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Quite a Loss

by BooMan
Sun Mar 14th, 2010 at 10:53:56 PM EST

There were very few things on teevee that I looked forward to more when I was young than Saturday re-runs of Mission: Impossible. I loved everything about that show, and especially its star, Peter Graves. He died today of a heart attack at age eighty-three. I thought he was indestructible, unlike the tapes he played to learn his missions. He was good on the Biography show, too, and great in Airplane! and Sergeant Ryker. I'll miss him.

Quite a Loss | 13 comments (13 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Quite a Loss (4.00 / 4)

I hadn't heard the news. Sigh. He was classy all the way, and I always thought he had a great sense of humor, too.

Captain Oveur: You ever been in a cockpit before?
Joey: No sir, I've never been up in a plane before.
Captain Oveur: You ever seen a grown man naked?

Wasn't James Arness his brother? Is he still living?

RIP, Mr. Graves

by donnah on Sun Mar 14th, 2010 at 11:05:01 PM EST

Re: Quite a Loss (4.00 / 2)

checked it - yes, never would have thought. original spelling Aurness. what a great show, sad, 83 is not that old. he was in The Night of the Hunter!!!

Viva Obama

by Errol on Sun Mar 14th, 2010 at 11:36:25 PM EST
[ Parent ]

James Arness (none / 0)

.
Great memories in TV serie Gunsmoke.

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

by Oui on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 06:05:41 AM EST
[ Parent ]

James Arness, his brother (none / 0)

is still alive and the former Marshal Dillon is three years older--86.

An untypical Negro

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by blksista (gab1954@gmail.com) on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 07:58:31 PM EST
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Graves had to be talked into (none / 0)

that role as Captain Oveur. He first turned it down.

He and Barbara Billingsley (the Beav's mom) were a revelation in Airplane, by simply stepping out of their typecast roles.

An untypical Negro

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by blksista (gab1954@gmail.com) on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 08:01:39 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Quite a Loss (4.00 / 2)

RIP Mr. Graves.

one of the best tv themes ever.

by rikyrah on Sun Mar 14th, 2010 at 11:36:11 PM EST

Re: Quite a Loss (4.00 / 2)

Don't forget him as the Rat in the classic Stalig 17.

Mission Impossible... when we thought the CIA was actually cool and competent.

by Andrew Longman on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 04:42:15 AM EST

Re: Quite a Loss (none / 0)

I watched Stalag 17 just last week. He played a bad guy and he was good at it.

But I remember him mostly from Saturday mornings watching "Fury."

by Mum on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 06:40:14 AM EST
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You remember "Fury," too! (none / 0)

Amazing...

An untypical Negro

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by blksista (gab1954@gmail.com) on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 08:02:39 PM EST
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Yeah, I remember Holden (none / 0)

slapping the shyt out of him, too.

He was soooo blond and sooooo 'good,' but he sold out those guys and paid the price.

Saw that first on the old Saturday Night at the Movies on NBC in the Sixties. Those were the days of good acting...

An untypical Negro

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by blksista (gab1954@gmail.com) on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 08:06:49 PM EST
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Check Out Young Sam Elliott (none / 1)

by BooMan on Sun Mar 14th, 2010 at 11:00:52 PM EST

Re: Quite a Loss (none / 0)

Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

by brendan on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 09:59:29 AM EST

Yup, loved it, especially the rubber masks... (none / 0)

...which made one rethink everything one had just seen.

The Wild West was my other favorite.

by Veritas78 on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 10:43:17 PM EST

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