Peter Graves 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. Graves also played airline pilot Captain Clarence Oveur in the 1980 comedy film Airplane! and its 1982 sequel Airplane II: The Sequel.
Graves in 1967
Graves on a lobby card for the 1957 film Beginning of the End
Graves attending a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in October 2009
Graves with wife Joan Endress in October 2009
Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)
Mission: Impossible is an American espionage television series that aired on CBS from September 1966 to March 1973. It was revived in 1988 for two seasons on ABC. It also inspired the series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise beginning in 1996.
Martin Landau, Barbara Bain and Steven Hill, 1967
Steven Hill and Martin Landau in the first episode
Barbara Bain as Cinnamon Carter with Alf Kjellin, 1969
Leonard Nimoy replaced Martin Landau in seasons 4 and 5, 1969–71 (photo: 1970)