Peter Benson

Peter Benson

Acting

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.

Filmography

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Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery ★ 6.0 Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery 2026 The More the Merrier ★ 6.3 The More the Merrier 2025 Christmas Above the Clouds ★ 7.2 Christmas Above the Clouds 2025 Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle ★ 6.4 Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle 2024 Guiding Emily ★ 8.1 Guiding Emily 2023 Big Sky River: The Bridal Path ★ 7.8 Big Sky River: The Bridal Path 2023 The Wedding Contract ★ 5.8 The Wedding Contract 2023 Perfect Harmony ★ 6.3 Perfect Harmony 2022 Big Sky River ★ 6.8 Big Sky River 2022 Lies Between Friends ★ 6.0 Lies Between Friends 2022 Just One Kiss ★ 5.8 Just One Kiss 2022 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder ★ 7.1 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder 2022 Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas ★ 6.4 Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas 2021 Mystery 101: Deadly History ★ 8.0 Mystery 101: Deadly History 2021 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part ★ 7.4 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part 2021 Sweet Carolina ★ 7.0 Sweet Carolina 2021 Seasoned With Love ★ 6.2 Seasoned With Love 2021 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con ★ 7.2 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con 2021 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly ★ 7.3 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly 2020 Wedding Every Weekend ★ 6.6 Wedding Every Weekend 2020 The Baby-Sitters Club ★ 7.9 The Baby-Sitters Club 2020 My Husband's Deadly Past ★ 6.6 My Husband's Deadly Past 2020 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek ★ 7.4 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek 2020 It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas ★ 6.2 It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas 2019 Holiday Date ★ 6.4 Holiday Date 2019 Prodigal Son ★ 8.1 Prodigal Son 2019 37 Teen ★ 5.8 37 Teen 2019 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play ★ 7.5 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play 2019 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For ★ 7.2 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For 2019 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse ★ 7.5 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse 2019 Love and Sunshine ★ 7.2 Love and Sunshine 2019 The Murders ★ 5.6 The Murders 2019 Love Under the Rainbow ★ 6.2 Love Under the Rainbow 2019 Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man ★ 7.1 Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man 2019 The Wrong Patient ★ 6.8 The Wrong Patient 2018 A Million Little Things ★ 7.1 A Million Little Things 2018 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game ★ 7.1 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game 2018 The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco ★ 6.8 The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco 2018 Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery ★ 6.9 Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2018 Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride ★ 6.2 Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride 2018 Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery ★ 7.2 Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2018 A Family for the Holidays ★ 6.4 A Family for the Holidays 2017 At Home with Amy Sedaris ★ 7.0 At Home with Amy Sedaris 2017 The Good Doctor ★ 8.5 The Good Doctor 2017 Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again ★ 6.6 Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again 2017 Falling for Vermont ★ 6.5 Falling for Vermont 2017 My Favorite Wedding ★ 6.9 My Favorite Wedding 2017 A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery ★ 6.9 A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2017 Everything, Everything ★ 7.2 Everything, Everything 2017 Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery ★ 6.9 Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2017 Infidelity in Suburbia ★ 6.2 Infidelity in Suburbia 2017 Imposters ★ 7.3 Imposters 2017 Walking the Dog ★ 5.4 Walking the Dog 2017 A Surrogate's Nightmare ★ 5.5 A Surrogate's Nightmare 2017 Christmas List ★ 5.5 Christmas List 2016 Ice ★ 6.4 Ice 2016 MECH-X4 ★ 8.0 MECH-X4 2016 The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery ★ 6.8 The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2016 Chesapeake Shores ★ 7.8 Chesapeake Shores 2016 Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery ★ 6.7 Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2016 Murder Unresolved ★ 5.5 Murder Unresolved 2016 What An Idiot ★ 5.4 What An Idiot 2016 Rufus ★ 6.5 Rufus 2016 Stolen Dreams ★ 5.6 Stolen Dreams 2015 Air ★ 5.0 Air 2015 Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery ★ 6.8 Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2015 Perfect High ★ 5.8 Perfect High 2015 UnREAL ★ 6.6 UnREAL 2015 A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery ★ 6.9 A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2015 Dead Rising: Watchtower ★ 5.2 Dead Rising: Watchtower 2015 I Wanna Date U I Wanna Date U 2015 Black Fly ★ 5.3 Black Fly 2014 Baby Bootcamp ★ 6.3 Baby Bootcamp 2014 A Daughter's Nightmare ★ 5.9 A Daughter's Nightmare 2014 Death Do Us Part ★ 3.5 Death Do Us Part 2014 Lucky in Love ★ 5.8 Lucky in Love 2014 Afterparty Afterparty 2013 Spooksville ★ 7.4 Spooksville 2013 The Mystery Cruise ★ 5.7 The Mystery Cruise 2013 Motive ★ 6.4 Motive 2013