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	'''Peter George Wellesley Graves, 8th Baron Graves''' (21 October 1911 – 6 June 1994) was an English actor.		'''Peter George Wellesley Graves, 8th Baron Graves''' (21 October 1911 – 6 June 1994) was an English actor.

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	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}
	*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.		*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
	*{{Rayment\|date=February 2012}}

	==External links==		==External links==

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	'''Peter George Wellesley Graves, 8th Baron Graves''' (21 October 1911 – 6 June 1994) was an English actor.		'''Peter George Wellesley Graves, 8th Baron Graves''' (21 October 1911 – 6 June 1994) was an English actor.

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	* {{IMDb name\|name=Peter Graves\|id=0336336}}		* {{IMDb name\|name=Peter Graves\|id=0336336}}

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{{Short description|1911–1994 English actor and 8th Baron Graves}}
{{about|the British actor|the American actor|Peter Graves||Peter Graves (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}
[[File:Peter_Graves,_8th_Baron_Graves.jpg|thumb|right|Publicity still of Peter Graves]]

'''Peter George Wellesley Graves, 8th Baron Graves''' (21 October 1911 – 6 June 1994) was an English actor.

Born in London, Graves was the son of Henry Algernon Claude Graves, 7th Baron Graves. Admiral [[Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves]], was his great-great-great-grandfather. He was educated at [[Harrow School]].

==Biography==
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 [[Margaret Lockwood]]. Other roles included the lead in ''[[Spring Song (1946 film)|Spring Song]]'' (1946), and [[George IV of the United Kingdom|George IV]] in both ''[[The Laughing Lady]]'' (1946) and ''[[Mrs. Fitzherbert]]'' (1947).

He also appeared in a number of films by [[Herbert Wilcox]], such as the popular musicals ''[[Spring in Park Lane]]'' (1948) and ''[[Maytime in Mayfair]]'' (1949), both vehicles for [[Anna Neagle]] and [[Michael Wilding (actor)|Michael Wilding]]. He also portrayed another royal, [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]], in both Wilcox's ''[[The Lady with a Lamp]]'' (1951) and ''[[Lilacs in the Spring]]'' (1954).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba93e0162|title=Peter Graves|website=BFI}}</ref> He also appeared alongside Neagle on stage in the 1953 [[West End theatre|West End]] musical ''[[The Glorious Days]]''.

He re-emerged in the 1960s as a popular comic supporting player in several films, including ''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]'', ''[[The Wrong Box]]'' (both 1966), ''[[The Jokers]]'', ''[[I'll Never Forget What's'isname]]'' (both 1967), and ''[[The Magic Christian (film)|The Magic Christian]]'' (1969).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/peter-graves-p230102/filmography|title=Peter Graves | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}</ref> He continued acting until a few years before his death, mostly on television.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=56418|title=Peter Graves|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref>

In 1963 he succeeded his father as eighth Baron Graves. However, as this was an [[Irish peerage]] it did not entitle him to a seat in the [[House of Lords]].

He married Winifred Ruby Moule (better known as [[soprano]] singer [[Vanessa Lee]], who played many leading roles, especially in several [[Ivor Novello]] musical comedies) on 28 May 1960.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp57474/vanessa-lee-winifred-ruby-moule|title=Vanessa Lee (Winifred Ruby Moule) - National Portrait Gallery|website=www.npg.org.uk}}</ref> She died in 1992; their union had been childless. He died on 6 June 1994 in France, of a heart attack. He was succeeded in the barony by his second cousin [[Evelyn Paget Graves, 9th Baron Graves|Evelyn Paget Graves]].

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Lily Christine]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Kipps (1941 film)|Kipps]]'' (1941)
* ''[[King Arthur Was a Gentleman]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Bees in Paradise]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Give us the Moon]]'' (1944)
* ''[[I'll Be Your Sweetheart]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Waltz Time (1945 film)|Waltz Time]]'' (1945)
* ''[[The Laughing Lady]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Gaiety George]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Spring Song (1946 film)|Spring Song]]'' (1946)
* ''[[The Lady with a Lamp]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Derby Day (1952 film)|Derby Day]]'' (1952)
* ''[[The Admirable Crichton (1957 film)|The Admirable Crichton]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]'' (1966)
* ''[[The Wrong Box]]'' (1966)
* ''[[The Jokers]]'' (1967)
* ''[[I'll Never Forget What's'isname]]'' (1967)
* ''[[How I Won the War]]'' - Staff Officer (1967)
* ''[[The Assassination Bureau]]'' (1968)
* ''[[The Magic Christian (film)|The Magic Christian]]'' (1969)
* ''[[The Adventurers (1970 film)|The Adventurers]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Paul and Michelle]]'' (1974)
* ''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]'' (1976)
* ''[[I Hired a Contract Killer]]'' (1990)
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==Arms==
{{Infobox COA wide
|image = [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|centre|150px]][[File:Graves Escutcheon.png|centre|200px]]
|escutcheon = Gules an eagle displayed Or ducally crowned Argent. On a canton of the last an anchor Proper.
|crest = A demi-eagle displayed and erased Or encircled round the body and below the wings by a ducal coronet Argent.
|supporters = Two royal vultures wings close Proper.
|motto = Auila Non Captat Muscas <ref>{{cite book|title=Burke's Peerage |date=1949}}</ref>}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
*{{Rayment|date=February 2012}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|name=Peter Graves|id=0336336}}

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