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Peter Graves was born Peter Duesler Aurness on March 18, 1926, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, [3] [4] the younger son of Rolf Cirkler Aurness (1894–1982), a businessman, and his wife, Ruth (née Duesler, died 1986), a journalist. Graves's ancestry was Norwegian, German, and English.
The family name had been Aursnes, but when Rolf's father, Peter Aursnes, emigrated from Norway in 1887, he changed it to Aurness. [3] James Arness and his family were Methodists. [4] Arness' younger brother was actor Peter Graves. Peter used the stage name "Graves", a maternal family name. [3]
Aurness is the son of Gunsmoke actor James Arness (who died on June 3, 2011 [4]) and nephew of Mission Impossible actor Peter Graves. [1] [2]In the decade following his World Surfing Championship win Aurness fell out of surfing due to the deaths of his wife, mother, and sister.
Peter Graves, 8th Baron Graves (m. 1960–1992) Vanessa Lee (18 June 1920 - 15 March 1992), born Winifred Ruby Moule , was a British actress and singer. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She was known for her appearances in Ivor Novello 's musicals, especially after the Second World War .
J. Robert Oppenheimer's wife, Katherine, daughter Kit and son Peter. (Corbis via Getty Images) Peter Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer's first child, Peter Oppenheimer, was born in 1941 while he was ...
Amid Prince Andrew's ongoing drama and in the aftermath of Harry and Meghan's royal exit, the queen's grandson, Peter, announced that he's separated.
Known during his acting career as Peter Graves, he specialised in light comedies and musicals, often cast as dapper young men about town. His career peaked in the mid-to-late 1940s, beginning with the films of director/writer Val Guest, including Miss London Ltd. (1943) and Bees in Paradise (1944), opposite Arthur Askey; and Give Us the Moon (1944) and I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945), opposite ...
J.K. Simmons and his wife, Michelle Schumacher, have been happily in love for over two decades. The couple first met in 1991, while appearing in the same musical production of Peter Pan. “I ...