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COUNCIL FILE NO.
APPROVAL FOR ACCELERATED
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FROM THE COUNCIL FILE
ACCELERATED REVIEW PROCESS - E
Office of the City Engineer
Los Angeles, California
To the Honorable Council
Of the City of Los Angeles
Honorable Members:
OCT 1 ·9 2009
C. D. No. 13
SUBJECT:
Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street - Walk of Fame Additional Name in Terrazzo SidewalkPETER GRAVES
RECOMMENDATIONS:
A.
That the City Council designate the unnumbered location situated one sidewalk square
northerly of and between numbered locations 13H and 13h as shown on Sheet 16 of
Plan D-13788 for the Hollywood Walk of Fame for the installation ofthe name of
Peter Graves at 6667 Hollywood Boulevard.
B.
Inform the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce ofthe Council's action on this matter.
C.
That this report be adopted prior to the date ofthe ceremony on October 30,2009.
FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT:
No General Fund Impact. All cost paid by permittee.
TRANSMITTALS:
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Unnumbered communication dated October 12, 2009, from the Hollywood Historic Trust
of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, biographical information and excerpts from
the minutes of the Chamber's meeting with recommendations.
City Council
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C.D.No.13
DISCUSSION:
The Walk of Fame Committee ofthe Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has submitted a request for
insertion into the Hollywood Walk of Fame the name of Peter Graves. The ceremony is scheduled
for Friday, October 30, 2009 at 11 :30 a.m.
The communicant's request is in accordance with City Council action of October 18, 1978, under
Council File No. 78-3949. Following the Council's action of approval, and upon proper application
and payment of the required fee, an installation permit can be secured at 201 N. Figueroa Street, 3rd
Floor, Counter 23.
Respectfully submitted,
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(213)482-7055
cc: Construction Services Center, Counter 23
Bureau of Street Services
Administration
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Lemuel
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Central District Engineer
Bureau of Engineering
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WALK OF ~AM!;
October 12, 2009
Mr. Gary Lee Moore
Public Works Engineering
Att: Lemuel Paco
201 N. Figueroa St. 3rdFloor, M.S. 503
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Fax 213 482-7007
Dear Mr. Moore:
The Walk of Fame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has approved the below
listed name for insertion into the Hollywood Walk of Fame:
PETER GRAVES (Category -TEL.EVISION)- Requested star location to be 6667 Hollywood
Blvd. north side of the street, in front of Musso & Frank Restaurant. The star for PETER
GRAVES will be situated in the second row closest to the building near the stars of HARRISON
FORD (13H) to the west and WILLIAM DEMAREST which is numbered (13h) to the east. Both
stars are in the original row. According to sheet # 16 plan 13788, PETER GRAVES' star has no
designated number. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for Friday, October 30, 2009, at 11:30
a.m.
Thank you for yourfooperation in this request. I look forward to a response from your office
soon. If you have q estions call me at (323) 468-1376.
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The fol!eS,wingmate ials are enclosed: PETER GRAVES' bio, and the Board of Director's Minutes.
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cc:
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Council President Eric Garcetti
Sally Castro
Sgt. Mike Arminio
Inspector Gladden
Topher Best
Sandy Brokaw
Ralph Pipes
Leron Gubler
Top End Constructors
Sandra McClellan
Carmine Goglia
Jeff Briggs
Hollywood
Chamber of Commerce
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
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Wednesday,
June
17,2009
Board Members Attending:
Bill Farrar; Chair; Abou-Daoud; Ainsworth; Baumberger;
Baumgart; Chong; Cochran; Cohen; Druyen; Falzone; Gajda; Gorelick; Kalantari;
Larson; Massie; Moe; Panatier; Rheinstein; Schultz; Shelton; S. Smith; T. Smith; Suh;
Taylor; Tronson;
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Board Memb~rs Absent:
Anthony; Barton; Cooper; Costa; Goldman; Hart; Lestz;
O'Rourke; Slrnltlan, T. Smith; Stephen; Sundher.Trynin
Staff Present:
Guests
Chairman
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Gubler, Shahenian,
Present:
Jim O'Caliaghan,
Kiecker, French, Martinez-Holler
L.A. lnc.:
Bill Far~ar called the meeting to order at
4:08 p.m.
Walk of Fame RecorTU11endations
. Ana Martinez-Holler,
chamber VP of Media Relations, presented 28 names selected by
. the Walk of Fame Selection Committee to be recipients of Walk of Fame stars in 2010.
(See Attached List). Sam Smith, Taylor (MSP)to approve the nominations.
PETER GRAVES
Biography
Peter Graves has combined an enormously successful film-acting career spanning the classic Stalag 17 to the hilarious Airplane - with an equally rewarding TV
career, encompassing more than a half-dozen series, several major mini-series and
numerous movies-far-television. Mr. Graves hosted A&E's flagship series "Biography"
from 1987 - 2002. "Biography" garnered some of the network's highest ratings. In
1997, Peter Graves was himself the subject of an A&E "Biography" hosted by co-host
Jack Perkins.
Signing on to head the "Misssion Impossible" force for six of the seven years the
original series ran on CBS-TV (1966-73), firmly established Graves as a star of
international importance, a status that continues Undiminished. When ABC-TV
decided to bring "Mission Impossible" back to the home screen in 1989, they asked Mr.
Graves to head the otherwise all-new cast.
His other series credits include: Court-martial, Whiplash, Fury, and The Rebels;
plus two Time-Life series of Discover: The World of Science. Additionally, he created the
role of Palmer Kirby on ABC-TV's The Winds of War mini-series and reprised that role
for War and Remembrance.
Since his film debut in Ro.uge River, Mr. G~aves has starred in a legion of leading
roles in such motion pictures as Stalag 17, The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, A Rage to
Live, The Raid, The Ballad of Josie, The Long Grey Line, Texas Across the River, Five Man
Army, and others. Other motion pictures have included Spree, Number One with a Gun,
Airplane ll, Savannah Smiles, Survival Run, Cruise Missile, Black Tuesda, and Fort Defiance.
A departure from most of his dramatic roles Mr. Graves joined an ensemble cast
that was a who's who of celebrity talent to play the airplane pilot, Captain Oveur, in
Airplane! Considered to be one of the 10 funniest movies ever made by the American
Peter Grave Biography - Page 2
Film Institute, Airplane! celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2006 with various special
DVD releases.
Mr. Graves satirized his A&E hosting role in the successful movie Men in Black II.
And, on the Disney DVD release of The Lion King 1-1/2 he narrates another mockumentary of one of Lion King's characters in "Timon: Behind the Legend."
Additional movies and mini-series for television have included Death on the
Freeway, Death Flight, Underground Man, New Orleans Street Force, Where Have All the
People Gone and The Memory of Eva Ryker.
The Minneapolis-born Mr. Graves is also an accomplished musician, an affinity
he developed early in his youth, when, in addition to athletics, he also found time to
take on yet another interest: radio announcing.
At the age of 16, he joined the
announcing staff of radio WMIN in Minneapolis. Upon high school graduation, Peter
enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he spent two years. In college at the University of
Minnesota, where he was a drama major, he also met his future wife, Joan Endress, to
whom he has been married for over 50 years .
. 2007 celebrates Mr. Graves' 56th year in show business and he is still going
strong. He was a semi-regular playing the grandfather for an arc of the hit television
series "Seventh Heaven." In the last year he has guest starred on FOX-TV' s "House"
and CBS-TV's "Cold Case." And of course, he now finds it hard to not be recognized in
public due to the frequent airings of his tongue-in-cheek Geico Insurance television ad
spot.
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