Peter Graves

Peter Graves

Date of Birth: 18 Mar 1926

Country: USA

Biography: Peter Aurness known professionally as Peter Graves, was an American film and television actor. He was best known for his starring role in the CBS television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973. Throughout Graves' career, he appeared in more than seventy films, television shows, and television movies... (Wikipedia)

Total Credits at Criticker: 63 (Actor)

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    House on Haunted Hill
    Decades after the Vannacutt Psychiatric Institute for the Criminally Insane was closed, five strangers are invited to spend a night there. Their reward is a million dollars each. All they have to do is stay alive. (Warner Bros.)
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    Men in Black II
    For Agent J, it is another day at the office, monitoring all alien activity on Earth. One day, J receives a report of an unauthorized landing of an alien spacecraft near New York. J investigates and realizes he is going to need help and decides to bring back K.
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    Airplane!
    An airplane crew takes ill. Surely the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly. But don't call him Shirley.
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    The Night of the Hunter
    A sinister crook posing as a preacher pursues two children for the secret they are privy to of the location of a cache of money. (imdb)
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    Stalag 17
    Intrigue among Allied prisoners at a World War 2 German POW camp. (imdb)
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    Airplane II: The Sequel
    A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track--again??? (imdb)
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    A Rage to Live
    A woman's sexual compulsions threaten to destroy her marriage. (imdb)
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    The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
    The true story of General Billy Mitchell, a pioneering crusader for the Army's fledgling air corp. In spite of an impressive performance during the First World War, the commanders of America's armed forces still think of the airplane as little more then a carnival attraction... (imdb)
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    Savannah Smiles
    The young daughter of a politician runs away due to lack of attention. She hides in the car of two not too bright crooks who are slowly converted into parent figures as the police web closes down on the supposed kidnappers. (imdb)
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    The Raid
    A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son. (imdb)
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    The Long Gray Line
    The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his job-related experiences as well as his family life and the relationships he develops with young cadets with whom he befriends. Based on the life of a real person. (imdb)
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    Clonus
    A young man escapes from a govenment run project called Clonus only to find out that Peter Graves (Jeff Knight) a candidate for Presidency is a conspirator to keep Clonus a secret. Top government officials are aware of it and support the super secret project, because they are cloning themselves to live longer and better lives, at the expense of their clone counter-par... (imdb)
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    Beginning of the End
    Audrey Ames, an enterprising journalist, tries to get the scoop on giant grasshoppers accidentally created at the Illinois State experimental farm. She endeavors to save Chicago, despite a military cover-up. (imdb)
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    Killers from Space
    Atomic scientist/pilot Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes on an reconnaissance mission after a nuclear test. Miraculously appearing unhurt at the base later, he is given sodium amethol, but authorities are skeptical of his story that he was captured by aliens determined to conquer the Earth with giant monsters and insects. Martin vows to use existing technology to destroy them. (imdb)
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    SST: Death Flight
    On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu onboard. (imdb)
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    It Conquered the World
    An alien from Venus tries to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist.
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    The Ballad of Josie
    A young woman stirs things up in a western town by raising sheep instead of cattle, and organizing the local women to demonstrate for women's suffrage. (imdb)
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    Black Tuesday
    Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning - a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. (imdb)
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    Wichita
    Ex-Buffalo Hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas (imdb)
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    The 5-Man Army
    Spaghetti western about a group of bandits, led by Peter Graves, who plan on robbing a train transporting gold for the Mexican army. (imdb)
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    Where Have All the People Gone
    TV-film combines two bizarre elements: a solar fire that destroys all mechanical devices and a plague that decimates mankind, turning corpses into ashes. A typical video plod-plot as a few survivors struggle to reach Malibu... only sf buffs will find the earthbound trek worth making. (John Stanley's Creature Features Movie Guide Strikes Again)
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    The Naked Street
    A mobster (Quinn) springs a condemmed murderer (Grainger) because he got his sister (Bancroft) pregnant. (imdb)
