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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.

Known for

Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The Return of the Pink Panther

The Return of the Pink Panther

Victor/Victoria

Victor/Victoria

The Far Pavilions

The General · (1 episode)

1984

Curse of the Pink Panther

General Bufoni

1983

Trail of the Pink Panther

Col. Bufoni

1982

Victor/Victoria

Labisse

1982

Hallelujah, Mary Plum

Art Gallery Manager

1980

Hart to Hart

(1 episode)

1979

The Passage

Guide

1979

Agatha

Hotel Manager

1979

Secret Army

Colonel von Schalk · (2 episodes)

1977

Providence

Nils

1977

The Return of the Pink Panther

Colonel Sharki

1975

The Venturers

(1 episode)

1975

The Protectors

Mario Giocvetti · (1 episode)

1972

Pope Joan

Richard

1972

Nobody Ordered Love

Leo Richardstone

1972

Antony and Cleopatra

Menas

1972

Straw Dogs

John Niles

1971

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Colonel Davidoff · (1 episode)

1971

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Aubert

1971

When Eight Bells Toll

Capt. Imrie

1971

Department S

Slovic · (1 episode)

1969

Department S

Segres · (1 episode)

1969

The Main Chance

Ernest Leggatt · (1 episode)

1969

The Oblong Box

Samuel Trench

1969

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Captain of Guard

1968

The Champions

Margoli · (1 episode)

1968

The Expert

Dr. Hamad · (1 episode)

1968

Battle Beneath the Earth

Arnold Kramer

1967

Man in a Suitcase

(1 episode)

1967

Poor Cherry

Philip Rick

1967

The Sandwich Man

Gentleman in Rolls Royce

1966

Khartoum

Major Kitchener

1966

The Spies

(15 episodes)

1966

The Black Torment

Seymour

1964

Girl in the Headlines

Hammond Barker

1963

The Sentimental Agent

(1 episode)

1963

The Saint

Pablo Enriquez · (1 episode)

1962

The Pirates of Blood River

Bosu'n Hench

1962

The Treasure of Monte Cristo

Boldini

1961

Drama 61-67

Lieutenant · (1 episode)

1961

The Hellfire Club

Thomas

1961

The Avengers

(2 episodes)

1961

The Avengers

Cosmo Gallion · (1 episode)

1961

A Story of David

Doeg

1960

Danger Man

Major Hassler · (1 episode)

1960

Sands of the Desert

Sheikh El Jabez

1960

Conspiracy of Hearts

Lt. Schmidt

1960

Scent of Mystery

Robert Fleming

1960

No Hiding Place

(1 episode)

1959

Danger Within

Capitano Benucci

1959

The Moonraker

Major Gregg/Edmund Tyler

1958

Intent to Kill

Kral

1958

Ice Cold in Alex

British Officer at Oasis

1958

Strangers' Meeting

Harry Belair

1957

High Tide at Noon

Owen MacKenzie

1957

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

Dick Penrod

1957

The Cockleshell Heroes

Marine Stevens

1955

Timeslip

Dr. Stephen Rayner / Jarvis

1955

The Dam Busters

Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)

1955

Mystery on Bird Island

Henri

1954

The Men of Sherwood Forest

1954

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Assailant

1948

For Those in Peril

Junior Officer

1944