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Peter Benson

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Peter Benson is a Canadian actor, writer, director, and producer for film and television, known for playing Detective Arthur Smith in Hallmark's Aurora Teagarden Mystery series. He is a graduate of the Vancouver Film School and also has an honors degree in Communications from Carleton University. He has been married to fellow actor Julia Benson since 2009.

Peter Benson has directed:

Best Served Cold: A Hannah Swensen Mystery(2026)
A Little Park Music(2026)
Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery(2026)
The More the Merrier(2025)
Christmas Above the Clouds(2025)
A Royal Montana Christmas(2025)
Return to Office(2025)
Leah's Perfect Gift(2024)
Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle(2024)
The 5-Year Christmas Party(2024)
Love on the Danube: Kissing Stars(2024)
Blind Date Book Club(2024)
Navigating Christmas(2023)
Big Sky River: The Bridal Path(2023)
The Professional Bridesmaid(2023)
The Wedding Veil Expectations(2023)
When I Think of Christmas(2022)
Big Sky River(2022)
Color My World with Love(2022)
Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas(2021)
The Santa Stakeout(2021)
Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone(2021)
Sweet Carolina(2021)
Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent(2021)
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek(2020)
What An Idiot(2016)

Peter Benson has acted in:

Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery(2026) ... as Guest #1
The More the Merrier(2025) ... as Jim Spencer
Christmas Above the Clouds(2025) ... as Charlie
Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle(2024) ... as Monty
Guiding Emily(2023) ... as Mark
Big Sky River: The Bridal Path(2023) ... as James
The Wedding Contract(2023) ... as Peter Pitt
Perfect Harmony(2022) ... as Simon
Big Sky River(2022) ... as James
Lies Between Friends(2022) ... as Ollie
Just One Kiss(2022) ... as Mark
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder(2022) ... as Arthur Smith
Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas(2021) ... as Ben
Mystery 101: Deadly History(2021) ... as Al Winslow
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part(2021) ... as Arthur Smith
Sweet Carolina(2021) ... as Tony
Seasoned With Love(2021) ... as Adam Schuyler
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con(2021) ... as Dt. Arthur Smith
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly(2020) ... as Arthur Smith
Wedding Every Weekend(2020)
My Husband's Deadly Past(2020) ... as Otto Croft
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek(2020) ... as Arthur Smith
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas(2019) ... as Frank
Holiday Date(2019) ... as Glen
37 Teen(2019) ... as Justin
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play(2019) ... as Det. Arthur Smith
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For(2019) ... as Det. Arthur Smith
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse(2019) ... as Det. Arthur Smith
Love and Sunshine(2019) ... as Ben Morgan
Love Under the Rainbow(2019) ... as Kevin
Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man(2019) ... as Mike Thurman
The Wrong Patient(2018) ... as Chris
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game(2018) ... as Detective Arthur Smith
Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery(2018) ... as Arthur Smith
Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride(2018) ... as Sean
Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery(2018) ... as Det. Arthur Smith
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again(2017) ... as Mr. Everett
Falling for Vermont(2017) ... as Brad Thompson
My Favorite Wedding(2017) ... as Jack
A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery(2017) ... as Detective Arthur Smith
Everything, Everything(2017) ... as Dr. Chase
Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery(2017) ... as Arthur Smith
Infidelity in Suburbia(2017) ... as Greg Halpern
Walking the Dog(2017) ... as Bill
A Surrogate's Nightmare(2017) ... as Dr Logie
Christmas List(2016) ... as Brett Bishop
The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery(2016) ... as Det. Arthur Smith
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery(2016) ... as Det. Arthur Smith
Murder Unresolved(2016) ... as Seth
What An Idiot(2016) ... as Nick
Rufus(2016) ... as Man Walking Dog
Stolen Dreams(2015) ... as Jacob Nyholm
Air(2015) ... as Anchorman
Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery(2015) ... as Det. Arthur Smith
Perfect High(2015) ... as Dean
A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery(2015) ... as Arthur Smith
Dead Rising: Watchtower(2015) ... as Bruce
I Wanna Date U(2015) ... as Online Date
Black Fly(2014) ... as Konstabl Dave Wilkins
Baby Bootcamp(2014) ... as Jeremy
A Daughter's Nightmare(2014) ... as Dr. Logie
Death Do Us Part(2014) ... as Ryan Harris
Lucky in Love(2014) ... as Michael
Afterparty(2013) ... as Craig
The Mystery Cruise(2013) ... as Jack Reilly
A Bride for Christmas(2012) ... as Matt
The Pregnancy Project(2012) ... as Shawn Myers
The Money Pet(2011) ... as The Slacker
One Angry Juror(2010) ... as Eric
Waiting 4 Goliath(2009) ... as Straight-Acting Dude
High Noon(2009) ... as Roy Squires
The Break-up Artist(2009) ... as Rick Barnes
Slap Shot 3: The Junior League(2008) ... as Mark
Ba'al(2008) ... as Foreman
Passion's Web(2007) ... as Father Bracken
Murder on Spec(2006) ... as Detective Paul Tannon
Pick Me Up(2006) ... as Deuce
The Accidental Witness(2006) ... as Joseph Brockway
Mind Game(2006) ... as ER Doctor
Going the Distance(2004) ... as Nervous Guy
WW3(2001) ... as Peter Mint

Additional credits for Peter Benson:

A Royal Montana Christmas(2025)(Producer)
Renovation Romance(2024)(Executive Producer)
Sweet Carolina(2021)(Supervising Producer)
Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent(2021)(Supervising Producer)
What An Idiot(2016)(Writer)
Death Do Us Part(2014)(Writer)

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