Peter Graves - star of the classic TV series Mission: Impossible and disaster spoof¹ movie Airplane! - has died in the US city of Los Angeles. He was 83.

彼得·格雷夫斯——经典电视连续剧《不可完成的任务》和灾难欺骗电影《Airplane!》的男主角，近日于美国城市洛杉矶逝世，享年83岁。

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Peter Graves played a bungling pilot in the 1980 spoof Airplane!

The actor had a suspected heart attack outside his home after a meal with his family, about a week before his 84th birthday, said publicist Sandy Brokaw.

Graves was perhaps best known for his role as special agent Jim Phelps in the popular TV series Mission: Impossible.

He also played bungling（笨拙的，粗劣的） pilot Clarence Oveur in the 1980 film Airplane!.

Early in his career, he also turned in a memorable³（显著的，难忘的） performance as a Nazi⁴ spy in the 1953 prisoner-of-war drama Stalag（战俘营） 17.

He had just returned from lunch on Sunday with his wife and children when he collapsed⁵ before making it into the house, his publicist said.

One of his daughters tried in vain to revive（使苏醒） him.

"He had this statesmanlike（有政治家风度的） quality," publicist Brokaw told AP news agency. "People were always encouraging him to run for office. But he said: 'I like acting⁶. I like being around actors."'

Arguably（可辩证地） his most famous role was in the long-running TV show Mission: Impossible, in which Graves led a squad⁷（小队） of American government special agents battling evil conspirators⁸（阴谋者，同谋者） .

Every show began with Graves, as Agent Phelps, listening to instructions detailing his team's latest mission on a tape, which self-destructed within seconds of being played.

The show ran on CBS from 1967 to 1973 and was revived on ABC from 1988 to 1990.