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Peter Arne

Born
September 29, 1920
Died
August 1, 1983
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
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
Straw Dogs
(1971)
John Niles
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
(1968)
Captain of Guard
The Return of the Pink Panther
(1975)
Colonel Sharki
Khartoum
(1966)
Major Kitchener
The Passage
(1979)
Guide
Victor/Victoria
(1982)
Labisse
The Dam Busters
(1955)
Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)
Ice Cold in Alex
(1958)
British Officer at Oasis
Curse of the Pink Panther
(1983)
General Bufoni
Providence
(1977)
Nils
When Eight Bells Toll
(1971)
Capt. Imrie
Trail of the Pink Panther
(1982)
Col. Bufoni
Antony and Cleopatra
(1972)
Menas
Full Filmography
Acting
For Those in Peril
(1944)
Junior Officer
Mystery on Bird Island
(1954)
Henri
The Men of Sherwood Forest
(1954)
The Cockleshell Heroes
(1955)
Marine Stevens
Timeslip
(1955)
Dr. Stephen Rayner / Jarvis
The Dam Busters
(1955)
Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
(1957)
Dick Penrod
High Tide at Noon
(1957)
Owen MacKenzie
Strangers' Meeting
(1957)
Harry Belair
Intent to Kill
(1958)
Kral
The Moonraker
(1958)
Major Gregg/Edmund Tyler
Ice Cold in Alex
(1958)
British Officer at Oasis
Danger Within
(1959)
Capitano Benucci
Scent of Mystery
(1960)
Robert Fleming
A Story of David
(1960)
Doeg
Sands of the Desert
(1960)
Sheikh El Jabez
Conspiracy of Hearts
(1960)
Lt. Schmidt
The Hellfire Club
(1961)
Thomas
The Treasure of Monte Cristo
(1961)
Boldini
The Pirates of Blood River
(1962)
Bosu'n Hench
Girl in the Headlines
(1963)
Hammond Barker
The Black Torment
(1964)
Seymour
Khartoum
(1966)
Major Kitchener
The Sandwich Man
(1966)
Gentleman in Rolls Royce
Battle Beneath the Earth
(1967)
Arnold Kramer
Poor Cherry
(1967)
Philip Rick
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
(1968)
Captain of Guard
The Oblong Box
(1969)
Samuel Trench
Straw Dogs
(1971)
John Niles
Murders in the Rue Morgue
(1971)
Aubert
When Eight Bells Toll
(1971)
Capt. Imrie
Nobody Ordered Love
(1972)
Leo Richardstone
Pope Joan
(1972)
Richard
Antony and Cleopatra
(1972)
Menas
The Return of the Pink Panther
(1975)
Colonel Sharki
Providence
(1977)
Nils
Agatha
(1979)
Hotel Manager
The Passage
(1979)
Guide
Victor/Victoria
(1982)
Labisse
Trail of the Pink Panther
(1982)
Col. Bufoni
Curse of the Pink Panther
(1983)
General Bufoni
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