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Peter Graves

1926 - 2010

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Peter Graves (born Peter Duesler Aurness; March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010) was an American actor who portrayed Jim Phelps in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973 and in its revival from 1988 to 1990. His elder brother was actor James Arness. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Graves has received more than 4,632,406 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Peter Graves is the 1,335th most popular actor (up from 1,430th in 2019), the 2,315th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,491st in 2019) and the 628th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Peter Graves by language

Over the past year Peter Graves has had the most page views in the with 648,520 views, followed by German (54,560), and French (37,247). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (140.50%), Afrikaans (79.89%), and Latin (75.77%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter Graves ranks 1,335 out of 13,578. Before him are Holly Hunter, Margot Kidder, Lionel Barrymore, David Strathairn, Henry Silva, and Vinnie Jones. After him are Shannen Doherty, Emma Stone, Nora Miao, Myrna Loy, Don Taylor, and Michael Redgrave.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Peter Graves ranks 128. Before him are Cloris Leachman, Muhammad al-Badr, Estanislau Basora, Teddy Scholten, Salah Jadid, and Valerio Zurlini. After him are Nina Kulagina, Per Wahlöö, Thorbjörn Fälldin, Gordon Scott, Amadeo Carrizo, and Erich Juskowiak. Among people deceased in 2010, Peter Graves ranks 79. Before him are Malcolm McLaren, Günter Behnisch, Alexander McQueen, Teddy Scholten, Laurent Fignon, and Johan Ferrier. After him are Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Pierre Hadot, Irvin Kershner, Maurice Wilkes, Nicolas Hayek, and Alexander Haig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Graves ranks 2,315 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve McCurry (1950), Ralph Asher Alpher (1921), Henry Silva (1928), Robert Plutchik (1927), Tonya Harding (1970), and Garrett Morgan (1877). After him are Shannen Doherty (1971), Leland Stanford (1824), Emma Stone (1988), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), Marshall Sahlins (1930), and Myrna Loy (1905).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Peter Graves ranks 628. Before him are Lee Grant (1927), Treat Williams (1951), Holly Hunter (1958), Lionel Barrymore (1878), David Strathairn (1949), and Henry Silva (1928). After him are Shannen Doherty (1971), Emma Stone (1988), Myrna Loy (1905), Don Taylor (1920), Danny Kaye (1911), and Allison Janney (1959).

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Television and Movie Roles

Airplane!
Captain Clarence Oveur
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
Jul 2o 19807.291 / 10
Mission: Impossible
Jim Phelps
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.
7.6 / 10
Men in Black II
Peter Graves
Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay – who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the MIB, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy – to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.
Jul 3o 20026.362 / 10