Peter Arne

Peter Arne

1920-09-29 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 43 Credits

Biography

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 ...

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Curse of the Pink Panther

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983

as General Bufoni

4.6
Acting

Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Su...

Trail of the Pink Panther

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982

as Col. Bufoni

5.2
Acting

The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-ro...

Victor/Victoria

Victor/Victoria

1982

as Labisse

7.3
Acting

A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.

Hallelujah, Mary Plum

Hallelujah, Mary Plum

1980

as Art Gallery Manager

Acting

A talented, independent artist lives by the sea with her daughter. As summer approaches, she faces two threats to her way of life: the local doctor wh...

The Passage

The Passage

1979

as Guide

6.2
Acting

During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pur...

Agatha

Agatha

1979

as Hotel Manager

6.2
Acting

England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.

Providence

Providence

1977

as Nils

6.8
Acting

On the eve of his 78th birthday, the ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing sc...

The Return of the Pink Panther

The Return of the Pink Panther

1975

as Colonel Sharki

6.8
Acting

The famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The ...

Pope Joan

Pope Joan

1972

as Richard

5.9
Acting

Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is...

Nobody Ordered Love

1972

as Leo Richardstone

Acting

During the shooting of a First World War film entitled The Somme a tragic series of events unfolds for the cast and crew. The film was withdrawn from...

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

1972

as Menas

5.6
Acting

Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. Th...

Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

1971

as John Niles

7.2
Acting

David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David an...

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1971

as Aubert

5.1
Acting

In Paris, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue where he performs the play "Murders in the Rue Mor...

When Eight Bells Toll

When Eight Bells Toll

1971

as Capt. Imrie

5.7
Acting

In a vein similar to Bond movies, a British agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the coas...

The Oblong Box

The Oblong Box

1969

as Samuel Trench

5.7
Acting

Evil lurks in the gloomy house at Markham Manor where a deranged Sir Edward is the chained prisoner of his brother Julian. When Sir Edward escapes, he...

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1968

as Captain of Guard

6.8
Acting

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.

Battle Beneath the Earth

Battle Beneath the Earth

1967

as Arnold Kramer

4.6
Acting

Government officials discover a horrible plot: the Chinese are tunneling their way to the United States.

Poor Cherry

Poor Cherry

1967

as Philip Rick

Acting

A politically-active couple's involvement in an election campaign threatens their marriage through personal entanglements with the candidate and other...

The Sandwich Man

The Sandwich Man

1966

as Gentleman in Rolls Royce

6.1
Acting

A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.

Khartoum

Khartoum

1966

as Major Kitchener

6.3
Acting

English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from...

The Black Torment

The Black Torment

1964

as Seymour

5.8
Acting

A lord returns to his manor with his new wife, to hear rumours that he had already secretly returned and had committed several murders. Has he lost hi...

Girl in the Headlines

Girl in the Headlines

1963

as Hammond Barker

5.8
Acting

Called in to investigate the murder of a model, Chief Inspector Birkett and Sergeant Saunders soon discover that the victim had been leading somewhat ...

The Pirates of Blood River

The Pirates of Blood River

1962

as Bosu'n Hench

6.2
Acting

A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it...

The Treasure of Monte Cristo

The Treasure of Monte Cristo

1961

as Boldini

4.0
Acting

A dashing ex-officer in His Majesty’s army, Captain Adam Corbett (Calhoun) becomes embroiled in intrigue when he agrees to escort Colonel Wilfred Jack...

The Hellfire Club

The Hellfire Club

1961

as Thomas

5.2
Acting

Years after fleeing his ancestral home with his mother, Jason returns home to claim his birthright, only to find his way blocked by his evil cousin Th...

A Story of David

A Story of David

1960

as Doeg

4.2
Acting

Directed by Bob McNaught. King Saul of Israel is jealous of the fame and adoration of David, who long ago slew Goliath and brought victory to Saul's a...

Sands of the Desert

Sands of the Desert

1960

as Sheikh El Jabez

6.3
Acting

In this British comedy set in Saudi Arabia, a gentle British travel-agency clerk decides that it would be a smashing idea to open up a desert resort i...

Conspiracy of Hearts

Conspiracy of Hearts

1960

as Lt. Schmidt

6.7
Acting

In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment camp. The Italian army officer in charge suspects what...

Scent of Mystery

Scent of Mystery

1960

as Robert Fleming

5.6
Acting

An Englishman and a cabby try to save an heiress from murder in Spain.

Danger Within

Danger Within

1959

as Capitano Benucci

6.2
Acting

Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British soldiers find their plans for escape thwarted by a mysteriou...

The Moonraker

The Moonraker

1958

as Major Gregg/Edmund Tyler

6.8
Acting

After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth is to capture Charles Stuart. The future kin...

Intent to Kill

Intent to Kill

1958

as Kral

5.2
Acting

While resisting pressure from his upper-class wife to take a higher-paying job in London, a Montreal physician prepares to carry out brain surgery on ...

Ice Cold in Alex

Ice Cold in Alex

1958

as British Officer at Oasis

7.3
Acting

A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader o...

Strangers' Meeting

Strangers' Meeting

1957

as Harry Belair

Acting

A fateful Stranger's Meeting leads to a maelstrom of crime, deception and murder in this 64-minute British programmer. The beautiful Delphi Lawrence h...

High Tide at Noon

High Tide at Noon

1957

as Owen MacKenzie

6.0
Acting

After returning home to a rugged island near Nova Scotia, Joanna, daughter of the local bigwig, struggles to choose between three eligible bachelors -...

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

1957

as Dick Penrod

5.4
Acting

Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief.

The Cockleshell Heroes

The Cockleshell Heroes

1955

as Marine Stevens

6.0
Acting

During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.

Timeslip

Timeslip

1955

as Dr. Stephen Rayner / Jarvis

5.4
Acting

An atomic scientist is found floating in a river with a bullet in his back and a radioactive halo around his body. The radioactivity has put him seven...

The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters

1955

as Staff Officer to Air-Vice Marshal Cochrane (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 S...

Mystery on Bird Island

1954

as Henri

6.0
Acting

Story of four youngsters who discover birds' nest thieves on a sanctuary island.From story by Mary Cathcart Borer.

The Men of Sherwood Forest

The Men of Sherwood Forest

1954

6.7
Acting

Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from ca...

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Saraband for Dead Lovers

1948

as Assailant

6.6
Acting

Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of E...

For Those in Peril

For Those in Peril

1944

as Junior Officer

5.7
Acting

A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking the...