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height='18' border='0' vspace='0' hspace='0'></td> <td align='left' valign='middle' bgcolor="#4980bc" width=1><img src="/newsp/images/spacer.gif" height='30' width=1 align='left'></td> <td align='left' valign='middle' bgcolor="#4980bc"> <font color="white" size='3'>Peter Graves</font> </td> <td align='right' width='18' valign='top' bgcolor="#4980bc"><img src="/newsp/images/corner_right.gif" width='18' height='18' border='0' vspace='0' hspace='0'></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=4> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding='1'cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#4980bc"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding='1'cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td background="/newsp/images/back.speakers_flame.jpg"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding='4'cellspacing="0"> <tr> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle" width='200'><img src="/clientimages/clientimages,g/gravespeter.jpg" border=1 vspace='20' hspace='10'></td> <td width='360' align='left' valign='middle' id="bullets"><br>TOPICS<br> <ul> 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background="/newsp/images/back.both_sides.gif" align='center'> <br> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 width='90%'> <tr> <td> <ul><h6>Peter Graves: Profile</h6></ul> <ul> Peter Graves has combined an enormously successful film acting career, spanning the classic “Staglag 17” to the hilarious “Airplane,” with an equally rewarding TV career encompassing more than a half-dozen series, several major mini-series and numerous movies-for-television. Signing on to head the “Mission: Impossible” force for six of the seven years the original series ran on CBS-TV (1966-73) firmly established Graves as a star international importance; a status that continues undiminished. When ABC-TV decided to bring “Mission: Impossible” back to the home screens, they chose Graves to head the all new cast. He also continues with his hosting chores for the Arts & Entertainment Network’s popular “Biography” series. His other series credits include “Court Martial,” “Whiplash,” “Fury” and “The Rebels,” plus two Time-Life series, “Discover: The World of Science,” in national syndication and on PBS-TV. <p>Additionally, he created the role of Palmer Kirby on ABC-TV’s “The Winds of War” mini-series and reprised that role for “War and Remembrance.” Since his film debut in “Rouge River,” Graves has starred in a legion of leading roles in such motion pictures as “The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell,” “A Rage To Live,” “The Raid,” “The Ballad of Josie,” “The Long Grey Line,” “Texas Across the River,” “Five Man Army,” “Number One With a Gun,” “Airplane II” and others. Success has always been the rule rather than the exception for the Minneapolis-born actor. Early in his youth, he developed an affinity for music and, at the age of 15, became one of the youngest full-fledged members of the Musicians’ Union.<p> Upon high school graduation, Peter enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, eager for adventure, excitement and overseas duties. To his disappointment, he never left the States during his two-year tour of duty. Military services had given him the something he hadn’t planned on, through: the G.I. Bill of Rights. He enrolled at the University of Minnesota as a drama major and won leading roles in college productions of “The Wild Duck,” “Macbeth,” “Death Takes a Holiday” and “Of Mice and Men.”<p> With college behind him, Peter lost no time in heading for Hollywood, which he astutely felt offered greater potential for his talents than New York. He was preceded by two years to Hollywood by his older brother, Jim, who enjoyed no small degree of success as Marshall Matt Dillon on “Gunsmoke” series. Jim shortened the spelling of his real name Aurness to Arness, while Peter decided to adopt Graves, his maternal grandfather’s name, on his arrival in Hollywood.<p> Producer Leonard Goldstein signed Peter for “The Raid” and with Edward G. Robinson in “Black Tuesday.” Graves was so impressive that Goldstein signed him to a long-term personal contract, which ended with the producer’s death in 1954. Grave’s motion picture career continues to surge ahead, however; among the numerous films he made in quick succession was “The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell.”<p> Television audiences first became acquainted with Graves as the ranch owner in the “Fury” series, a youngster-orientated show which enjoyed a six-year life on NBC-TV and was re-titled “Black Stallion” for syndication. The age range of his fans expanded sharply upward when he began his second series, “Whiplash,” in which he starred as Cobb, an Australian immigrant in the 1870s who operated one of the first stage and freight lines. <p> Among the television guest roles he accepted was a two part Kraft Suspense Theater, “The Case Against Sgt. Ryker.” The Kraft Production launched Graves into his third series, “Court Martial.” Again, the Graves family packed up their belongings and bade farewell to Hollywood. This time they went to England, where the mid-season (1966) replacement series was produced by MCA-TV of England and Associated Television for ABC-TV. Soon after he finished the final show in the series, Universal rushed him back to Hollywood to co-star with Dean Martin in “Texas Across the River” and next with Doris Day in “The Ballad of Josie.” <p> It was filming the latter, a romantic comedy, that Paramount Television asked him to do “Mission: Impossible.” Although he was under contract to Universal, the studio’s Sid Shienberg graciously gave Peter a release from his contract to accept his new “assignment.” His six-year starring role in the Emmy-winning “Mission: Impossible” firmly established him as one of television’s superstars, while his series has taken its place on the list of top-ranked shows of all time. In addition to its long run on CBS-TV, the Paramount Television show is currently being seen I more than 80 foreign countries, as well as on stations from coast to coast. In fact, Metromedia Television brought the syndication rights in six major cities for 14 years, and it is even playing in China under the title of “Target: The Impossible.” </ul> <P> <hr size="1" width="95%"> <blockquote><font size="1" color="#666666">* Please note that while this speaker's specific fee falls within the range posted (for Continental U.S. based events) at the top of this page, fees are subject to change without notice. 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