Peter Arne was for a short time the perfect villain in British film. After a couple of roles in war movies (Kanlı Vâdi (1954) and Kahraman gönüllüler (1955)) and a Tarzan movie (Tarzan'ın son maceraları (1957)) he became a villain in Strangers' Meeting (1957). From than on he continued to play sinister types in Kralın fedaisi (1958), Intent to Kill (1958), Danger Within (1959), Mukaddes Istırap (1960), Cehennem Ateşi Kulübü (1961) and The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961). He was very convincing as a Cromwell officer, an Italian camp commander or a Nazi officer. Several times he had sword fights as a devious count. In 1962 he was a pirate sidekick of Christopher Lee in Kanlı nehir korsanları (1962), but a new kid on the block by the name of Oliver Reed challenged him and killed him halfway through the picture. It seemed like a symbolic fight because for a while Oliver Reed played the roles in Hammer Pictures that Peter Arne could have played and Arne moved to TV roles. His days as a leading actor were over and he continued work in TV and in bit parts in features. Sometimes directors he worked with before brought him back for a little role. In 1972 he got a nice break with "The Stallion", a TV movie in which he starred with a horse. He was also in a couple of Blake Edwards movies. He became an antique dealer with his sister as a sideline. He was murdered at the age of 63 shortly after being cast in Doctor Who (1963).