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Peter Arne

Peter Arne

Acting September 29, 1920 (62 years old) August 1, 1983 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Biography

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.

Movies 46

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 6.8

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

as Captain of Guard

1968
Straw Dogs 7.1

Straw Dogs

as John Niles

1971
The Return of the Pink Panther 6.8

The Return of the Pink Panther

as Colonel Sharki

1975
Trail of the Pink Panther 5.1

Trail of the Pink Panther

as Col. Bufoni

1982
Victor/Victoria 7.3

Victor/Victoria

as Labisse

1982
Curse of the Pink Panther 4.6

Curse of the Pink Panther

as General Bufoni

1983
When Eight Bells Toll 5.7

When Eight Bells Toll

as Capt. Imrie

1971
Ice Cold in Alex 7.3

Ice Cold in Alex

as British Officer at Oasis

1958
The Dam Busters 6.9

The Dam Busters

as Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)

1955
Khartoum 6.4

Khartoum

as Major Kitchener/Tewfik Pasha; Khedive of Egypt

1966
The Passage 6.0

The Passage

as Guide

1979
Murders in the Rue Morgue 5.2

Murders in the Rue Morgue

as Aubert

1971
The Pirates of Blood River 6.1

The Pirates of Blood River

as Bosu'n Hench

1962
The Men of Sherwood Forest 6.9

The Men of Sherwood Forest

1954
The Oblong Box 5.8

The Oblong Box

as Samuel Trench

1969
Antony and Cleopatra 5.7

Antony and Cleopatra

as Menas

1972
Saraband for Dead Lovers 6.6

Saraband for Dead Lovers

as Assailant

1948
Agatha 6.1

Agatha

as Hotel Manager

1979
Danger Within 6.3

Danger Within

as Capitano Benucci

1959
The Secret of Monte Cristo 4.3

The Secret of Monte Cristo

as Boldini

1961
Pope Joan 6.1

Pope Joan

as Richard

1972
The Cockleshell Heroes 5.9

The Cockleshell Heroes

as Marine Stevens

1955
Tarzan and the Lost Safari 5.4

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

as Dick Penrod

1957
A Story of David 5.4

A Story of David

as Doeg

1960
Providence 6.6

Providence

as Nils

1977
The Sandwich Man 6.5

The Sandwich Man

as Gentleman in Rolls Royce

1966
Battle Beneath the Earth 4.8

Battle Beneath the Earth

as Arnold Kramer

1967
Scent of Mystery 6.0

Scent of Mystery

as Robert Fleming

1960
Sands of the Desert 5.6

Sands of the Desert

as Sheikh El Jabez

1960
The Moonraker 6.9

The Moonraker

as Major Gregg/Edmund Tyler

1958
Girl in the Headlines 6.2

Girl in the Headlines

as Hammond Barker

1963
Timeslip 5.8

Timeslip

as Dr. Stephen Rayner / Jarvis

1955
High Tide at Noon 6.2

High Tide at Noon

as Owen MacKenzie

1957
Tangiers 7.5

Tangiers

as Malen

1982
For Those in Peril 6.1

For Those in Peril

as Junior Officer

1944
The Hellfire Club 5.4

The Hellfire Club

as Thomas - Earl of Netherden

1961
The Black Torment 5.9

The Black Torment

as Seymour

1964
Conspiracy of Hearts 6.8

Conspiracy of Hearts

as Lt. Schmidt

1960
The Shattered Eye

The Shattered Eye

as Gavin

1971
Mystery on Bird Island 7.3

Mystery on Bird Island

as Henri

1954
Night Conspirators

Night Conspirators

as The Old Visitor/Adolf Hitler

1962
Intent to Kill 5.2

Intent to Kill

as Kral

1958
Strangers' Meeting 9.0

Strangers' Meeting

as Harry Belair

1957
Nobody Ordered Love 8.0

Nobody Ordered Love

as Leo Richardstone

1972
Hallelujah, Mary Plum

Hallelujah, Mary Plum

as Art Gallery Manager

1980
Poor Cherry

Poor Cherry

as Philip Rick

1967

TV Shows 28

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