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  • BIRTH 29/09/1920
  • DEATH 01/08/1983
  • Country Malaysia
  • SHOWS 7
  • MOVIES 19

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.

Peter Arne

Shows (7)

The Saint
The Saint
Pablo Enriquez
Danger Man
Danger Man
Major Hassler
The Champions
The Champions
Margoli
The Protectors
The Protectors
Mario Giocvetti
Department S
Department S
Segres / Slovic
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Colonel Davidoff
Secret Army
Secret Army
Colonel von Schalk

Movies (19)

Straw Dogs
Straw Dogs
John Niles
Agatha
Agatha
Hotel Manager
The Return of the Pink Panther
The Return of the Pink Panther
Colonel Sharki
Victor/Victoria
Victor/Victoria
Labisse
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Aubert
The Oblong Box
The Oblong Box
Samuel Trench
Pope Joan
Pope Joan
Richard
Curse of the Pink Panther
Curse of the Pink Panther
General Bufoni
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra
Menas
Trail of the Pink Panther
Trail of the Pink Panther
Col. Bufoni
Khartoum
Khartoum
Major Kitchener
When Eight Bells Toll
When Eight Bells Toll
Capt. Imrie
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Captain of Guard
The Pirates of Blood River
The Pirates of Blood River
Bosu'n Hench
Providence
Providence
Nils
Mystery on Bird Island
Mystery on Bird Island
Henri
The Passage
The Passage
Guide
Ice Cold in Alex
Ice Cold in Alex
British Officer at Oasis
The Black Torment
The Black Torment
Seymour