R.I.P. Peter... by Barbora Misakova

I have never had talent for remembering names. But I have always remembered faces. And the face of Peter Grave is well known, not just to me. This American actor, born as Peter Aurness, was the son of a journalist and businessman and younger brother of actor James Arness. To avoid confusion with older brother, Peter adopted his grandfather’s last name and he made it quite famous. Graves was best known for the role of leader of a gang of special agents, Jim Phelps from TV’s “Mission: Impossible”. During his acting carrier he played various roles – in 1953’s prisoner-of-war drama “Stalag 17” he turned in an unforgettable Nazi sp! y and in “Airplane!” he portrayed bumbling airplane pilot Clarence Oveur. This movie became a box-office smash and there was no reason why not to do “Airplane II: The Sequel”. During his career of nearly 60 years, Graves appeared in dozens of films and some television shows. In late years he also appeared in commercials and many of his friends encouraged him to go into politics. As publicist Sandy Brokaw said: “He had this statesmanlike quality. People were always encouraging him to run for office.” Fortunately he didn’t do so and lived quite calm life of American movie star. From 1950, when he married his college sweetheart Joan Endress, they lived together happily and had three daughters. Sixty years and still together – that is very rare in Hollywood and very precious. To die just a few days before your own birthday could be sad and maybe also little bizarre, but there is nothing better than to die surrounded by your family! . Peter Graves died of heart attack on March 14, 2010.

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