Peter Arne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 29, 1920
- Died
- August 1, 1983 (aged 62)
- Birthplace
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Biography
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.
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Filmography
The Far Pavilions
TV · as The General · 1 ep
Curse of the Pink Panther
Movie · as General Bufoni
Victor/Victoria
Movie · as Labisse
Trail of the Pink Panther
Movie · as Col. Bufoni
Tangiers
Movie · as Malen
Hallelujah, Mary Plum
Movie · as Art Gallery Manager
To Serve Them All My Days
TV · as Dr Farrington · 2 eps
Agatha
Movie · as Hotel Manager
The Passage
Movie · as Guide
Hart to Hart
TV · 1 ep
Providence
Movie · as Nils
Secret Army
TV · as Colonel von Schalk · 2 eps
The Return of the Pink Panther
Movie · as Colonel Sharki
Playhouse
TV · as Art Gallery Manager · 1 ep
Antony and Cleopatra
Movie · as Menas
Nobody Ordered Love
Movie · as Leo Richardstone
Pope Joan
Movie · as Richard
The Protectors
TV · as Mario Giocvetti · 1 ep
Straw Dogs
Movie · as John Niles
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Movie · as Aubert
When Eight Bells Toll
Movie · as Capt. Imrie
The Shattered Eye
Movie · as Gavin
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Colonel Davidoff · 1 ep
The Oblong Box
Movie · as Samuel Trench
Department S
TV · as Slovic, Segres · 1 ep
The Main Chance
TV · as Ernest Leggatt · 1 ep
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Movie · as Captain of Guard
The Champions
TV · as Margoli · 1 ep
The Expert
TV · as Dr. Hamad · 1 ep
Battle Beneath the Earth
Movie · as Arnold Kramer
Poor Cherry
Movie · as Philip Rick
Man in a Suitcase
TV · 1 ep
This Way for Murder
TV · as Worth · 6 eps
Khartoum
Movie · as Major Kitchener/Tewfik Pasha; Khedive of Egypt
The Sandwich Man
Movie · as Gentleman in Rolls Royce
The Spies
TV · as Copic · 10 eps
The Mask of Janus
TV · as Copic · 3 eps
Out of the Unknown
TV · as Gavin · 1 ep
The Black Torment
Movie · as Seymour
Girl in the Headlines
Movie · as Hammond Barker
Crane
TV · as Michael Harrington · 1 ep
The Sentimental Agent
TV · as Strink · 1 ep
The Pirates of Blood River
Movie · as Bosu'n Hench
Night Conspirators
Movie · as The Old Visitor/Adolf Hitler
The Saint
TV · as Pablo Enriquez · 1 ep
Man of the World
TV · as Chang · 1 ep
The Hellfire Club
Movie · as Thomas - Earl of Netherden
The Secret of Monte Cristo
Movie · as Boldini
The Avengers
TV · as Cosmo Gallion · 2 eps
Drama 61-67
TV · as Lieutenant · 1 ep
Scent of Mystery
Movie · as Robert Fleming
A Story of David
Movie · as Doeg
Sands of the Desert
Movie · as Sheikh El Jabez
Conspiracy of Hearts
Movie · as Lt. Schmidt
Danger Man
TV · as Major Hassler · 1 ep
Danger Within
Movie · as Capitano Benucci
No Hiding Place
TV · 1 ep
Intent to Kill
Movie · as Kral
The Moonraker
Movie · as Major Gregg/Edmund Tyler
Ice Cold in Alex
Movie · as British Officer at Oasis
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
Movie · as Dick Penrod
Strangers' Meeting
Movie · as Harry Belair
High Tide at Noon
Movie · as Owen MacKenzie
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
TV · as Father Maggiore · 1 ep
Armchair Theatre
TV · as The Old Visitor · 1 ep
The Cockleshell Heroes
Movie · as Marine Stevens
Timeslip
Movie · as Dr. Stephen Rayner / Jarvis
The Dam Busters
Movie · as Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)
The Men of Sherwood Forest
Movie
Mystery on Bird Island
Movie · as Henri
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Movie · as Assailant
For Those in Peril
Movie · as Junior Officer