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Peter Graves

1926 - 2010

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Peter Graves (born Peter Duesler Aurness; March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010) was an American actor who portrayed Jim Phelps in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973 and in its revival from 1988 to 1990. His elder brother was actor James Arness. Graves also played airline pilot Captain Clarence Oveur in the 1980 comedy film Airplane! and its 1982 sequel Airplane II: The Sequel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Graves is the 1,276th most popular actor (up from 1,334th in 2019), the 2,425th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,315th in 2019) and the 624th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Peter Graves ranks 1,276 out of 13,578. Before him are Beba Lončar, Fredric March, Edward Fox, Shannen Doherty, Paul Muni, and Dean Stockwell. After him are Chadwick Boseman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Otto Sander, Jason Momoa, Karen Grassle, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

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Among people born in 1926, Peter Graves ranks 131. Before him are Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Abdul Rahim Hatif, Estanislau Basora, Estanislao Esteban Karlic, Juan José Linz, and Maria Teresa de Filippis. After him are Yevgeny Leonov, Galina Vishnevskaya, Marian Jaworski, Norman Jewison, Paul Baran, and Don Rickles. Among people deceased in 2010, Peter Graves ranks 74. Before him are Johan Ferrier, Guido de Marco, Adriaan Blaauw, Mario Monicelli, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, and Israel Tal. After him are Maurice Wilkes, Ariel Ramírez, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Malcolm McLaren, Antony Flew, and Satoshi Kon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Graves ranks 2,425 out of 20,380. Before him are Kalākaua (1836), Sol LeWitt (1928), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), LeBron James (1984), Dean Stockwell (1936), and Art Blakey (1919). After him are Chadwick Boseman (1977), Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (1958), Irving Penn (1917), Jason Momoa (1979), Joel Silver (1952), and Jermaine Jackson (1954).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Peter Graves ranks 624. Before him are Common (1972), Loretta Young (1913), Jim Parsons (1973), Fredric March (1897), Shannen Doherty (1971), and Dean Stockwell (1936). After him are Chadwick Boseman (1977), Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (1958), Jason Momoa (1979), Karen Grassle (1942), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966), and Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976).

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