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Peter Benson

Peter Benson

Known for: Acting

Place of birth Canada

Peter Benson is a Canadian actor, writer, director, and producer for film and television, known for playing Detective Arthur Smith in Hallmark's Aurora Teagarden Mystery series. He is a graduate of the Vancouver Film School and also has an honors degree in Communications from Carleton University. He has been married to fellow actor Julia Benson since 2009.

Filmography

Supernatural Series ★ 8,3

Supernatural

Walter Kelly

2005

Supernatural Series ★ 8,3

Supernatural

Joba

2005

Smallville Series ★ 8,2

Smallville

Young Dex

2001

Stargate SG-1 Series ★ 8,3

Stargate SG-1

Devon

1997

The Good Doctor Series ★ 8,5

The Good Doctor

Nigel Monroe

2017

Arrow Series ★ 6,8

Arrow

D.A. Carnahan

2012

Psych Series ★ 7,9

Psych

Lester Beacon

2006

Psych Series ★ 7,9

Psych

Philip Keiser

2006

Hell on Wheels Series ★ 7,6

Hell on Wheels

Marshal Jessup

2011

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour Series ★ 8,2

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

Male TV Host

2010

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour Series ★ 8,2

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

Dad

2010

The 4400 Series ★ 7,2

The 4400

Lloyd

2004

Dark Angel Series ★ 7,5

Dark Angel

Walter

2000

A Million Little Things Series ★ 7,2

A Million Little Things

Trevor Matlof

2018

Continuum Series ★ 7,5

Continuum

Todd Sanchez

2012

Motive Series ★ 6,4

Motive

Tony Manning

2013

Chesapeake Shores Series ★ 7,8

Chesapeake Shores

Brian Higgins

2016

Prodigal Son Series ★ 8,1

Prodigal Son

Al Grimes

2019

Reaper Series ★ 7,0

Reaper

Bargain Bench Manager

2007

UnREAL Series ★ 6,6

UnREAL

Jeff Kidd

2015

Ice Series ★ 6,4

Ice

Quinn Sinder

2016

Infidelity in Suburbia Film ★ 6,2

Infidelity in Suburbia

Greg Halpern

2017

Imposters Series ★ 7,3

Imposters

Freddy

2017

MECH-X4 Series ★ 8,0

MECH-X4

Seth Harper

2016

The Baby-Sitters Club Series ★ 7,9

The Baby-Sitters Club

Edward McGill

2020

The Murders Series ★ 5,6

The Murders

Chris Bennett

2019

Level Up Series ★ 2,6

Level Up

KJ

2012

Spooksville Series ★ 7,4

Spooksville

Bill Wilcox

2013

At Home with Amy Sedaris Series ★ 7,0

At Home with Amy Sedaris

Husband

2017

jPod Series ★ 7,2

jPod

Greg Jarlewski

2008

Holiday Date Film ★ 6,4

Holiday Date

Glen

2019

Everything, Everything Film ★ 7,2

Everything, Everything

Dr. Chase

2017

Ring of Fire Series ★ 5,7

Ring of Fire

Volcano Expert

2012

Dead Rising: Watchtower Film ★ 5,2

Dead Rising: Watchtower

Bruce

2015

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Series ★ 6,8

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco

Archie Hunter

2018

My Favorite Wedding Film ★ 6,9

My Favorite Wedding

Jack

2017

WW3 Film ★ 5,4

WW3

Peter Mint

2001

Going the Distance Film ★ 5,5

Going the Distance

Nervous Guy

2004

Ba'al Film ★ 4,0

Ba'al

Foreman

2008

Air Film ★ 5,0

Air

Anchorman

2015

Rufus Film ★ 6,5

Rufus

Man Walking Dog

2016

Love and Sunshine Film ★ 7,2

Love and Sunshine

Ben Morgan

2019

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play Film ★ 7,5

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play

Det. Arthur Smith

2019

A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Film ★ 6,9

A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

Arthur Smith

2015

Falling for Vermont Film ★ 6,5

Falling for Vermont

Brad Thompson

2017

Big Sky River Film ★ 6,8

Big Sky River

James

2022

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly Film ★ 7,3

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly

Arthur Smith

2020

Christmas Above the Clouds Film ★ 7,2

Christmas Above the Clouds

Charlie

2025

The More the Merrier Film ★ 6,3

The More the Merrier

2025

Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Film ★ 6,9

Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

Arthur Smith

2018

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek Film ★ 7,4

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek

Arthur Smith

2020

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse Film ★ 7,5

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse

Det. Arthur Smith

2019

Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Film ★ 6,9

Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

Arthur Smith

2017

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part Film ★ 7,4

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part

Arthur Smith

2021

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con Film ★ 7,2

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con

Dt. Arthur Smith

2021

The Mystery Cruise Film ★ 5,7

The Mystery Cruise

Jack Reilly

2013

Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas Film ★ 6,4

Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas

Ben

2021

Slap Shot 3: The Junior League Film ★ 5,0

Slap Shot 3: The Junior League

Mark

2008

Love Under the Rainbow Film ★ 6,2

Love Under the Rainbow

Kevin

2019

A Surrogate's Nightmare Film ★ 5,5

A Surrogate's Nightmare

Dr Logie

2017

Perfect High Film ★ 5,8

Perfect High

Dean

2015

High Noon Film ★ 5,8

High Noon

Roy Squires

2009

A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Film ★ 6,9

A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

Detective Arthur Smith

2017

Seasoned With Love Film ★ 6,2

Seasoned With Love

Adam Schuyler

2021

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder Film ★ 7,1

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder

Arthur Smith

2022

Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man Film ★ 7,1

Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man

Mike Thurman

2019

The Wrong Patient Film ★ 6,8

The Wrong Patient

Chris

2018

Lucky in Love Film ★ 5,8

Lucky in Love

Michael

2014

Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Film ★ 6,7

Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

Det. Arthur Smith

2016

The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Film ★ 6,8

The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

Det. Arthur Smith

2016

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Film ★ 6,2

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Frank

2019

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For Film ★ 7,2

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For

Det. Arthur Smith

2019

Mystery 101: Deadly History Film ★ 8,0

Mystery 101: Deadly History

Al Winslow

2021

Pick Me Up Film ★ 6,2

Pick Me Up

Deuce

2006

Murder Unresolved Film ★ 5,5

Murder Unresolved

Seth

2016

Black Fly Film ★ 5,3

Black Fly

Konstabl Dave Wilkins

2014

Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Film ★ 6,8

Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

Det. Arthur Smith

2015

Stolen Dreams Film ★ 5,6

Stolen Dreams

Jacob Nyholm

2015

What An Idiot Film ★ 5,4

What An Idiot

Nick

2016

Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Film ★ 7,2

Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

Det. Arthur Smith

2018

Just One Kiss Film ★ 5,8

Just One Kiss

Mark

2022

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game Film ★ 7,1

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game

Detective Arthur Smith

2018

Lies Between Friends Film ★ 6,0

Lies Between Friends

Ollie

2022

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again Film ★ 6,6

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again

Mr. Everett

2017

Walking the Dog Film ★ 5,4

Walking the Dog

Bill

2017

Sweet Carolina Film ★ 7,0

Sweet Carolina

Tony

2021

Guiding Emily Film ★ 8,1

Guiding Emily

Mark

2023

The Wedding Contract Film ★ 5,8

The Wedding Contract

Peter Pitt

2023

Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride Film ★ 6,2

Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride

Sean

2018

My Husband's Deadly Past Film ★ 6,6

My Husband's Deadly Past

Otto Croft

2020

Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery Film ★ 6,0

Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

Guest #1

2026

A Family for the Holidays Film ★ 6,4

A Family for the Holidays

Mr. Addison, Becky's Husband

2017

A Bride for Christmas Film ★ 6,3

A Bride for Christmas

Matt

2012

Christmas List Film ★ 5,5

Christmas List

Brett Bishop

2016

A Daughter's Nightmare Film ★ 5,9

A Daughter's Nightmare

Dr. Logie

2014

The Pregnancy Project Film ★ 6,7

The Pregnancy Project

Shawn Myers

2012

Big Sky River: The Bridal Path Film ★ 7,8

Big Sky River: The Bridal Path

James

2023

Murder on Spec Film ★ 4,7

Murder on Spec

Detective Paul Tannon

2006

Passion's Web Film ★ 4,8

Passion's Web

Father Bracken

2007

Baby Bootcamp Film ★ 6,3

Baby Bootcamp

Jeremy

2014

One Angry Juror Film ★ 4,2

One Angry Juror

Eric

2010

The Break-up Artist Film ★ 4,3

The Break-up Artist

Rick Barnes

2009

Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle Film ★ 6,4

Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle

Monty

2024

Series

GeoFreakZ

Melville

2011

The Accidental Witness Film ★ 4,7

The Accidental Witness

Joseph Brockway

2006

Wedding Every Weekend Film ★ 6,6

Wedding Every Weekend

2020

Film

Afterparty

Craig

2013

37 Teen Film ★ 5,8

37 Teen

Justin

2019

Perfect Harmony Film ★ 6,3

Perfect Harmony

Simon

2022

I Wanna Date U Film

I Wanna Date U

Online Date

2015

Mind Game Film

Mind Game

ER Doctor

2006

Death Do Us Part Film ★ 3,5

Death Do Us Part

Ryan Harris

2014

The Money Pet Film

The Money Pet

The Slacker

2011

Waiting 4 Goliath Film

Waiting 4 Goliath

Straight-Acting Dude

2009