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Peter Arne (born Peter Arne Albrecht, 29 September 1920 – 1 August 1983) was a British character actor best known for various performances in British film and television, including 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. 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... MORE

Peter Arne (born Peter Arne Albrecht, 29 September 1920 – 1 August 1983) was a British character actor best known for various performances in British film and television, including 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. 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 dual roles of The Duke and Dr. Sanson Carrasco in the London stage production of Man of La Mancha. 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 LESS