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Peter Arne

Peter Arne

Known for: Acting

Born 29/09/1920
Died 1983-08-01
Place of birth Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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.

Filmography

The Avengers Series ★ 7,8

The Avengers

1961

The Avengers Series ★ 7,8

The Avengers

Cosmo Gallion

1961

The Saint Series ★ 7,4

The Saint

Pablo Enriquez

1962

Hart to Hart Series ★ 6,9

Hart to Hart

1979

Secret Army Series ★ 7,7

Secret Army

Colonel von Schalk

1977

Playhouse Series ★ 7,0

Playhouse

Art Gallery Manager

1974

No Hiding Place Series ★ 4,8

No Hiding Place

1959

The Champions Series ★ 6,5

The Champions

Margoli

1968

Danger Man Series ★ 7,4

Danger Man

Major Hassler

1960

The Protectors Series ★ 6,1

The Protectors

Mario Giocvetti

1972

The Expert Series ★ 9,0

The Expert

Dr. Hamad

1968

Series

Drama 61-67

Lieutenant

1961

Out of the Unknown Series ★ 7,1

Out of the Unknown

Gavin

1965

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Series ★ 7,5

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Colonel Davidoff

1971

Department S Series ★ 5,3

Department S

Slovic

1969

Department S Series ★ 5,3

Department S

Segres

1969

The Main Chance Series ★ 8,3

The Main Chance

Ernest Leggatt

1969

Man in a Suitcase Series ★ 7,2

Man in a Suitcase

1967

Man of the World Series ★ 7,2

Man of the World

Chang

1962

Series ★ 10,0

Crane

Michael Harrington

1963

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Film ★ 6,8

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Captain of Guard

1968

Straw Dogs Film ★ 7,2

Straw Dogs

John Niles

1971

Series ★ 8,0

The Mask of Janus

Copic

1965

Victor/Victoria Film ★ 7,3

Victor/Victoria

Labisse

1982

Series ★ 9,0

Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!

Father Maggiore

1957

The Sentimental Agent Series ★ 6,5

The Sentimental Agent

Strink

1963

Armchair Theatre Series ★ 6,0

Armchair Theatre

The Old Visitor

1956

The Far Pavilions Series ★ 7,5

The Far Pavilions

The General

1984

To Serve Them All My Days Series ★ 7,8

To Serve Them All My Days

Dr Farrington

1980

The Return of the Pink Panther Film ★ 6,8

The Return of the Pink Panther

Colonel Sharki

1975

Curse of the Pink Panther Film ★ 4,6

Curse of the Pink Panther

General Bufoni

1983

Khartoum Film ★ 6,3

Khartoum

Major Kitchener/Tewfik Pasha; Khedive of Egypt

1966

Trail of the Pink Panther Film ★ 5,2

Trail of the Pink Panther

Col. Bufoni

1982

Pope Joan Film ★ 6,1

Pope Joan

Richard

1972

The Cockleshell Heroes Film ★ 5,9

The Cockleshell Heroes

Marine Stevens

1955

Antony and Cleopatra Film ★ 5,7

Antony and Cleopatra

Menas

1972

When Eight Bells Toll Film ★ 5,7

When Eight Bells Toll

Capt. Imrie

1971

Series ★ 10,0

The Spies

Copic

1966

The Dam Busters Film ★ 6,9

The Dam Busters

Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)

1955

The Passage Film ★ 6,2

The Passage

Guide

1979

Danger Within Film ★ 6,3

Danger Within

Capitano Benucci

1959

The Sandwich Man Film ★ 6,5

The Sandwich Man

Gentleman in Rolls Royce

1966

Ice Cold in Alex Film ★ 7,3

Ice Cold in Alex

British Officer at Oasis

1958

Murders in the Rue Morgue Film ★ 5,1

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Aubert

1971

Saraband for Dead Lovers Film ★ 6,6

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Assailant

1948

The Moonraker Film ★ 6,9

The Moonraker

Major Gregg/Edmund Tyler

1958

Providence Film ★ 6,7

Providence

Nils

1977

Agatha Film ★ 6,1

Agatha

Hotel Manager

1979

Timeslip Film ★ 5,8

Timeslip

Dr. Stephen Rayner / Jarvis

1955

Tarzan and the Lost Safari Film ★ 5,5

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

Dick Penrod

1957

Film ★ 8,0

Nobody Ordered Love

Leo Richardstone

1972

The Men of Sherwood Forest Film ★ 6,9

The Men of Sherwood Forest

1954

The Pirates of Blood River Film ★ 6,2

The Pirates of Blood River

Bosu'n Hench

1962

Scent of Mystery Film ★ 6,0

Scent of Mystery

Robert Fleming

1960

Film ★ 7,5

Tangiers

Malen

1982

The Oblong Box Film ★ 5,7

The Oblong Box

Samuel Trench

1969

Girl in the Headlines Film ★ 6,2

Girl in the Headlines

Hammond Barker

1963

Conspiracy of Hearts Film ★ 6,8

Conspiracy of Hearts

Lt. Schmidt

1960

Sands of the Desert Film ★ 5,6

Sands of the Desert

Sheikh El Jabez

1960

The Hellfire Club Film ★ 5,4

The Hellfire Club

Thomas - Earl of Netherden

1961

For Those in Peril Film ★ 6,1

For Those in Peril

Junior Officer

1944

The Black Torment Film ★ 5,9

The Black Torment

Seymour

1964

Battle Beneath the Earth Film ★ 4,8

Battle Beneath the Earth

Arnold Kramer

1967

High Tide at Noon Film ★ 6,2

High Tide at Noon

Owen MacKenzie

1957

Mystery on Bird Island Film ★ 7,3

Mystery on Bird Island

Henri

1954

Poor Cherry Film

Poor Cherry

Philip Rick

1967

A Story of David Film ★ 5,4

A Story of David

Doeg

1960

Strangers' Meeting Film ★ 9,0

Strangers' Meeting

Harry Belair

1957

Intent to Kill Film ★ 5,2

Intent to Kill

Kral

1958

The Treasure of Monte Cristo Film ★ 4,2

The Treasure of Monte Cristo

Boldini

1961

The Shattered Eye Film

The Shattered Eye

Gavin

1971

Night Conspirators Film

Night Conspirators

The Old Visitor/Adolf Hitler

1962

Hallelujah, Mary Plum Film

Hallelujah, Mary Plum

Art Gallery Manager

1980