Peter Graves Dies
Actor Peter Graves died today, Sunday, of heart attack outside his Los Angeles home, publicist Sandy Brokaw said. He was 83.
Peter Graves had a 60-year career in TV and movies. His played roles in movies like “The Long Gray Line”, “The Night of the Hunter,” “The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell,” “Texas Across the River” and “The Ballad of Josie.”
Graves won a Golden Globe for best TV actor for his portrayal of Jim Phelps in Mission Impossible in 1966. He played the leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television series.
Normally cast as a hero, he turned in an unforgettable performance early in his career as the treacherous Nazi spy in Billy Wilder’s 1953 prisoner-of-war drama Stalag 17.
He also masterfully lampooned his straight-arrow image when he portrayed bumbling airline pilot Clarence Oveur in the 1980 disaster movie spoof Airplane!, which was released in Australia as Flying High.
He was also nominated for a Golden Globe for best actor in 1969 and 1970.
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