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He was married to Joan Endress from December 16, 1950 to March 14, 2010.

Yes, 2 children, including Amanda Graves and Claudia Graves

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Peter Graves was born Peter Duesler Aurness on March 18, 1926 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. While growing up in Minnesota, he excelled at sports and music (as a saxophonist), and by age 16, he was a radio announcer at WMIN in Minneapolis. After two years in the United States Army Air Force, he studied drama at the University of Minnesota and then headed to Hollywood, where he first appeared on television and later made his film debut in Rogue River (1951). Numerous film appearances followed, especially in Westerns. However, Graves is primarily recognized for his television work, particularly as Jim Phelps in Mission: Impossible (1966). Peter Graves died of a heart attack on March 14, 2010, just four days before his 84th birthday.

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Jim Phelps

Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible (1966)

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Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters in The Night of the Hunter (1955)

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<a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0046359/?ref_=nmfaq">Stalag 17</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0048424/?ref_=nmfaq">The Night of the Hunter</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0060009/?ref_=nmfaq">Mission: Impossible</a>, and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0080339/?ref_=nmfaq">Airplane!</a>

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Yes, 2 children, including <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0336243/?ref_=nmfaq">Amanda Graves</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm12669078/?ref_=nmfaq">Claudia Graves</a>

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Yes, 1 sibling, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0000790/?ref_=nmfaq">James Arness</a>

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<a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1000355/?ref_=nmfaq">Rolf Aurness</a> (Nephew or niece)

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