Peter Graves, 1926–2010

Jesse Walker | 3.15.2010 10:40 AM

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Pro Libertate 16 years ago

He was awesome and will be missed. R.I.P., Mr. Phelps.
John 16 years ago

One of the greatest voices ever in Hollywood. He had that perfect voice of authority clear baritone.
1. Groovus Maximus 16 years ago
  
  The original A&E biography voice.
SIV 16 years ago

He looked dead already in those reverse mortgage TV commercials.
1. JW 16 years ago
  
  The funny thing about Graves is that his hair hadn't changed in 40 years. Just the rest of him aged.
Citizen Nothing 16 years ago

Ya' ever seen a grown man naked?
1. Mike M. 16 years ago
  
  Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?
  1. Lori Jo Hendrix 16 years ago
    
    That's not funny, man.
2. Spartacus 16 years ago
  
  Joey, do you like to watch gladiator movies??
3. MatTrue 16 years ago
  
  Joey, did you ever hang around a gymnasium?
JW 16 years ago

I warned him not to have the fish.

I saw the obit this morning and 'twas very bummed out. At least for me, his swan song will be on House, M.D. and begging House for Viagra. "I've got tremendous pressure to perform!"
Bubba Zanetti 16 years ago

Except when he was tipping off the Kraut guards by hiding the info in the chess pieces...
1. Almanian 16 years ago
  
  Yeah, but they got 'im good in the end. The infiltrating bastard...
  1. VikingMoose 16 years ago
    
    Dinner in Berlin.
    Lunch in Cleveland
    1. CavMedic 16 years ago
      
      Price or Pricehoffer or whatever your name is.
The Winter Soldier 16 years ago

Sadly, in a few months, it will be like people have disavowed all knowledge of his existence . . .
Pro Libertate 16 years ago

Biography should run the episode about him tonight.

I think his brother is almost 90.
aliitlesense 16 years ago

His brother is James Arness, who played Matt Dillon on the "Gunsmoke" TV show, and is less well remembered for playing the "Thing" (often described as a giant carrot) in the 50's science fiction film of the same name.
1. Pro Libertate 16 years ago
  
  Yep. Two of my favorite TV actors when I was a wee lad.
2. Almanian 16 years ago
  
  Yep - close your eyes and listen to Gunsmoke and Mission Impossible and you can hear the similarity in Arness' and Graves' voices.
  
  My mom and dad had me do that when I was a kid..."but why are their last names different"? Ah, youth.
  
  I'll miss the old coot.
Chris Baker 16 years ago

Someone out there was so nice to upload _Stalag 17_ onto Youtube. It's in twelve parts, about ten minutes each. Here's the first one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hExHLM2raJA

I watched it all yesterday.
ClubMedSux 16 years ago

This is what I think of when I think of Peter Graves.
Kolohe 16 years ago

Guess he couldn't chose not to accept this last mission.
Sal Paradise 16 years ago

He learned too late that man is a feeling creature.
Pierre 16 years ago

Mission accomplished. RIP, Peter Graves.
Gene Berkman 16 years ago

Peter Graves brought real talent to many otherwise low-grade science fiction movies.

He was outstanding in "Beginning of the End" - the best giant grasshopper movie ever made. And he was the only talent in "It Conquered the World."

He had the important talent for 1950s science fiction - he could state a scientifically questionable hypothesis - on which the plot depended - with conviction.
alaamiah 11 years ago

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