Peter Benson

Canada |Acting

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.

Movies (81)

Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
4.0

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

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
6.5

Holiday Date

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
7.6

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse

2019

Love and Sunshine
7.2

Love and Sunshine

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

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game
7.1

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game

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

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
7.0

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

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

The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
6.8

The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

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

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

The Mystery Cruise
5.7

The Mystery Cruise

2013

A Bride for Christmas
6.3

A Bride for Christmas

2012

The Pregnancy Project
6.7

The Pregnancy Project

2012

The Money Pet

The Money Pet

2011

One Angry Juror
4.2

One Angry Juror

2010

Waiting 4 Goliath

Waiting 4 Goliath

2009

High Noon
5.9

High Noon

2009

The Break-up Artist
4.3

The Break-up Artist

2009

Slap Shot 3: The Junior League
5.0

Slap Shot 3: The Junior League

2008

Ba'al
4.0

Ba'al

2008

Passion's Web
4.8

Passion's Web

2007

Murder on Spec
4.7

Murder on Spec

2006

Pick Me Up
6.2

Pick Me Up

2006

The Accidental Witness
4.7

The Accidental Witness

2006

Mind Game

Mind Game

2006

Going the Distance
5.5

Going the Distance

2004

WW3
5.4

WW3

2001

TV Shows (31)