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