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