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Peter Arne
Actor
Born September 29, 1920Died August 1, 1983 (62 years)
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
Filmography
| 1984 | The Far Pavilions (TV Series) · as The General |
| 1983 | Curse of the Pink Panther · as General Bufoni |
| 1982 | Tangiers · as Malen |
| 1982 | Trail of the Pink Panther · as Col. Bufoni |
| 1982 | Victor/Victoria · as Labisse |
| 1981 | Triangle (TV Series) · as Kevin Warrender |
| 1980 | To Serve Them All My Days (TV Series) · as Dr. Farrington |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart (TV Series) |
| 1979 | The Passage · as Guide |
| 1979 | Agatha · as Hotel Manager |
| 1977 | Secret Army (TV Series) · as Colonel Von Schalk |
| 1977 | Providence · as Nils |
| 1975 | Quiller (TV Series) · as Neumann |
| 1975 | The Return of the Pink Panther · as Colonel Sharki |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Art Gallery Manager |
| 1972 | Pope Joan · as Richard |
| 1972 | The Protectors (TV Series) · as Mario Giocvetti |
| 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 (TV Series) · as Colonel Davidoff |
| 1971 | Murders in the Rue Morgue · as Aubert |
| 1971 | When Eight Bells Toll · as Capt. Imrie |
| 1969 | Softly Softly Task Force (TV Series) · as Billy Baxter |
| 1969 | Special Branch (TV Series) · as Anatoli Golovin |
| 1969 | The Main Chance (TV Series) · as Ernest Leggatt |
| 1969 | The Oblong Box · as Samuel Trench |
| 1969 | Department S (TV Series) · as Segres |
| 1968 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang · as Captain Of Guard |
| 1968 | The Expert (TV Series) · as Dr. Hamad |
| 1968 | The Champions (TV Series) · as Margoli |
| 1967 | Battle Beneath the Earth · as Arnold Kramer |
| 1967 | Man in a Suitcase (TV Series) |
| 1966 | The Sandwich Man · as Gentleman In Rolls Royce |
| 1966 | Khartoum · as Major Kitchener |
| 1966 | The Baron (TV Series) · as Marco Navini |
| 1965 | Out of the Unknown (TV Series) · as Gavin |
| 1964 | The Black Torment · as Seymour |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Peter Steiner |
| 1963 | The Victors · as Cast |
| 1963 | The Model Murder Case · as Hammond Barker |
| 1963 | The Sentimental Agent (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Crane (TV Series) · as Michael Harrington |
| 1962 | Zero One (1962) (TV Series) · as Tom |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Man of the World (TV Series) · as Chang |
| 1962 | The Pirates of Blood River · as Bosu'n Hench |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Nathaniel Sweet |
| 1961 | The Secret of Monte Cristo · as Boldini |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 (TV Series) · as Lieutenant |
| 1961 | The Hellfire Club · as Thomas |
| 1961 | The Avengers (TV Series) · as Cosmo Gallion |
| 1960 | A Story of David: The Hunted · as Doeg |
| 1960 | Danger Man (TV Series) · 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 (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Breakout · as Capitano Benucci |
| 1959 | The Third Man (TV Series) · as Lieut. Hama |
| 1958 | Intent to Kill · as Kral |
| 1958 | The Moonraker · as Major Gregg/edmund Tyler |
| 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 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Philip Rick |
| 1955 | The Cockleshell Heroes · as Marine Stevens |
| 1955 | The Atomic Man · 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 Purple Plain · as Flight Lieutenant |
| 1954 | |
| 1954 | The Vise (TV Series) · as Customs Officer |
| 1954 | You Know What Sailors Are · as Ahmed |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Joe Griggs |
| 1948 | Saraband · as Assailant |
| 1944 | For Those in Peril · as Junior Officer |