Peter Graves, 8th Baron Graves

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This article is about the British actor. For the American actor, see Peter Graves. For other uses, see Peter Graves (disambiguation).

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

Mrs. Fitzherbert
(1947).

He also appeared in a number of films by

Prince Albert, in both Wilcox's The Lady with a Lamp (1951) and Lilacs in the Spring (1954).[1] He also appeared alongside Neagle on stage in the 1953 West End musical The Glorious Days
.

He re-emerged in the 1960s as a popular comic supporting player in several films, including Alfie, The Wrong Box (both 1966), The Jokers, I'll Never Forget What's'isname (both 1967), and The Magic Christian (1969).[2] He continued acting until a few years before his death, mostly on television.[3]

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

Evelyn Paget Graves
.

Selected filmography

Arms

Coat of arms of Peter Graves, 8th Baron Graves
Crest
A demi-eagle displayed and erased Or encircled round the body and below the wings by a ducal coronet Argent.
Escutcheon
Gules an eagle displayed Or ducally crowned Argent. On a canton of the last an anchor Proper.
Supporters
Two royal vultures wings close Proper.
Motto
Auila Non Captat Muscas [5]

References

  1. ^ "Peter Graves". BFI. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Peter Graves | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  3. ^ "Peter Graves". www.aveleyman.com.
  4. ^ "Vanessa Lee (Winifred Ruby Moule) - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk.
  5. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [
    better source needed
    ]

External links

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Baron Graves
1963–1994 		Succeeded by
Evelyn Paget Graves
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