Peter Graves was born Peter Duesler Aurness on March 18, 1926 in
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
Army 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
Kobra, übernehmen Sie (1966).
Peter Graves died of a heart attack on March 14, 2010, just four days
before his 84th birthday.
