Acting
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
The Far Pavilions
Series · 1984
Curse of the Pink Panther
Film · 1983
Victor/Victoria
Film · 1982
Trail of the Pink Panther
Film · 1982
Tangiers
Film · 1982
Hallelujah, Mary Plum
Film · 1980
To Serve Them All My Days
Series · 1980
Agatha
Film · 1979
The Passage
Film · 1979
Hart to Hart
Series · 1979
Providence
Film · 1977
Secret Army
Series · 1977
The Return of the Pink Panther
Film · 1975
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Antony and Cleopatra
Film · 1972
Nobody Ordered Love
Film · 1972
Pope Joan
Film · 1972
The Protectors
Series · 1972
Straw Dogs
Film · 1971
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Film · 1971
When Eight Bells Toll
Film · 1971
The Shattered Eye
Film · 1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Series · 1971
The Oblong Box
Film · 1969
Department S
Series · 1969
The Main Chance
Series · 1969
Department S
Series · 1969
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Film · 1968
The Champions
Series · 1968
The Expert
Series · 1968
Battle Beneath the Earth
Film · 1967
Poor Cherry
Film · 1967
Man in a Suitcase
Series · 1967
This Way for Murder
Series · 1967
Khartoum
Film · 1966
The Sandwich Man
Film · 1966
The Spies
Series · 1966
The Mask of Janus
Series · 1965
Out of the Unknown
Series · 1965
The Black Torment
Film · 1964
Girl in the Headlines
Film · 1963
Crane
Series · 1963
The Sentimental Agent
Series · 1963
The Pirates of Blood River
Film · 1962
Night Conspirators
Film · 1962
The Saint
Series · 1962
Man of the World
Series · 1962
The Hellfire Club
Film · 1961
The Secret of Monte Cristo
Film · 1961
The Avengers
Series · 1961
Drama 61-67
Series · 1961
The Avengers
Series · 1961
Scent of Mystery
Film · 1960
A Story of David
Film · 1960
Sands of the Desert
Film · 1960
Conspiracy of Hearts
Film · 1960
Danger Man
Series · 1960
Danger Within
Film · 1959
No Hiding Place
Series · 1959
Intent to Kill
Film · 1958
The Moonraker
Film · 1958
Ice Cold in Alex
Film · 1958
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
Film · 1957
Strangers' Meeting
Film · 1957
High Tide at Noon
Film · 1957
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Series · 1957
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
The Cockleshell Heroes
Film · 1955
Timeslip
Film · 1955
The Dam Busters
Film · 1955
The Men of Sherwood Forest
Film · 1954
Mystery on Bird Island
Film · 1954
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Film · 1948
For Those in Peril
Film · 1944