Jim Phelps

James "Jim" Phelps is a fictional character in the television program Mission: Impossible and its revival. He was portrayed by Peter Graves on television and by Jon Voight in the 1996 feature film. Phelps was the Director of the Impossible Missions Force, or IMF, in seasons 2-7 of the initial television series, 1967-1973. The Director of the IMF in season 1, 1966-1967, was Daniel Briggs, played by actor Steven Hill. No explanation was ever given in the series for why Dan Briggs was replaced, although the real life reason was because Steven Hill's contract was not renewed. In the late 1980s revival, which lasted for two seasons from 1988 to 1990, Phelps had a successor who was killed off in the first episode, prompting him to come out of...