Ernest Graves (May 5, 1919 – June 1, 1983) was an American actor.
Born in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, Graves was a regular on the NBC drama ''Today Is Ours'' (1958).
He also was featured on several daytime
soap opera
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s, including ''
Guiding Light
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'', ''
The Edge of Night
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It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that netwo ...
'', ''
As the World Turns
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'', and ''
Another World''. He starred as
Zeus
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in the cult film ''
Hercules in New York'' in 1970 and the TV movie adaptation of ''
The Ceremony of Innocence
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The script was written by ...
''. Graves is most remembered for his portrayal of the original
Victor Lord
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An original protagonist on the series, Victor is introduced in the first episode as the preeminent mass media magna ...
on the
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
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daytime drama ''
One Life to Live
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'' from 1968 to 1974. He starred in the 1976 Broadway play ''
Poor Murderer
''Poor Murderer'' is a play written by Pavel Kohout that premiered at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway on 20 October 1976 and closed on 2 January 1977 after 87 performances.
Setting
The time is 1900, and it takes place in the great hall o ...
''.
On June 1, 1983, Graves died of cancer at age 64 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
Filmography
References
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1919 births
1983 deaths
Male actors from Chicago
American male soap opera actors
American male television actors
20th-century American male actors
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