Peter Arne
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| Born |
Peter Randolph Michael Albrecht 29 September 1918 Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya |
| Died | 1 August 1983 (aged 64) Knightsbridge, London, England |
| Cause of death | Murder |
| Occupation | Character actor |
| Years active | 1944–1983 |
Peter Arne (born Peter Randolph Michael Albrecht, 29 September 1918 – 1 August 1983) was a British character actor best known for various performances in British film and television. He made more than 50 film appearances including roles in Ice Cold in Alex, The Moonraker and Conspiracy of Hearts. He made numerous appearances on television and stage. He had supporting roles in the television series The Avengers, Danger Man, as well as villains in Blake Edwards' Pink Panther series, in a career that spanned 40 years.
In August 1983, Arne was murdered. His body was found, beaten to death, inside his Knightsbridge flat.
Arne was born in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya, to a Swiss-French mother and an American father, and gained his early acting experience in British provincial repertory. In 1953, the New Lindsey Theatre Club performed his play No Stranger. From the mid-1950s onwards, he developed a successful career playing a broad range of supporting roles in both film and television often with a specialisation in playing unsmiling villains such as German officers. In addition to acting, he ran his own antiques business.
In 1968, he played the roles of the prisoner known as the Duke, as well as Dr. Sanson Carrasco, in the London stage production of Man of La Mancha. (The two roles were played by John Castle in the 1972 film version of the musical.)
In the 1960s and 1970s, Arne was a busy character actor on television. He appeared in several ITC adventure series including four episodes of The Avengers as different characters each time. He appeared in the last two episodes of Secret Army (1979) as a German Colonel, and as a regular in series two of Triangle in 1982.
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