Acting
Peter Arne
Born Sep 29, 1920 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Died Aug 1, 1983
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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Acting
The Far Pavilions
1984
Drama · Action & Adventure
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
Comedy · Crime · Mystery
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
Comedy · Crime · Mystery
Victor/Victoria
1982
Music · Comedy · Romance
To Serve Them All My Days
1980
Drama
Hallelujah, Mary Plum
1980
Hart to Hart
1979
Action & Adventure · Crime · Mystery
The Passage
1979
War · Action · Thriller
Agatha
1979
Drama · Mystery · Thriller
Secret Army
1977
Drama · War & Politics
Providence
1977
Drama · Comedy
The Return of the Pink Panther
1975
Comedy · Crime · Mystery
Playhouse
1974
Drama
The Protectors
1972
Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama
Pope Joan
1972
Drama · History
Antony and Cleopatra
1972
Drama · History
Straw Dogs
1971
Thriller · Drama · Crime
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Mystery · Crime · Drama
Murders in the Rue Morgue
1971
Crime · Horror · Thriller
The Shattered Eye
1971
Horror · TV Movie
When Eight Bells Toll
1971
Action · Adventure · Crime
Department S
1969
Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Main Chance
1969
Drama
The Oblong Box
1969
Horror
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
Family · Adventure · Fantasy
The Champions
1968
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure
The Expert
1968
Drama
Battle Beneath the Earth
1967
Science Fiction · Thriller
Man in a Suitcase
1967
Action & Adventure · Drama
Poor Cherry
1967
TV Movie · Drama
The Sandwich Man
1966
Comedy
Khartoum
1966
History · War · Adventure
Out of the Unknown
1965
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
The Black Torment
1964
Horror · Mystery
Girl in the Headlines
1963
Crime · Drama · Mystery
The Sentimental Agent
1963
Action & Adventure · Drama
The Saint
1962
Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama
Man of the World
1962
Crime · Drama
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
Adventure · Action · Drama
Night Conspirators
1962
The Secret of Monte Cristo
1961
Adventure
The Hellfire Club
1961
Adventure · Drama
The Avengers
1961
Action & Adventure · Crime · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A Story of David
1960
Drama
Danger Man
1960
Action & Adventure · Drama
Sands of the Desert
1960
Comedy
Conspiracy of Hearts
1960
Drama · War
Scent of Mystery
1960
Mystery
No Hiding Place
1959
Crime · Drama
Danger Within
1959
War
The Moonraker
1958
Action · Adventure · Drama
Intent to Kill
1958
Thriller · Drama
Ice Cold in Alex
1958
War · Adventure · Drama
Strangers' Meeting
1957
Crime
High Tide at Noon
1957
Drama · Romance
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
1957
Adventure
Armchair Theatre
1956
Drama
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
War
Timeslip
1955
Science Fiction
The Dam Busters
1955
Drama · History · War
Mystery on Bird Island
1954
Family
The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954
Adventure · History
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948
Romance · History · Drama
For Those in Peril
1944
War · Drama