Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 18, 1926. His father, Rolf Aurness, was in surgical sales, and his mother, Ruth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peter Graves and James Arness were best known for their iconic television roles of Jim Phelps and Matt Dillon on Mission ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Peter Graves, whose calm and intelligent demeanor was a good fit to the intrigue of "Mission Impossible" as well as the satire of the "Airplane" films, has died. Graves passed away ...

Jim Phelps has accepted his final assignment. Graves, best known as the implacable leader of TV’s Mission: Impossible team from 1967 to ’73, died March 14 at 83. Thus ended a 60-year career in which ...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. Peter Graves was an iconic film and TV star. He was born in 1926 in Minneapolis, Minn. and first moved to Los Angeles to become an actor in the 1950s. He starred in more than 130 TV ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Peter Graves, who starred in the 1960s TV show "Mission: Impossible" and the "Airplane!" movies, died in Los Angeles on Sunday. He was 83. Graves' spokesman said the ...

LOS ANGELES - Peter Graves, the tall, stalwart actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television ...