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    Texas Across the River
    A Texan, an Indian and a Spanish noblemen join forces against their enemies. (TCM.com)
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    Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
    Mike and Tony Petrakis are a Greek father and son team who dive for sponges off the coast of Florida. After they are robbed by crooks, Arnold and the Rhys brothers, Mike decides to take his men to the dangerous 12-mile reef to dive for more sponges. Mike suffers a fatal accident when he falls from the reef leaving Tony to carry on the business. But now he has a companion, Gwyneth Rhys. (imdb)
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    The Mysterious Monsters
    One of the many notorious 70's "unknown" documentaries, The Mysterious Monsters covers topics such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. Pictures, sounds, and videos of these two monsters are examined by Peter Graves, the host. Psychics, hypnotism, and the history of Bigfoot in many ancient cultures is also scrutinized. (imdb)
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    Red Planet Mars
    When radio contact with Mars is established, the shape of international economics and politics is turned upside down.
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    Death in Small Doses
    A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers. (imdb)
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    Scream of the Wolf
    A big-game hunter comes out of retirement to help track down a killer wolf, and begins to suspect that it isn't a wolf but an animal that can take human form. (imdb)
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    Sergeant Ryker
    It's 1951 in Korea, a time that the United States Army doesn't like to remember. The Communists, led by Chinese forces, are tearing up the battlefield and overrunning American and South Korean positions, and in the midst of it, Sgt. Paul William Ryker (Lee Marvin), decorated World War II hero, with medals that would be the envy of any man in uniform, has been convicted of treason for allegedly deserting, going over to the enemy, and spending weeks behind enemy lines. (allmovie.com)
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    War Paint
    Lieut. Billings and his army patrol are ordered to deliver a new peace treaty to the Indian Commissioner, who is missing. They have nine days to get the treaty to Chief Gray Cloud or there will be war. Chief's son Taslik offers to guide them. But as their water runs low and conflicts escalate, they can't help wondering why Taslik is wearing war paint. (imdb)
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    Mad Mission Part 3: Our Man from Bond Street
    A master thief is duped by lookalikes for James Bond and the Queen of England into stealing a valuable gem from a heavily guarded location then must help the police recover it. (imdb)
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    Canyon River
    A Wyoming rancher and his foreman journey to Oregon to get breeding steers in order to raise cattle that can withstand the harsh Wyoming winters. What the rancher doesn't know is that he is the target of a plot to murder him and steal his cattle. (imdb)
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    Death Car on the Freeway
    Jan Clausen, a TV news reporter follows up a story on the freeway "Fiddler", a killer in a van who plays bluegrass music as he forces lone women drivers to their deaths. (BFI)
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    Bayou
    A New York architect meets a Cajun beauty in a remote bayou village. (imdb)
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    Number One with a Bullet
    A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and criminal activity that leads right back to their own police department. (imdb)
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    Fort Defiance
    It's just after the Civil War and Ben Shelby arrives looking for Johnny Tallon whom he plans to kill. Shelby was the only survivor of a battle due to the cowardice of Tallon. Thinking Tallon dead, another man who lost a brother at the same battle arrives to kill Tallon's blind brother. Tallon arrives to find Shelby and his brother fleeing. Then they are attacked by Indians and Shelby and Tallon must now fight together postponing the inevitable showdown. (imdb)
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    East of Sumatra
    Tough Duke Mullane tries to open a new mine in the jungle, but the natives turn hostile...except for one lissome dancer. (imdb)
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    Fort Yuma
    A disgruntled settler kills an Apache chief at Fort Yuma, and the fort's commander knows that the chief's son, Manga Colorado, will seek revenge and go on the warpath. He sends word by a courier to Fort Apache where a supply column is due to head across the desert to Fort Yuman, but the courier is killed by Mangas. (imdb)
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    Hold Back the Night
    A Marine officer tells his squad the story behind a bottle of liquor that he always keeps with him but never drinks from. (imdb)
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    The Rebels
    The Rebels (1979) - TV Movie
    Philip Kent (Andrew Stevens) takes part in the american revolution and the newly formed congress. (imdb)
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    Robbers\
    A rancher having 6000 head of cattle to get to market hires two gangs that hate each other. He figures each gang will not let the other rustle the cattle. Tex arrives looking for the man that killed his wife and took his horses. Finding his horses he joins the gang that are now riding them. Caught in the battle between the gangs when one double-crosses the other, he now finds the man he is looking for. (imdb)
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    A Stranger in My Arms
