Peter Benson - Actor Profile

Peter Benson

50Movies
8.2 Best Rating

Biography

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.

Top Rated Movies

★8.2
Guiding Emily (2023) movie poster
★8.2

Guiding Emily — Emily's life changes after losing her eyesight, while a guide dog struggles with training. Through a series of missed en

Guiding Emily

2023•TV Movie
★8.0
Mystery 101: Deadly History (2021) movie poster
★8.0

Mystery 101: Deadly History — Amy and Travis travel to New York to investigate after Amy's uncle goes missing, and the initial clues make them fear th

Mystery 101: Deadly History

2021•TV Movie
★7.8
Big Sky River: The Bridal Path (2023) movie poster
★7.8

Big Sky River: The Bridal Path — Tara, now settled in Montana and dating Cowboy Boone, works to bring their family lives together but tensions arise, as

Big Sky River: The Bridal Path

2023•TV Movie
★7.6
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse (2019) movie poster
★7.6

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse — Someone begins taunting Aurora Teagarden with cryptic clues left at crime scenes, so the librarian-turned-crime buff att

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse

2019•Mystery
★7.4
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play (2019) movie poster
★7.4

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play — At a gathering of mystery and true crime fans, Aurora Teagarden’s nephew, Phillip, is accused of murder when an unplanne

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play

2019•Mystery

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2025 The More the Merrier - ★ 6.0 FLOP
2025 Christmas Above the Clouds Charlie ★ 7.1 HIT
2024 Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle Monty ★ 6.4 FLOP
2023 Guiding Emily Mark ★ 8.2 HIT
2023 Big Sky River: The Bridal Path James ★ 7.8 HIT
2022 Perfect Harmony Simon ★ 6.3 FLOP
2022 Big Sky River James ★ 6.7 HIT
2022 Lies Between Friends Ollie ★ 6.0 FLOP
2022 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder Arthur Smith ★ 7.0 HIT
2021 Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas Ben ★ 6.3 FLOP
2021 Mystery 101: Deadly History Al Winslow ★ 8.0 HIT
2021 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part Arthur Smith ★ 7.4 HIT
2021 Sweet Carolina Tony ★ 7.1 HIT
2021 Seasoned With Love Adam Schuyler ★ 6.4 FLOP
2021 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a Con Dt. Arthur Smith ★ 7.2 HIT
2020 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly Arthur Smith ★ 7.2 HIT
2020 My Husband's Deadly Past Otto Croft ★ 6.6 HIT
2020 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek Arthur Smith ★ 7.4 HIT
2019 It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Frank ★ 6.2 FLOP
2019 Holiday Date Glen ★ 6.1 FLOP
2019 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play Det. Arthur Smith ★ 7.4 HIT
2019 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For Det. Arthur Smith ★ 7.2 HIT
2019 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse Det. Arthur Smith ★ 7.6 HIT
2019 Love and Sunshine Ben Morgan ★ 7.2 HIT
2019 Love Under the Rainbow Kevin ★ 6.2 FLOP
2019 Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man Mike Thurman ★ 7.2 HIT
2018 The Wrong Patient Chris ★ 6.7 HIT
2018 Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game Detective Arthur Smith ★ 7.0 HIT
2018 Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Arthur Smith ★ 6.9 HIT
2018 Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride Sean ★ 6.1 FLOP
2018 Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Det. Arthur Smith ★ 7.2 HIT
2017 A Family for the Holidays Mr. Addison, Becky's Husband ★ 6.5 HIT
2017 Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again Mr. Everett ★ 6.6 HIT
2017 Falling for Vermont Brad Thompson ★ 6.5 HIT
2017 My Favorite Wedding Jack ★ 6.9 HIT
2017 A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Detective Arthur Smith ★ 6.9 HIT
2017 Everything, Everything Dr. Chase ★ 7.2 HIT
2017 Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Arthur Smith ★ 6.9 HIT
2017 Infidelity in Suburbia Greg Halpern ★ 6.2 FLOP
2016 The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Det. Arthur Smith ★ 6.8 HIT
2016 Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Det. Arthur Smith ★ 6.7 HIT
2016 Rufus Man Walking Dog ★ 6.4 FLOP
2015 Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Det. Arthur Smith ★ 6.8 HIT
2015 A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Arthur Smith ★ 6.9 HIT
2014 Baby Bootcamp Jeremy ★ 6.3 FLOP
2014 A Daughter's Nightmare Dr. Logie ★ 5.9 FLOP
2012 A Bride for Christmas Matt ★ 6.2 FLOP
2012 The Pregnancy Project Shawn Myers ★ 6.7 HIT
2009 High Noon Roy Squires ★ 6.0 FLOP
2006 Pick Me Up Deuce ★ 6.2 FLOP