Portrait of Peter Graves

Acting

Peter Graves

Career

Active from 1951 to 2014, busiest in 1955 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
52
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Stalag 17
Stalag 17
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 87 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Peter Graves Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.0, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 3.0
  • Melancholy
    3.6, average 4.7
  • Psychological
    4.5, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 5
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Classic Western 3
  • Small Town 3
  • Cold War Paranoia 3
  • Nostalgic Atmosphere 2
  • Moral Conflict 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • Military Justice 2
  • Classic Television 2
  • Espionage Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

142
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Aliens from Space
Aliens from Space

as Doug Martin

2010s

2 titles
Gettysburg - An American Story
Gettysburg - An American Story (2014)

as Narrator

Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time
Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time (2010)

as Narrator

2000s

7 titles · average score 62
American Dad!
American Dad! (2005)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Mr. Pibb (voice)

Minoriteam
Minoriteam (2005)
GoodWatch score 36

TV show · as Sheldon Miller

House
House (2004)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Myron

Cold Case
Cold Case (2003)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Anton Bikker (2006)

Men in Black II
Men in Black II (2002)
GoodWatch score 51

as Peter Graves

These Old Broads
These Old Broads (2001)
GoodWatch score 55

as Bill

Disney's House of Mouse
Disney's House of Mouse (2001)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Instructor Voice (voice)

1990s

11 titles · average score 60
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel (1999)

as Narrator

Mickey Mouse Works
Mickey Mouse Works (1999)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

Doris Day: It's Magic
Doris Day: It's Magic (1998)

as Narrator

The Angry Beavers
The Angry Beavers (1997)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

7th Heaven
7th Heaven (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as John 'Colonel' Camden

Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star (1996)

as Narrator

Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell
Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell (1996)

as Narrator

Burke's Law
Burke's Law (1994)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show · as General Prescott

Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Peter Graves

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show

The Complete Churchill
The Complete Churchill (1992)

TV show · as Presenter

1980s

20 titles · average score 66
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible (1988)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Jim Phelps

War and Remembrance
War and Remembrance (1988)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Palmer Kirby

Number One with a Bullet
Number One with a Bullet (1987)
GoodWatch score 37

as Capt. Ferris

The Golden Girls
The Golden Girls (1985)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Jerry Kennedy

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Edmund Gerard

The Guns and the Fury
The Guns and the Fury (1983)

as Mark Janser

Savannah Smiles
Savannah Smiles (1982)
GoodWatch score 75

as Harland Dobbs

Airplane II: The Sequel
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
GoodWatch score 52

as Capt. Clarence Oveur

Simon & Simon
Simon & Simon (1981)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Wade Christian

Airplane!
Airplane! (1980)
GoodWatch score 83

as Capt. Clarence Oveur

The Memory of Eva Ryker
The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)

as Mike Rogers

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty (1980)

as TV Director

1970s

26 titles · average score 51
Parts: The Clonus Horror
Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)
GoodWatch score 36

as Jeff Knight

Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident (1979)
GoodWatch score 32

as Alec Franklin

Survival Run
Survival Run (1979)
GoodWatch score 30

as Kandaris

SST: Death Flight
SST: Death Flight (1978)
GoodWatch score 34

as Paul Whitley

The Love Boat
The Love Boat (1977)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Gerald Whitney / Carl Lawrence

High Seas Hijack
High Seas Hijack (1977)

as Elliott Rhoades

Where Have All the People Gone
Where Have All the People Gone (1974)
GoodWatch score 53

as Steven Anders

Scream of the Wolf
Scream of the Wolf (1974)
GoodWatch score 47

as John Wetherby

The Underground Man
The Underground Man (1974)

as Lew Archer

The President's Plane Is Missing
The President's Plane Is Missing (1973)
GoodWatch score 53

as Mark Jones

Call to Danger
Call to Danger (1973)

as Doug Warfield

Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon (1970)
GoodWatch score 77

as James Phelps

1960s

31 titles · average score 65
The 5-Man Army
The 5-Man Army (1969)
GoodWatch score 59

as Dutchman

Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob (1969)
GoodWatch score 82

as Jim Phelps

Mission: Impossible - The Bunker
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker (1969)
GoodWatch score 81

as James Phelps

Mission: Impossible - The Controllers
Mission: Impossible - The Controllers (1969)
GoodWatch score 75

as Jim Phelps

Sergeant Ryker
Sergeant Ryker (1968)
GoodWatch score 62

as Maj. Whitaker

The Ballad of Josie
The Ballad of Josie (1967)
GoodWatch score 57

as Jason Meredith

Valley of Mystery
Valley of Mystery (1967)

as Ben Barstow

Mission: Impossible - The Slave
Mission: Impossible - The Slave (1967)
GoodWatch score 76

as Jim Phelps

Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible (1966)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Jim Phelps

Court Martial
Court Martial (1966)

TV show · as Major Frank Whittaker

Texas Across the River
Texas Across the River (1966)
GoodWatch score 59

as Capt. Stimpson

Whiplash
Whiplash (1961)

TV show · as Christopher Cobb

1950s

42 titles · average score 62
Beginning of the End
Beginning of the End (1957)
GoodWatch score 40

as Dr. Ed Wainwright

Death in Small Doses
Death in Small Doses (1957)
GoodWatch score 55

as Agent / Tom Kaylor

It Conquered the World
It Conquered the World (1956)
GoodWatch score 63

as Dr. Paul Nelson

Canyon River
Canyon River (1956)
GoodWatch score 62

as Bob Andrews

Hold Back the Night
Hold Back the Night (1956)
GoodWatch score 63

as Lt. Lee Couzens

Fury
Fury (1955)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Jim Newton

Fort Yuma
Fort Yuma (1955)
GoodWatch score 53

as Lt. Ben Keegan

Killers from Space
Killers from Space (1954)
GoodWatch score 32

as Douglas Martin

Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday (1954)
GoodWatch score 69

as Peter Manning

Stalag 17
Stalag 17 (1953)
GoodWatch score 83

as Frank Price

Red Planet Mars
Red Planet Mars (1952)
GoodWatch score 37

as Chris Cronyn

Fort Defiance
Fort Defiance (1951)
GoodWatch score 51

as Ned Tallon

1940s

2 titles · average score 65
Fireside Theater
Fireside Theater (1949)

TV show

Studio One
Studio One (1948)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Glenn Willis