What is Peter Graves?
{{Infobox person | name = Peter Graves | image = PeterGravesPodiumOct09.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Peter Duesler Aurness | birth_date = March 18, 1926 | birth_place = [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = March 14, 2010 (aged 83) | death_place = [[Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Heart attack]] | nationality = [[United States|American]] | residence = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1951-2010 | television = | spouse = Joan Endress<br>(m. 1950-2010, his death) | children = 3 daughters | parents = Rolf Aurness<br>Ruth (née Duesler) | relatives = [[James Arness]] (brother, dead) }} '''Peter Graves''' (March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010) was an [[Americans|American]] [[actor]]. ==Early life== His mother was of [[Germany|German]] [[ancestry]]; his father of [[Norway|Norwegian]]. ==Career== In the early years of his career he starred in [[sci fi]] [[movie]]s such as ''Red Planet Mars'' (1952), ''Killers from Space'' (1954), and some low-budget [[Western (genre)|western]] movies, including ''Fort Defiance'' (1951) and ''Fort Yuma'' (1955). He played Morgan Earp, in ''Wichita'' (1955), with [[Joel McCrea]] and directed by [[Jacques Tourneur]]. Peter Graves won the role of [[traitor]] [[prison]]er Sgt. Price in the movie ''Stalag 17'' (1953), directed by [[Billy Wilder]] and starring [[William Holden]]. Another of his movies was ''The Night of the Hunter'' (1955), with [[Robert Mitchum]]. Other movies include ''Texas Across the River'' (1966), with [[Dean Martin]], ''The Ballad of Josie'' (1967), ''The Five Man Army'' (1969), where he leads a group of [[mercenary|mercenaries]] in [[Mexico]]. In 1980s he plays a [[insanity|crazy]] [[pilot]], in the [[comedy]] [[movie]] ''[[Airplane!]]'' (1980) ''and Airplane II: The Sequel'' (1982). His last movie was ''[[Addams Family Values]]'' (1993). ==Television== In 1967 Graves repl