Peter Graves - Mission Impossible

[Ron Whitfield]

Lost another classic TV era actor that will always be remembered - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_en_ce/...t_peter_graves

[Frankie's Market]

Re: Peter Graves - Mission Impossible

Peter Graves. He had that classic look and demeanor of the unflappable authority figure on 1960s TV, just like Jack Webb (Dragnet), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (The F.B.I.), Robert Stack (The Untouchables), and Jack Lord (Hawaii Five-0). Sad to say, you just don't see actors like them on TV anymore.

[LikaNui]

Re: Peter Graves - Mission Impossible

He had that classic look and demeanor of the unflappable authority figure

And that's why it was so fun to see him being totally silly in "Airplane."
RIP, PG.

[Leo Lakio]

Re: Peter Graves - Mission Impossible

The Secretary will no longer disavow any knowledge of your actions, and will celebrate them instead, now that you have completed your final mission.

[Walkoff Balk]

Re: Peter Graves - Mission Impossible

I liked the Paul Hartman impression of Peter Graves as host of Discover:The World of Science.

[sinjin]

Re: Peter Graves - Mission Impossible

And that's why it was so fun to see him being totally silly in "Airplane."
RIP, PG.

"Ever seen a grown man naked?"

[Walkoff Balk]

Re: Peter Graves - Mission Impossible

I liked the Paul Hartman impression of Peter Graves as host of Discover:The World of Science.

I meant Phil Hartman of SNL.

[Kalihiboy]

Re: Peter Graves - Mission Impossible

His brother, James Arness of Gunsmoke fame is still around.

Heard years ago that Graves was dissappointed in the Tom Cruise MI movies turning his Jim Phelps role (played by Jon Voigt) into a bad guy.