    Air Force test pilot Pike Yarnell reluctantly attends the memorial service for long-dead Donald Beasley, his navigator during the Korean War; recalling, in flashbacks, their painful days together on a life raft. In Beasley's home town, Pike is repelled at Donald's wealthy mother's enshrinement of her dead son; bemused at his frankly amorous pursuit by Donald's younger sister Pat; and increasingly charmed by his attractive widow Christina. (imdb)
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    The Yellow Tomahawk
    When the army insists on building a fort on Indian land, in defiance of a treaty, the warnings of a scout go unheeded. (imdb)
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    Sidecar Racers
    In this lively sports drama, Jeff Rayburn has no direction in his life since he competed in the Olympic games as a swimmer. The American had been simply bumming around Australia until he teamed up with biker Dave Ferguson and began sidecar racing. When not involved in racing, the two tussle for the love of the wealthy heiress Lynn Carson. While Ferguson is a nice fellow, he is notorious for taking risks that endanger the lives of his partners. (fandango.com)
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    Call to Danger
    A federal agent recruits a computer whiz to try to free a Mafia witness who has been kidnapped and held in a heavily fortified compound. (imdb)
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    Dead Man on the Run
    A government agent who is investigating a colleague's murder discovers a conspiracy to cover up a political assassination. (imdb)
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    The Memory of Eva Ryker
    A young woman has spent her life tormented by the death of her mother, who was on a ship torpedoed during World War II. When her father hires an investigator to look into the circumstances of the mother's death 30 years previously, it triggers a new rash of emotional turmoil for the young woman. (imdb)
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    Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
    An American intelligence agent travels to pre-Islamic Revolution Iran to try to thwart a power-mad European baron from using a stolen cruise missile to destroy an unspecific target in that country. (imdb)
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    The President\
    A political thriller based on the 1967 novel by Robert J. Serling (Rod's brother) about an incompetent vice president who is left in control of the government when Air Force One mysteriously disappears with the President aboard. (TCM.com)
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    The Guns and the Fury
    An Arab sheik and his tribe wage war on 2 American oil riggers in the Middle East in this action adventure film set in 1908. (allmovie.com)
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    Mission: Impossible
    An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture. (imdb)
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    Mission: Impossible
    An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture. (imdb)
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    Biography
    Biography (1987) - TV Series
    The life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told. (imdb)
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    The Underground Man
    A private detective goes after the kidnappers of his ex-girlfriend's son and becomes involved in a series of murders.
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    Survival Run
    A group of teenagers drive out into the desert in search of sex, beer, and general good times. When their van breaks down, they find a group of prospectors who welcome the kids and offer them a place to stay until they can get help. It soon becomes evident, however, that there is more to these prospectors than they claim, and soon the teens are fleeing for their lives. (imdb)
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    These Old Broads
    After a re-release of their 60's film hit "Boy Crazy" becomes a smash, three actresses (Piper Grayson, Kate Westburn and Addie Holden) reunite for a reunion show, with help from Kate Westburn's son and their manager, Beryl Mason. The problem? The three actresses and their manager all loathe each other.
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    I\
    In turn-of-the-century London a young music publisher convinces both songwriters and a music hall singer with his new ideas to make business, while fighting both competitors and piracy in a time where author's royalties were still unprotected. A well crafted British musical with plenty of popular songs.
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    The Laughing Lady
    Robespierre sends a duchess' son to London to steal a necklace from the Prince of Wales' betrothed.
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    Waltz Time
    Old Vienna, at a time when the waltz was considered an immoral dance. Maria promises her dying father, the Emperor, that she will follow the wishes of the Council of Ministers when she assumes the reign. Empress Maria wishes to marry the dashing Count Franz von Hofer, but the old fashioned Council advises against it due to his philandering reputation. (imdb)
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    Fury
    Fury (1955) - TV Series
    A horse and the boy who loved him. A recent widower and owner of the Broken Wheel ranch takes in Joey, a young orphan boy.
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    Kraft Suspense Theatre
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    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
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    Rogue River
    The story of two step-brothers, raised by their father, the chief of police, in a small Oregon lumber town. One brother is hard-working, always within the law, the other a 'rogue.' When gold dust comes up missing from a crime scene, brother is pitted against brother and the father sides against one of the brothers.
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