Showing posts with label Peter Graves. Show all posts
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Mar 15, 2010

RIP Peter Graves

Actor Peter Graves, has passed away at the age of 83 of natural causes. After a long career, from which he was most famously known for his roles as Jim Phelps (Mission Impossible 1967-73 & 1988-1990) and Cpt Clarence Oveur (Airplane!), Peter was also a long-running host of the Biography series. His last big-screen role was in Men in Black II (2002).

He won a Golden Globe in 1971 for his role as Jim Phelps and a Primetime Emmy as host of A&E's Biography in 1997. He was also honoured in 2009 with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Rest in Peace.