Actor Peter Graves Dead at 83

Actor Peter Graves, best known as the host of the Biography series and a star of television's Mission: Impossible, died Sunday. Graves, 83, died of a heart attack in his California home. "

 

"Born Peter Aurness in Minneapolis, the blond, 6-foot-2 Mr. Graves served in the Army Air Forces in 1944 and '45, studied drama at the University of Minnesota under the G.I. Bill of Rights and played the clarinet in local bands before following his older brother, James Arness, to Hollywood," the New York Times reported.

 

He found success there, going on to star in a number of films, from the Western The Yellow Tomahawk to the science-fiction movie Killers From Space. Transitioning to television, Graves' credits include Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Fantasy Island, 7th Heaven and many more. He won an Emmy and a Golden Globe over the course of his career

 
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