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Peter Graves ( born Peter Duesler Aurness ; March 18 , 1926  March 14 , 2010 ) was an American film and television actor . He was best known for his role as Jim Phelps in the ___MASK72___ television series "" from 1967 to 1973 ( original ) and from 1988 to 1990 ( revival ). His elder brother was actor James Arness ( 1923  2011 ). Graves was also known for his portrayal of airplane pilot Captain Clarence Oveur in the 1980 comedy film " Airplane !" and its 1982 sequel "". The Ghost Busters was a live - action children ' s situation comedy that ran in 1975 , about a team of bumbling detectives who would investigate ghostly occurrences . Fifteen episodes were produced . The show reunited Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch in roles similar to their characters in F Troop . The series was unrelated to the 1984 film Ghostbusters ( though Columbia Pictures did pay Filmation for a license to use the name ) . Like the film , the series spawned its own animated sequel in 1986 . The primary humor of the series was slapstick , with scenes centered on the perpetual bumbling of the characters , good and evil alike . The series also made references to classic cinema ; the names `` Spencer '' and `` Tracy '' were taken from the famous actor Spencer Tracy , while the name Kong -- ironically not given to the gorilla -- was a clear homage to King Kong . Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment . It was especially popular in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s . A typical vaudeville performance is made up of a series of separate , unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill . Types of acts have included popular and classical musicians , singers , dancers , comedians , trained animals , magicians , strongmen , female and male impersonators , acrobats , illustrated songs , jugglers , ___MASK96___ - act plays or scenes from plays , athletes , lecturing celebrities , minstrels , and movies . A vaudeville performer is often referred to as a " vaudevillian ". Kevin Joseph Aloysius  Chuck  Connors ( April 10 , 1921  November 10 , 1992 ) was an American actor , writer and professional basketball and baseball player . He is ___MASK96___ of only 12 athletes in the ___MASK48___ of American professional sports to have played both Major League Baseball and in the National Basketball Association . With a 40 - year film and television career , he is best known for his five - year role as Lucas McCain in the highly rated ABC series " The Rifleman " ( 1958  63 ). A towering presence , Connors was listed as 6 foot 5 inches when he played baseball , and 6 foot 6 inches when he played basketball . James Arness ( May 26 , 1923  June 3 , 2011 ) was an American actor , best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the television series " Gunsmoke ". Arness has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in five separate decades : 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series , then in "" ( 1987 ) and ___MASK33___ more made - for - television " Gunsmoke " films in the 1990s . In Europe , Arness reached cult status for his role as Zeb Macahan in the western series " How the West Was Won ". He was the older brother of actor Peter Graves . World War II ( often abbreviated to WWII or WW2 ), also known as the Second World War , was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945 , although related conflicts began earlier . It involved the vast majority of the world ' s nations  including all of the great powers  eventually forming two opposing military alliances : the Allies and the Axis . It was the most widespread war in ___MASK48___ , and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries . In a state of " total war ", the major participants threw their entire economic , industrial , and scientific capabilities behind the war effort , erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources . Marked by mass deaths of civilians , including the Holocaust ( in which approximately 11 million people were killed ) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres ( in which approximately one million were killed , and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities . These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human ___MASK48___ . California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area . Located on the western ( Pacific Ocean ) coast of the U . S ., California is bordered by the other U . S . states of Oregon , Nevada , and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California . The state capital is Sacramento . Los Angeles is California ' s most populous ___MASK51___ , and the country ' s second largest after New York ___MASK51___ . The state also has the nation ' s most populous county , Los Angeles County , and its largest county by area , San Bernardino County . Forrest Meredith Tucker ( February 12 , 1919  October 25 , 1986 ) was an American actor in both movies and television who appeared in nearly a hundred films . Tucker worked as a vaudeville straight man , aged fifteen years old . A mentor provided funds and contacts for a trip to California , where party hostess Cobina Wright persuaded guest Wesley Ruggles to give Tucker a screen test , based on his photogenic good looks , thick wavy hair and height of six feet , five inches - putting him into the same league as John Wayne , Chuck Connors , Fess Parker , James Arness , and Peter Graves , Arness ' younger brother . Tucker was a sight reader who needed only ___MASK96___ take , and his film career started well despite a perception in most Hollywood studios that blond men were not photogenic , but he enlisted during World War II . After twenty years mainly spent in westerns and action roles , he returned to his roots showing versatility as a comedic and stage musical actor . He also became identified with a character in the TV show " F Troop ", in which he played a manipulative Cavalry Sgt . Morgan O ' Rourke ( quite similar to Phil Silvers ' s role as MSgt Ernie Bilko ). Tucker struggled with a drinking problem that began to affect his performances in the later years of his career .