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 networ ...
'', ''
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
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'' in 1970 and the TV movie adaptation of ''
The Ceremony of Innocence''. Graves is most remembered for his portrayal of the original
Victor Lord on the
ABC daytime drama ''
One Life to Live'' from 1968 to 1974. He starred in the 1976 Broadway play ''
Poor Murderer''.
On June 1, 1983, Graves died of cancer at age 64 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
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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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