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Birthday: Sep 29, 1920
Place of Birth: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Straw Dogs John Niles 1971
The Men of Sherwood Forest 1954
The Return of the Pink Panther Colonel Sharki 1975
Victor/Victoria Labisse 1982
Khartoum Major Kitchener 1966
Battle Beneath the Earth Arnold Kramer 1967
The Cockleshell Heroes Marine Stevens 1955
Poor Cherry Philip Rick 1967
Tarzan and the Lost Safari Dick Penrod 1957
The Oblong Box Samuel Trench 1969
Girl in the Headlines Hammond Barker 1963
Intent to Kill Kral 1958
Strangers' Meeting Harry Belair 1957
The Hellfire Club Thomas 1961
The Black Torment Seymour 1964
Timeslip Dr. Stephen Rayner / Jarvis 1955
For Those in Peril Junior Officer 1944
Scent of Mystery Robert Fleming 1960
A Story of David Doeg 1960
High Tide at Noon Owen MacKenzie 1957
The Treasure of Monte Cristo Boldini 1961
Sands of the Desert Sheikh El Jabez 1960
Conspiracy of Hearts Lt. Schmidt 1960
Danger Within Capitano Benucci 1959
The Moonraker Major Gregg/Edmund Tyler 1958
The Dam Busters Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited) 1955
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Captain of Guard 1968
Curse of the Pink Panther General Bufoni 1983
The Sandwich Man Gentleman in Rolls Royce 1966
Antony and Cleopatra Menas 1972
Ice Cold in Alex British Officer at Oasis 1958
Nobody Ordered Love Leo Richardstone 1972
Murders in the Rue Morgue Aubert 1971
Agatha Hotel Manager 1979
When Eight Bells Toll Capt. Imrie 1971
The Pirates of Blood River Bosu'n Hench 1962
Providence Nils 1977
The Passage Guide 1979
Pope Joan Richard 1972
Trail of the Pink Panther Col. Bufoni 1982
Mystery on Bird Island Henri 1954
Hallelujah, Mary Plum Art Gallery Manager 1980
Saraband for Dead Lovers Assailant 1948
Series Cast Year
Department S Slovic 1969
The Avengers 1961
The Protectors Mario Giocvetti 1972
Hart to Hart 1979
The Saint Pablo Enriquez 1962
The Champions Margoli 1968
The Venturers 1975
The Sentimental Agent 1963
No Hiding Place 1959
The Expert Dr. Hamad 1968
The Spies 1966
Man in a Suitcase 1967
Drama 61-67 Lieutenant 1961
The Main Chance Ernest Leggatt 1969
Secret Army Colonel von Schalk 1977
Department S Segres 1969
Danger Man Major Hassler 1960
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Colonel Davidoff 1971
The Far Pavilions The General 1984
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