV ★ 6.5
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Mark Needham
TV ★ 7.8
1961
Whiplash as Christopher Cobb
TV ★ 7.4
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self
TV ★ 5.8
1960
Route 66
TV ★ 6.7
1950s 44 credits
1959
A Stranger in My Arms as Donald Beasley
Movie ★ 4.2
1958
Wolf Larsen as Van Weyden
Movie ★ 7.0
1958
Cimarron City
TV ★ 6.3
1957
Beginning of the End● as Dr. Ed Wainwright
Movie ★ 3.9
1957
Death in Small Doses as Agent / Tom Kaylor
Movie ★ 5.1
1957
Bayou● as Martin Davis
Movie ★ 3.5
1956
It Conquered the World● as Dr. Paul Nelson
Movie ★ 4.9
1956
Hold Back The Night as Lt. Lee Couzens
Movie ★ 6.5
1956
Canyon River as Bob Andrews
Movie ★ 6.5
1955
The Night of the Hunter as Ben Harper
Movie ★ 7.9
1955
The Long Gray Line as Corporal Rudolph Heinz
Movie ★ 7.0
1955
Fury as Jim Newton
Movie
1955
The Naked Street as Joe McFarland
Movie ★ 6.2
1955
Wichita as Morgan Earp
Movie ★ 6.3
1955
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell as Capt. Bob Elliott
Movie ★ 6.8
1955
Fort Yuma as Lt. Ben Keegan
Movie ★ 5.3
1955
Robbers' Roost as Heesman
Movie ★ 5.9
1955
Fury as Jim Newton
TV ★ 6.5
1955
The Millionaire as Paul Hartley
TV ★ 5.8
1955
Matinee Theater
TV ★ 5.3
1955
Celebrity Playhouse
TV ★ 8.0
1954
Killers from Space● as Douglas Martin
Movie ★ 3.8
1954
Black Tuesday as Peter Manning
Movie ★ 6.2
1954
The Yellow Tomahawk as Sawyer
Movie ★ 6.6
1954
The Raid as Capt. Frank Dwyer
Movie ★ 6.5
1954
Climax! as Stanley
TV ★ 3.8
1954
Climax! as Steve Baxter
TV ★ 3.8
1954
Studio 57 as Jim Bailey
TV ★ 8.0
1953
Stalag 17 as Sgt. Frank Price
Movie ★ 7.7
1953
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef as Arnold Dix
Movie ★ 6.0
1953
War Paint as Trooper Tolson
Movie ★ 5.6
1953
East of Sumatra as Cowboy
Movie ★ 5.8
1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV ★ 8.5
1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Fred Crain
TV ★ 8.5
1952
Red Planet Mars● as Chris Cronyn
Movie ★ 4.9
1952
The Congregation
Movie ★ 9.0
1952
Cavalcade of America as Maj. Tom Howie
TV ★ 4.6
1952
Biff Baker U.S.A.
TV ★ 7.8
1951
Rogue River as Pete Dandridge
Movie ★ 7.0
1951
Fort Defiance as Ned Tallon
Movie ★ 6.5
1951
Angels in the Outfield as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dr. James Ewing
TV ★ 8.8
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Rocky Kent
TV ★ 7.2
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Joel Barker
TV ★ 6.7
1940s 4 credits
1949
Fireside Theater
TV ★ 7.2
1948
Studio One as Glenn Willis
TV ★ 5.4
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
TV ★ 6.8
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
TV ★ 7.2
s 1 credit
—
Aliens from Space as Doug Martin
Movie
Crew Credits
1960s 1 credit
1966
Mission: Impossible Director
TV ★ 7.6