Personal Info
Place of Birth
Canada
Known For
Acting
Peter Benson
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.
Directed Movies (26)
7.5
Best Served Cold: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
Movie2026
6.0
A Little Park Music
Movie2026
6.3
Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
Movie2026
6.3
The More the Merrier
Movie2025
7.2
Christmas Above the Clouds
Movie2025
7.6
A Royal Montana Christmas
Movie2025
6.7
Return to Office
Movie2025
6.1
Leah's Perfect Gift
Movie2024
6.4
Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle
Movie2024
4.6
The 5-Year Christmas Party
Movie2024
7.4
Love on the Danube: Kissing Stars
Movie2024
7.2
Blind Date Book Club
Movie2024
6.0
Navigating Christmas
Movie2023
7.8
Big Sky River: The Bridal Path
Movie2023
6.7
The Professional Bridesmaid
Movie2023
7.2
The Wedding Veil Expectations
Movie2023
6.2
When I Think of Christmas
Movie2022
6.8
Big Sky River
Movie2022
6.8
Color My World with Love
Movie2022
6.4
Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas
Movie2021
6.1
The Santa Stakeout
Movie2021
7.3
Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone
Movie2021
7.0
Sweet Carolina
Movie2021
7.2
Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent
Movie2021
7.4
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek
Movie2020
5.4
What An Idiot
Movie2016
Acting Filmography (108)
6.3
Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
Movie2026
6.3
The More the Merrier
Movie2025
7.2
Christmas Above the Clouds
Movie2025
6.4
Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle
Movie2024
8.1
Guiding Emily
Movie2023
7.8
Big Sky River: The Bridal Path
Movie2023
5.8
The Wedding Contract
Movie2023
6.3
Perfect Harmony
Movie2022
6.8
Big Sky River
Movie2022
6.0
Lies Between Friends
Movie2022
5.8
Just One Kiss
Movie2022
7.0
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder
Movie2022
6.4
Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas
Movie2021
8.0
Mystery 101: Deadly History
Movie2021
7.4
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part
Movie2021
7.0
Sweet Carolina
Movie2021
6.2
Seasoned With Love
Movie2021
7.2
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con
Movie2021
7.3
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly
Movie2020
6.6
Wedding Every Weekend
Movie2020
7.9
The Baby-Sitters Club
TV Series2020
6.6
My Husband's Deadly Past
Movie2020
7.4
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek
Movie2020
6.2
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Movie2019
6.4
Holiday Date
Movie2019
8.1
Prodigal Son
TV Series2019
5.8
37 Teen
Movie2019
7.5
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play
Movie2019
7.2
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For
Movie2019
7.5
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse
Movie2019
7.2
Love and Sunshine
Movie2019
5.6
The Murders
TV Series2019
6.2
Love Under the Rainbow
Movie2019
7.1
Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man
Movie2019
6.8
The Wrong Patient
Movie2018
7.2
A Million Little Things
TV Series2018
7.1
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game
Movie2018
6.8
The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco
TV Series2018
6.9
Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Movie2018
6.2
Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride
Movie2018
7.2
Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Movie2018
7.0
At Home with Amy Sedaris
TV Series2017
8.5
The Good Doctor
TV Series2017
6.6
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again
Movie2017
6.5
Falling for Vermont
Movie2017
6.9
My Favorite Wedding
Movie2017
6.9
A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Movie2017
7.2
Everything, Everything
Movie2017
6.9
Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Movie2017
6.2
Infidelity in Suburbia
Movie2017
7.3
Imposters
TV Series2017
5.5
Walking the Dog
Movie2017
5.5
A Surrogate's Nightmare
Movie2017
5.5
Christmas List
Movie2016
6.4
Ice
TV Series2016
8.0
MECH-X4
TV Series2016
6.9
The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Movie2016
7.8
Chesapeake Shores
TV Series2016
6.7
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Movie2016
5.5
Murder Unresolved
Movie2016
5.4
What An Idiot
Movie2016
6.5
Rufus
Movie2016
5.6
Stolen Dreams
Movie2015
5.0
Air
Movie2015
6.8
Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Movie2015
5.8
Perfect High
Movie2015
6.6
UnREAL
TV Series2015
6.9
A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Movie2015
5.2
Dead Rising: Watchtower
Movie2015
No Backdrop
0.0
I Wanna Date U
Movie2015
5.3
Black Fly
Movie2014
6.3
Baby Bootcamp
Movie2014
5.9
A Daughter's Nightmare
Movie2014
3.5
Death Do Us Part
Movie2014
5.8
Lucky in Love
Movie2014
7.4
Spooksville
TV Series2013
5.7
The Mystery Cruise
Movie2013
6.4
Motive
TV Series2013
5.7
Ring of Fire
TV Series2012
6.3
A Bride for Christmas
Movie2012
6.8
Arrow
TV Series2012
7.5
Continuum
TV Series2012
6.7
The Pregnancy Project
Movie2012
No Backdrop
2.6
Level Up
TV Series2012
7.6
Hell on Wheels
TV Series2011
No Backdrop
0.0
The Money Pet
Movie2011
No Backdrop
4.2
One Angry Juror
Movie2010
8.2
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
TV Series2010
No Backdrop
0.0
Waiting 4 Goliath
Movie2009
5.8
High Noon
Movie2009
4.3
The Break-up Artist
Movie2009
5.0
Slap Shot 3: The Junior League
Movie2008
4.0
Ba'al
Movie2008
7.2
jPod
TV Series2008
7.0
Reaper
TV Series2007
4.8
Passion's Web
Movie2007
4.7
Murder on Spec
Movie2006
7.9
Psych
TV Series2006
6.2
Pick Me Up
Movie2006
4.7
The Accidental Witness
Movie2006
No Backdrop
0.0
Mind Game
Movie2006
8.3
Supernatural
TV Series2005
5.5
Going the Distance
Movie2004
7.2
The 4400
TV Series2004
8.2
Smallville
TV Series2001
5.4
WW3
Movie2001
7.5
Dark Angel
TV Series2000
8.3
Stargate SG-1
TV Series1997