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Peter Arne
Born · September 29, 1920
Died · August 1, 1983 (62 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Bio
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.
The Far Pavilions
The General · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
Curse of the Pink Panther
General Bufoni
4.6
1983
Trail of the Pink Panther
Col. Bufoni
5.2
1982
Victor/Victoria
Labisse
7.3
1982
Hallelujah, Mary Plum
Art Gallery Manager
0.0
1980
Hart to Hart
(1 episode)
6.8
1979
The Passage
Guide
6.2
1979
Agatha
Hotel Manager
6.3
1979
Secret Army
Colonel von Schalk · (2 episodes)
7.5
1977
Providence
Nils
6.8
1977
The Return of the Pink Panther
Colonel Sharki
6.8
1975
The Venturers
(1 episode)
0.0
1975
The Protectors
Mario Giocvetti · (1 episode)
5.6
1972
Pope Joan
Richard
5.9
1972
Nobody Ordered Love
Leo Richardstone
0.0
1972
Antony and Cleopatra
Menas
5.6
1972
Straw Dogs
John Niles
7.2
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Colonel Davidoff · (1 episode)
7.3
1971
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Aubert
5.2
1971
When Eight Bells Toll
Capt. Imrie
5.7
1971
Department S
Slovic · (1 episode)
4.9
1969
Department S
Segres · (1 episode)
4.9
1969
The Main Chance
Ernest Leggatt · (1 episode)
7.7
1969
The Oblong Box
Samuel Trench
5.8
1969
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Captain of Guard
6.8
1968
The Champions
Margoli · (1 episode)
6.1
1968
The Expert
Dr. Hamad · (1 episode)
9.5
1968
Battle Beneath the Earth
Arnold Kramer
4.6
1967
Man in a Suitcase
(1 episode)
7.0
1967
Poor Cherry
Philip Rick
0.0
1967
The Sandwich Man
Gentleman in Rolls Royce
6.1
1966
Khartoum
Major Kitchener
6.3
1966
The Spies
(15 episodes)
0.0
1966
The Black Torment
Seymour
5.8
1964
Girl in the Headlines
Hammond Barker
5.8
1963
The Sentimental Agent
(1 episode)
6.0
1963
The Saint
Pablo Enriquez · (1 episode)
7.3
1962
The Pirates of Blood River
Bosu'n Hench
6.1
1962
The Treasure of Monte Cristo
Boldini
4.0
1961
Drama 61-67
Lieutenant · (1 episode)
0.0
1961
The Hellfire Club
Thomas
5.2
1961
The Avengers
(2 episodes)
7.7
1961
A Story of David
Doeg
4.2
1960
Danger Man
Major Hassler · (1 episode)
7.2
1960
Sands of the Desert
Sheikh El Jabez
6.3
1960
Conspiracy of Hearts
Lt. Schmidt
6.7
1960
Scent of Mystery
Robert Fleming
5.6
1960
No Hiding Place
(1 episode)
3.7
1959
Danger Within
Capitano Benucci
6.2
1959
The Moonraker
Major Gregg/Edmund Tyler
6.7
1958
Intent to Kill
Kral
5.2
1958
Ice Cold in Alex
British Officer at Oasis
7.3
1958
Strangers' Meeting
Harry Belair
0.0
1957
High Tide at Noon
Owen MacKenzie
6.0
1957
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
Dick Penrod
5.4
1957
The Cockleshell Heroes
Marine Stevens
6.0
1955
Timeslip
Dr. Stephen Rayner / Jarvis
5.3
1955
The Dam Busters
Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)
6.9
1955
Mystery on Bird Island
Henri
6.0
1954
The Men of Sherwood Forest
6.4
1954
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Assailant
6.0
1948
For Those in Peril
Junior Officer
5.2
1944