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
Acting
Born
September 29, 1920
Place of Birth
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Died
August 1, 1983 age 62
  • imdb
1971

Straw Dogs

1954

The Men of Sherwood Forest

1975

The Return of the Pink Panther

1982

Victor/Victoria

1966

Khartoum

1967

Battle Beneath the Earth

1955

The Cockleshell Heroes

1967

Poor Cherry

1957

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

1969

The Oblong Box

1963

Girl in the Headlines

1958

Intent to Kill

1957

Strangers' Meeting

1961

The Hellfire Club

1964

The Black Torment

1955

Timeslip

1944

For Those in Peril

1960

Scent of Mystery

1960

A Story of David

1957

High Tide at Noon

1961

The Treasure of Monte Cristo

1960

Sands of the Desert

1960

Conspiracy of Hearts

1959

Danger Within

1958

The Moonraker

1955

The Dam Busters

1968

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1983

Curse of the Pink Panther

1966

The Sandwich Man

1972

Antony and Cleopatra

1958

Ice Cold in Alex

1972

Nobody Ordered Love

1971

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1979

Agatha

1971

When Eight Bells Toll

1962

The Pirates of Blood River

1977

Providence

1979

The Passage

1972

Pope Joan

1982

Trail of the Pink Panther

1954

Mystery on Bird Island

1980

Hallelujah, Mary Plum

1948

Saraband for Dead Lovers

1962

Night Conspirators

2023

Department S

2023

The Avengers

2023

The Protectors

2023

Hart to Hart

2023

The Saint

2023

The Champions

2023

The Venturers

2023

No Hiding Place

2023

The Expert

2023

Man in a Suitcase

2023

Drama 61-67

2023

The Main Chance

2023

Secret Army

2023

Department S

2023

Danger Man

2023

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

2023

The Far Pavilions

2023

The Avengers

2023

The Spies

2023

The Mask of Janus

2023

Playhouse

2023

Crane

2023

Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!

2023

Man of the World

2023

The Sentimental Agent

2023

To Serve Them All My Days

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