About
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...
Known for
The AvengersSeries • 1961
The SaintSeries • 1962
Hart to HartSeries • 1979
PlayhouseSeries • 1974
No Hiding PlaceSeries • 1959
Danger ManSeries • 1960
The ChampionsSeries • 1968
Secret ArmySeries • 1977
The ProtectorsSeries • 1972
The ExpertSeries • 1968
Out of the UnknownSeries • 1965
The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesSeries • 1971
The Main ChanceSeries • 1969
Department SSeries • 1969
Man in a SuitcaseSeries • 1967
Man of the WorldSeries • 1962
The Return of the Pink PantherMovie • 1975
Chitty Chitty Bang BangMovie • 1968
Straw DogsMovie • 1971
Curse of the Pink PantherMovie • 1983
Victor/VictoriaMovie • 1982
Trail of the Pink PantherMovie • 1982
KhartoumMovie • 1966
Murders in the Rue MorgueMovie • 1971