Actor Peter Graves speaks during dedication ceremonies for Graves' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. His movie career spanned classics such as "Stalag 17" to comedies such as "Airplane!", but he is …
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Mission: Impossible's Peter Graves dies
Updated: Sunday, 14 Mar 2010, 9:37 PM EDT
Published : Sunday, 14 Mar 2010, 9:36 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Peter Graves, star of the television series "Mission Impossible" and the "Airplane" films, has died.
Graves' publicist, Sandy Brokaw, says the actor died Sunday shortly after returning to his Los Angeles home from brunch with his family. He was 83.
Graves was best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television series "Mission: Impossible."
Normally cast as a hero, he turned in an unforgettable performance early in his career as the treacherous Nazi spy in Billy Wilder's 1953 prisoner-of-war drama "Stalag 17."
He also masterfully lampooned his straight-arrow image when he portrayed bumbling airline pilot Clarence Oveur in the 1980 disaster movie spoof "Airplane!"
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