# Peter Graves, RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-graves-rip/532501 "2010-03-15T02:13:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-graves-rip/532501/41 "2010-03-16T12:44:24Z")
> [@johnny l.a.](#): > > i am serious. > > And don’t call me shirley. ☹ rip ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-graves-rip/532501/42 "2010-03-16T15:13:47Z")
**Mission: Impossible** has always been one of my favourite shows. I never cared for the Steven Hill series, but once Peter Graves/Jim Phelps was at the helm, it was TV gold as far as I was concerned, and he really was _brilliant_ in that role. Thanks for all the happy memories, Peter. _Your mission, shoud you decide to accept it, is to bring viewing pleasure to millions…_ ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-graves-rip/532501/43 "2010-03-16T16:24:08Z")
[Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sp-BYkOGkw)’s a nice _Airplane!_ compilation. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-graves-rip/532501/44 "2010-03-16T18:06:55Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > [Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sp-BYkOGkw)’s a nice _Airplane!_ compilation. 🙂 Which has promptly been pulled due to Paramount Pictures exercising their copyright claim. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-graves-rip/532501/45 "2010-03-16T18:24:40Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Which has promptly been pulled due to Paramount Pictures exercising their copyright claim. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-graves-rip/532501/46 "2010-03-17T03:36:17Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I heard about this on NPR this morning and got the giggles when they played a clip of an interview with him where he was talking about doing scenes with Leslie Nielsen and trying not to crack up. > > _“How long before you can land this plane?” > “I’m afraid I can’t tell you that.” > “You can tell me. I’m a doctor.”_ - “No, I mean I’m just not sure.” “Can’t you make a guess?” “Well, not for another two hours.” “You can’t make a guess for another two hours?” \* ---
**Author:** ![luv2draw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@luv2draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luv2draw)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-graves-rip/532501/47 "2010-03-18T04:21:23Z")
Count me in as someone who remembers him from watching “Fury”. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-graves-rip/532501/48 "2010-03-18T06:55:06Z")
He was also in “Night of the Hunter” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-graves-rip/532501.md?page=2)