Peter Arne
Acting
Born in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya, to a Swiss-French mother and an American father, Peter Arne was an actor and an antique dealer who was murdered in 1983. In the late 1940s, Arne and his partner Jack Corke befriended acclaimed novelist Mary Renault and her partner, Julie Mullard, on the SS Cairo, a steamer bound from Britain to South Africa and convinced them to go into business building homes for immigrants to the country. Renault financed using her £25,000 MGM award, employing labourers and craftsmen to begin construction of several houses, but Arne and Corke squandered the money, racking up debts before stealing Renault's car and returning to the UK to avoid charges of embezzlement. On 1st August 1983, Arne attended a costume fitting for a role in Doctor Who. On his return home, neighbours reported sounds of an argument to the police who subsequently found Arne's body inside his Knightsbridge flat. He had been bludgeoned to death with a stool and log from his fireplace. The prime suspect in Arne's murder was Giuseppe Perusi, a schoolteacher from Italy who had been living rough in a local park, and for whom Arne had been providing food. Four days later, a body matching Perusi's description was found in the River Thames at Wandsworth, having drowned in an apparent suicide. At the subsequent inquest in October 1983, Police concluded that Perusi had beaten the actor to death then killed himself.
Known for
Acting71
tvThe Far Pavilions
1984
The General
movieCurse of the Pink Panther
1983
General Bufoni
movieTrail of the Pink Panther
1982
Col. Bufoni
movieVictor/Victoria
1982
Labisse
tvTo Serve Them All My Days
1980
Dr Farrington
movieHallelujah, Mary Plum
1980
Art Gallery Manager
movieThe Passage
1979
Guide
movieAgatha
1979
Hotel Manager
tvSecret Army
1977
Colonel von Schalk
movieThe Return of the Pink Panther
1975
Colonel Sharki
tvPlayhouse
1974
Art Gallery Manager
tvThe Protectors
1972
Mario Giocvetti
moviePope Joan
1972
Richard
Nobody Ordered Love
1972
Leo Richardstone
movieStraw Dogs
1971
John Niles
tvThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Colonel Davidoff
movieWhen Eight Bells Toll
1971
Capt. Imrie
tvDepartment S
1969
Slovic / Segres
tvThe Main Chance
1969
Ernest Leggatt
movieThe Oblong Box
1969
Samuel Trench
movieChitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
Captain of Guard
tvThe Champions
1968
Margoli
tvThe Expert
1968
Dr. Hamad
movieBattle Beneath the Earth
1967
Arnold Kramer
moviePoor Cherry
1967
Philip Rick
movieThe Sandwich Man
1966
Gentleman in Rolls Royce
movieKhartoum
1966
Major Kitchener/Tewfik Pasha; Khedive of Egypt
movieThe Black Torment
1964
Seymour
movieGirl in the Headlines
1963
Hammond Barker
Crane
1963
Michael Harrington
tvThe Saint
1962
Pablo Enriquez
movieThe Pirates of Blood River
1962
Bosu'n Hench
movieNight Conspirators
1962
The Old Visitor/Adolf Hitler
Drama 61-67
1961
Lieutenant
movieThe Hellfire Club
1961
Thomas - Earl of Netherden
tvThe Avengers
1961
Cosmo Gallion
tvDanger Man
1960
Major Hassler
movieSands of the Desert
1960
Sheikh El Jabez
movieConspiracy of Hearts
1960
Lt. Schmidt
movieScent of Mystery
1960
Robert Fleming
movieDanger Within
1959
Capitano Benucci
movieThe Moonraker
1958
Major Gregg/Edmund Tyler
movieIce Cold in Alex
1958
British Officer at Oasis
movieStrangers' Meeting
1957
Harry Belair
movieHigh Tide at Noon
1957
Owen MacKenzie
movieTarzan and the Lost Safari
1957
Dick Penrod
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
The Old Visitor
movieThe Cockleshell Heroes
1955
Marine Stevens
movieTimeslip
1955
Dr. Stephen Rayner / Jarvis
movieThe Dam Busters
1955
Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)
movieSaraband for Dead Lovers
1948
Assailant
movieFor Those in Peril
1944
Junior Officer