Los Angeles , California ( CNN ) -- Actor Peter Graves , best known for his starring role on TV 's `` Mission : Impossible , '' died Sunday . He was 83 . While the cause of the actor 's death was not immediately known , he apparently suffered a heart attack , his publicist said . Graves had gone to brunch with his family Sunday morning . After they returned home and entered the house , one of his daughters began to wonder why he had n't come back inside with them , said publicist Sandy Brokaw . The family went outside and found Graves had collapsed . His daughter performed CPR but was unsuccessful in reviving the actor , Brokaw said . Graves had been in good health and was celebrating 60 years of marriage and 60 years in the entertainment business . He was still pursuing work when he died , the publicist said . Share your memories of Peter Graves . He is best known for playing the character Jim Phelps for all but one of the seven years `` Mission : Impossible '' ran on CBS , from 1967-1973 . He won a Golden Globe in 1971 for his work on the show , and was also nominated for an Emmy . He reprised the role from 1988 to 1990 when the show resurfaced on ABC . In an interview with CNN in 1996 , Graves expressed disappointment with Hollywood 's movie version of `` Mission : Impossible '' -- starring Tom Cruise -- which included none of the stars from the original TV series . Actor Jon Voight played the Phelps character . `` I am sorry that they chose to call him Phelps , '' he said at the time . `` They could have solved that very easily by either having me in a scene in the very beginning , or reading a telegram from me saying , 'Hey boys , I 'm retired , gone to Hawaii . Thank you , goodbye , you take over now . ' `` Graves also appeared as Capt . Clarence Oveur in the 1980 movie spoof `` Airplane ! '' -- a role he originally turned down , according to the Web 's Internet Movie Database . He changed his mind after meeting with the film 's writers , according to IMDb . In recent years , Graves was part of a larger group that won an Outstanding Informational Series Emmy for the 1997 TV documentary `` Judy Garland : Beyond the Rainbow . '' Graves hosted the documentary . He is survived by his wife , Joan Endress , and three daughters , Kelly , Claudia and Amanda Graves , according to IMDb . Graves was the younger brother of actor James Arness , who starred in the long-running TV series `` Gunsmoke , '' as Marshal Matt Dillon . CNN 's Douglas Hyde contributed to this report .
LAPD : The 83-year-old Peter Graves was found collapsed outside his home . Daughter performed CPR but was unsuccessful in reviving the actor . Graves played Jim Phelps on `` Mission : Impossible '' during original run and revival . Publicist says it appears Graves had a heart attack .