Actor Peter Graves found dead at his home in Pacific Palisades

LAT ^ | March 14, 2010 | staff reporter

[Daffynition]

Actor Peter Graves was found dead Sunday at his home in Pacific Palisades, according to law enforcement sources. Graves, who stared in "Mission: Impossible," "Airplane!" and Billy Wilder's "Stalag 17"--apparently died of natural causes, the sources said.

Graves was 83, according to a biography on the website IMDB.com.

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[wally_bert]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WZW4groJro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqdMmH7UE_s

[zerosix]

“Just don’t call me ‘Shirley.’”

[racing fan]

I didn’t know about Merlon.

I now remember Cory. I forgot about that.

[SevenofNine]

Yeah you know what you are right I haven’t really check out Ben Stone episode more more of McCoy I came into middle of season 2 when Jerry Orbach came on

I hear reason why they brought in Jerry is because Steven Hill and Michael Moraltiy was fighting on the set

[FelixFelicis]

Peter Graves dead?! Shirley you can’t be serious!

(Not meaning to make light of a man’s death, just to recall a fun moment in what sounds like a full life. RIP)

[Overtaxed]

Went to the U of Minnesota.

Just ask Tom Servo.

[Army Air Corps]

Graves thought that a grown man saying that line to a boy would have the censors all over them. Also, he wasn’t sure it would be perceived as funny. Then, there was an advance screening at the director’s guild and the audience roared.

[Habibi]

“Have you ever seen a grown man naked? “

Most flight deck crews mentioned that line in homage whenever a FA wanted to bring a kid up to the cockpit, but you ALWAYS glanced over the shoulder before you said it (just to make sure). I always wondered how many pilot careers were terminated by using that line at the wrong time. :-)

“Airplane”, still a classic.

[null and void]

Graves said that he thought shooting on the film would end when he uttered the line, “Have you seen a man naked?”

Eh?

Was it an ad-lib?

[JoeProBono]

WOW! Didn't know that. Saw Stalag 17 when I was a kid

[Army Air Corps]

There's a DVD with commentary?!

Yes, the director's cut (labeled as the "Don't Call Me Shirley Edition"). It has interviews with the writers and cast as well as deleted scenes.

[TribalPrincess2U]

R.I.P. Another good actor gone.

[BallyBill]

What an icon. Always had a cool sense of humor too.

[Army Air Corps]

No, it was scripted, but he thought that the line would not be perceived as funny because it was too creepy for a grown man to say that to a small boy.

[TribalPrincess2U]

I’ll be darn! I can see the resemblance.

[wally_bert]

It took me a while to appreciate Stone but he is the superior character to me compared to McCoy.

[justlurking]

No, it was scripted, but he thought that the line would not be perceived as funny because it was too creepy for a grown man to say that to a small boy.

It WAS creepy! That's why it was so funny!

Recently, I had someone ask me: "Have you ever seen a ....."

What it was is actually irrelevant. But, he asked it with exactly the same inflection and a voice similar to Peter Graves.

And it creeped me out. I couldn't say "no" and get away fast enough.

[Zman516]

The story of a horse...and the boy who loved him.

I used to watch it faithfully every Saturday morning when I was a kid.

RIP, Peter.

[Bean Counter]

What a shame. He was a great actor, and a pretty good comic actor as well. He also worked right up to his death, which is pretty unusual these days.

Prayers...

[Daffynition]

HAHAHA!

She won an Emmy - Best Actress in a Drama 1966 ...