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 |