TV series
Mission: Impossible
Overview
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that chronicles the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. The show is a revival of the 1966 TV series of the same name. The only actor to return for the series as a regular cast member was Peter Graves who played Jim Phelps, although two other cast members from the original series returned as guest stars. The only other regular cast member to return for every episode was the voice of "The Tape", Bob Johnson.
Details
- First air date
- 1988-10-23
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 35 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
- Network
- ABC
- Production
- Jeffrey Hayes Productions, CBS Studios
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Peter Graves as Jim Phelps
- Thaao Penghlis as Nicholas Black
- Antony Hamilton as Max Harte
- Phil Morris as Grant Collier
- Jane Badler as Shannon Reed
- Bob Johnson as Voice on Disc
- Terry Markwell as Casey Randall
- Greg Morris as Barney Collier
- Gerard Kennedy as Karnak
- Adrian Wright as Regehr
- Rowena Wallace as Major Natalia Zorbuskaya
- James Sloyan as Frank Marley
Creators and crew
- Bruce Geller - Creator
- Don Chaffey - Director
- Rob Stewart - Director
- Cliff Bole - Director
- Brian Trenchard-Smith - Director
- Rod Hardy - Director
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