
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.
Acting (77 movies)

Slap Shot 3: The Junior League
2008

Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas
2021

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder
2022

Ba'al
2008

The Wedding Contract
2023

Just One Kiss
2022

A Bride for Christmas
2012

Big Sky River: The Bridal Path
2023

Guiding Emily
2023

Murder on Spec
2006

The Money Pet
2011

WW3
2001

Baby Bootcamp
2014

Big Sky River
2022

The Mystery Cruise
2013

Air
2015

Lies Between Friends
2022

The Accidental Witness
2006

Death Do Us Part
2014

Perfect Harmony
2022

A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2015

Dead Rising: Watchtower
2015

Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2015

The Break-up Artist
2009

One Angry Juror
2010

Stolen Dreams
2015

What An Idiot
2016

Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2016

The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2016

Everything, Everything
2017

Christmas List
2016

Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2017

A Surrogate's Nightmare
2017

Walking the Dog
2017

Lucky in Love
2014

A Daughter's Nightmare
2014

High Noon
2009

A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2017

I Wanna Date U
2015

My Favorite Wedding
2017

The Pregnancy Project
2012

Falling for Vermont
2017

Murder Unresolved
2016

A Family for the Holidays
2017

Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2018

Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride
2018

Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2018

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game
2018

The Wrong Patient
2018

Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man
2019

Love Under the Rainbow
2019

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse
2019

Infidelity in Suburbia
2017

Love and Sunshine
2019

Black Fly
2014

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play
2019

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For
2019

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
2019

Holiday Date
2019

37 Teen
2019

Passion's Web
2007

Perfect High
2015

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek
2020

My Husband's Deadly Past
2020

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly
2020

Going the Distance
2004

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part
2021

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a Con
2021

Sweet Carolina
2021

Waiting 4 Goliath
2009

Seasoned With Love
2021

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again
2017

Mystery 101: Deadly History
2021

Rufus
2016

Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle
2024

Pick Me Up
2006

Mind Game
2006
Directing (23 movies)

Sweet Carolina
2021

Color My World with Love
2022

Navigating Christmas
2023

Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone
2021

The Santa Stakeout
2021

Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas
2021

Big Sky River
2022

When I Think of Christmas
2022

What An Idiot
2016

The Wedding Veil Expectations
2023

Blind Date Book Club
2024

The Professional Bridesmaid
2023

Big Sky River: The Bridal Path
2023

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek
2020

Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent
2021

Love on the Danube: Kissing Stars
2024

The 5-Year Christmas Party
2024

Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle
2024

Leah's Perfect Gift
2024

Return to Office
2025

A Royal Montana Christmas
2025

Christmas Above the Clouds
2025
The More the Merrier
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Death Do Us Part | 2014 | Writer |
| What An Idiot | 2016 | Writer |
| Renovation Romance | 2024 | Executive Producer |
| A Royal Montana Christmas | 2025 | Producer |