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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Curse of the Pink Panther
Character:General Bufoni
Release Date:12/08/1983
Trail of the Pink Panther
Character:Col. Bufoni
Release Date:03/12/1982
Victor/Victoria
Character:Labisse
Release Date:25/04/1982
Tangiers
Character:Malen
Release Date:01/01/1982
Hallelujah, Mary Plum
Character:Art Gallery Manager
Release Date:13/07/1980
The Passage
Character:Guide
Release Date:09/03/1979
Agatha
Character:Hotel Manager
Release Date:09/02/1979
Providence
Character:Nils
Release Date:25/01/1977
The Return of the Pink Panther
Character:Colonel Sharki
Release Date:21/05/1975
Pope Joan
Character:Richard
Release Date:16/08/1972
Nobody Ordered Love
Character:Leo Richardstone
Release Date:01/05/1972
Antony and Cleopatra
Character:Menas
Release Date:18/03/1972
Straw Dogs
Character:John Niles
Release Date:25/11/1971
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Character:Aubert
Release Date:21/07/1971
When Eight Bells Toll
Character:Capt. Imrie
Release Date:30/04/1971
The Oblong Box
Character:Samuel Trench
Release Date:11/06/1969
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Character:Captain of Guard
Release Date:17/12/1968
Battle Beneath the Earth
Character:Arnold Kramer
Release Date:01/10/1967
Poor Cherry
Character:Philip Rick
Release Date:09/09/1967
The Sandwich Man
Character:Gentleman in Rolls Royce
Release Date:15/07/1966
Khartoum
Character:Major Kitchener
Release Date:09/06/1966
The Black Torment
Character:Seymour
Release Date:19/10/1964
Girl in the Headlines
Character:Hammond Barker
Release Date:15/11/1963
The Pirates of Blood River
Character:Bosu'n Hench
Release Date:09/05/1962
Night Conspirators
Character:The Old Visitor/Adolf Hitler
Release Date:06/05/1962
The Treasure of Monte Cristo
Character:Boldini
Release Date:22/06/1961
The Hellfire Club
Character:Thomas
Release Date:03/02/1961
A Story of David
Character:Doeg
Release Date:01/12/1960
Sands of the Desert
Character:Sheikh El Jabez
Release Date:08/09/1960
Conspiracy of Hearts
Character:Lt. Schmidt
Release Date:07/04/1960
Scent of Mystery
Character:Robert Fleming
Release Date:12/01/1960
Danger Within
Character:Capitano Benucci
Release Date:17/02/1959
The Moonraker
Character:Major Gregg/Edmund Tyler
Release Date:02/08/1958
Intent to Kill
Character:Kral
Release Date:16/07/1958
Ice Cold in Alex
Character:British Officer at Oasis
Release Date:24/06/1958
Strangers' Meeting
Character:Harry Belair
Release Date:30/10/1957
High Tide at Noon
Character:Owen MacKenzie
Release Date:30/04/1957
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
Character:Dick Penrod
Release Date:12/04/1957
The Cockleshell Heroes
Character:Marine Stevens
Release Date:16/11/1955
Timeslip
Character:Dr. Stephen Rayner / Jarvis
Release Date:01/11/1955
The Dam Busters
Character:Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)
Release Date:16/05/1955
Mystery on Bird Island
Character:Henri
Release Date:01/12/1954
The Men of Sherwood Forest
Character:
Release Date:01/11/1954
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Character:Assailant
Release Date:04/10/1948
For Those in Peril
Character:Junior Officer
Release Date:01/06/1944
Television Appearances
The Far Pavilions
Character:The General
To Serve Them All My Days
Character:Dr Farrington
Hart to Hart
Character:
Secret Army
Character:Colonel von Schalk
Playhouse
Character:Art Gallery Manager
The Protectors
Character:Mario Giocvetti
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Character:Colonel Davidoff
Department S
Character:Slovic
Department S
Character:Segres
The Main Chance
Character:Ernest Leggatt
The Champions
Character:Margoli
The Expert
Character:Dr. Hamad
Man in a Suitcase
Character:
The Spies
Character:Copic
The Mask of Janus
Character:Copic
The Sentimental Agent
Character:Strink
Crane
Character:Michael Harrington
The Saint
Character:Pablo Enriquez
Man of the World
Character:Chang
Drama 61-67
Character:Lieutenant
The Avengers
Character:
The Avengers
Character:Cosmo Gallion
Danger Man
Character:Major Hassler
No Hiding Place
Character:
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Character:Father Maggiore
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