
Peter Arne
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.
TV Shows(24)

The Far Pavilions
The General
1984

To Serve Them All My Days
Dr Farrington
1980

Hart to Hart
1979

Secret Army
Colonel von Schalk
1977

Playhouse
Art Gallery Manager
1974

The Protectors
Mario Giocvetti
1972

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Colonel Davidoff
1971

Department S
Slovic
1969

The Main Chance
Ernest Leggatt
1969

The Champions
Margoli
1968

The Expert
Dr. Hamad
1968

Man in a Suitcase
1967
The Spies
Copic
1966
The Mask of Janus
Copic
1965

Out of the Unknown
Gavin
1965

The Sentimental Agent
Strink
1963
Crane
Michael Harrington
1963

The Saint
Pablo Enriquez
1962

Man of the World
Chang
1962
Drama 61-67
Lieutenant
1961

The Avengers
1961

Danger Man
Major Hassler
1960
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Father Maggiore
1957

Armchair Theatre
The Old Visitor
1956
Movies(46)

Curse of the Pink Panther
General Bufoni
1983

Trail of the Pink Panther
Col. Bufoni
1982

Victor/Victoria
Labisse
1982
Tangiers
Malen
1982

Hallelujah, Mary Plum
Art Gallery Manager
1980

The Passage
Guide
1979

Agatha
Hotel Manager
1979

Providence
Nils
1977

The Return of the Pink Panther
Colonel Sharki
1975

Pope Joan
Richard
1972
Nobody Ordered Love
Leo Richardstone
1972

Antony and Cleopatra
Menas
1972

Straw Dogs
John Niles
1971

Murders in the Rue Morgue
Aubert
1971

The Shattered Eye
Gavin
1971

When Eight Bells Toll
Capt. Imrie
1971

The Oblong Box
Samuel Trench
1969

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Captain of Guard
1968

Battle Beneath the Earth
Arnold Kramer
1967

Poor Cherry
Philip Rick
1967

The Sandwich Man
Gentleman in Rolls Royce
1966

Khartoum
Major Kitchener/Tewfik Pasha; Khedive of Egypt
1966

The Black Torment
Seymour
1964

Girl in the Headlines
Hammond Barker
1963

The Pirates of Blood River
Bosu'n Hench
1962

Night Conspirators
The Old Visitor/Adolf Hitler
1962

The Treasure of Monte Cristo
Boldini
1961

The Hellfire Club
Thomas
1961

A Story of David
Doeg
1960

Sands of the Desert
Sheikh El Jabez
1960

Conspiracy of Hearts
Lt. Schmidt
1960

Scent of Mystery
Robert Fleming
1960

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