Peter Arne
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
The Avengers
1961
Series
The Avengers
Cosmo Gallion
1961
Series
The Saint
Pablo Enriquez
1962
Series
Hart to Hart
1979
Series
Secret Army
Colonel von Schalk
1977
Series
Playhouse
Art Gallery Manager
1974
Series
No Hiding Place
1959
Series
The Champions
Margoli
1968
Series
Danger Man
Major Hassler
1960
Series
The Protectors
Mario Giocvetti
1972
Series
The Expert
Dr. Hamad
1968
Drama 61-67
Lieutenant
1961
Series
Out of the Unknown
Gavin
1965
Series
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Colonel Davidoff
1971
Series
Department S
Slovic
1969
Series
Department S
Segres
1969
Series
The Main Chance
Ernest Leggatt
1969
Series
Man in a Suitcase
1967
Series
Man of the World
Chang
1962
Crane
Michael Harrington
1963
Film
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Captain of Guard
1968
Film
Straw Dogs
John Niles
1971
The Mask of Janus
Copic
1965
Film
Victor/Victoria
Labisse
1982
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Father Maggiore
1957
Series
The Sentimental Agent
Strink
1963
Series
Armchair Theatre
The Old Visitor
1956
Series
The Far Pavilions
The General
1984
Series
To Serve Them All My Days
Dr Farrington
1980
Film
The Return of the Pink Panther
Colonel Sharki
1975
Film
Curse of the Pink Panther
General Bufoni
1983
Film
Khartoum
Major Kitchener/Tewfik Pasha; Khedive of Egypt
1966
Film
Trail of the Pink Panther
Col. Bufoni
1982
Film
Pope Joan
Richard
1972
Film
The Cockleshell Heroes
Marine Stevens
1955
Film
Antony and Cleopatra
Menas
1972
Film
When Eight Bells Toll
Capt. Imrie
1971
The Spies
Copic
1966
Film
The Dam Busters
Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)
1955
Film
The Passage
Guide
1979
Film
Danger Within
Capitano Benucci
1959
Film
The Sandwich Man
Gentleman in Rolls Royce
1966
Film
Ice Cold in Alex
British Officer at Oasis
1958
Film
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Aubert
1971
Film
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Assailant
1948
Film
The Moonraker
Major Gregg/Edmund Tyler
1958
Film
Providence
Nils
1977
Film
Agatha
Hotel Manager
1979
Film
Timeslip
Dr. Stephen Rayner / Jarvis
1955
Film
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
Dick Penrod
1957
Nobody Ordered Love
Leo Richardstone
1972
Film
The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954
Film
The Pirates of Blood River
Bosu'n Hench
1962
Film
Scent of Mystery
Robert Fleming
1960
Tangiers
Malen
1982
Film
The Oblong Box
Samuel Trench
1969
Film
Girl in the Headlines
Hammond Barker
1963
Film
Conspiracy of Hearts
Lt. Schmidt
1960
Film
Sands of the Desert
Sheikh El Jabez
1960
Film
The Hellfire Club
Thomas - Earl of Netherden
1961
Film
For Those in Peril
Junior Officer
1944
Film
The Black Torment
Seymour
1964
Film
Battle Beneath the Earth
Arnold Kramer
1967
Film
High Tide at Noon
Owen MacKenzie
1957
Film
Mystery on Bird Island
Henri
1954
Film
Poor Cherry
Philip Rick
1967
Film
A Story of David
Doeg
1960
Film
Strangers' Meeting
Harry Belair
1957
Film
Intent to Kill
Kral
1958
Film
The Treasure of Monte Cristo
Boldini
1961
Film
The Shattered Eye
Gavin
1971
Film
Night Conspirators
The Old Visitor/Adolf Hitler
1962
Film
Hallelujah, Mary Plum
Art Gallery Manager
1980