Peter Benson
Known for: Acting
Born: —
Place of birth: Canada
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.
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Filmography
98 movies · 29 TV shows, newest first
7.5
Best Served Cold: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
2026
6.0
A Little Park Music
2026
6.3
Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
2026
6.3
The More the Merrier
2025
7.2
Christmas Above the Clouds
2025
7.6
A Royal Montana Christmas
2025
6.8
Return to Office
2025
6.2
Leah's Perfect Gift
2024
6.5
Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle
2024
6.6
Renovation Romance
2024
5.1
The 5-Year Christmas Party
2024
7.4
Love on the Danube: Kissing Stars
2024
7.2
Blind Date Book Club
2024
6.0
Navigating Christmas
2023
8.0
Guiding Emily
2023
7.8
Big Sky River: The Bridal Path
2023
5.8
The Wedding Contract
2023
6.8
The Professional Bridesmaid
2023
7.2
The Wedding Veil Expectations
2023
6.2
When I Think of Christmas
2022
6.3
Perfect Harmony
2022
6.7
Big Sky River
2022
6.0
Lies Between Friends
2022
6.8
Color My World with Love
2022
5.9
Just One Kiss
2022
7.0
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder
2022
6.4
Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas
2021
6.1
The Santa Stakeout
2021
7.3
Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone
2021
8.0
Mystery 101: Deadly History
2021
7.4
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part
2021
7.0
Sweet Carolina
2021
6.2
Seasoned With Love
2021
7.2
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con
2021
7.2
Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent
2021
7.3
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly
2020
6.6
Wedding Every Weekend
2020
7.9
The Baby-Sitters Club
2020
6.6
My Husband's Deadly Past
2020
7.4
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek
2020
6.2
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
2019
6.4
Holiday Date
2019
8.1
Prodigal Son
2019
5.8
37 Teen
2019
7.5
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play
2019
7.2
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For
2019
7.5
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse
2019
7.1
Love and Sunshine
2019
5.6
The Murders
2019
6.2
Love Under the Rainbow
2019
7.1
Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man
2019
6.8
The Wrong Patient
2018
7.2
A Million Little Things
2018
7.1
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game
2018
6.8
The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco
2018
6.9
Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2018
6.2
Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride
2018
7.2
Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2018
7.1
At Home with Amy Sedaris
2017
8.5
The Good Doctor
2017
6.8
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again
2017
6.5
Falling for Vermont
2017
6.9
My Favorite Wedding
2017
6.9
A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2017
7.2
Everything, Everything
2017
7.0
Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2017
6.2
Infidelity in Suburbia
2017
7.3
Imposters
2017
5.5
Walking the Dog
2017
5.5
A Surrogate's Nightmare
2017
5.5
Christmas List
2016
6.4
Ice
2016
8.0
MECH-X4
2016
6.9
The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2016
7.8
Chesapeake Shores
2016
6.7
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2016
5.5
Murder Unresolved
2016
5.4
What An Idiot
2016
6.5
Rufus
2016
5.6
Stolen Dreams
2015
5.0
Air
2015
6.8
Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2015
5.8
Perfect High
2015
6.6
UnREAL
2015
6.9
A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2015
5.2
Dead Rising: Watchtower
2015
NR
I Wanna Date U
2015
5.3
Black Fly
2014
6.3
Baby Bootcamp
2014
5.9
A Daughter's Nightmare
2014
3.5
Death Do Us Part
2014
5.8
Lucky in Love
2014NR
Afterparty
2013
7.4
Spooksville
2013
5.7
The Mystery Cruise
2013
6.5
Motive
2013
5.7
Ring of Fire
2012
6.3
A Bride for Christmas
2012
6.8
Arrow
2012
7.5
Continuum
2012
6.7
The Pregnancy Project
2012
2.6
Level Up
2012
7.6
Hell on Wheels
2011NR
GeoFreakZ
2011
NR
The Money Pet
2011
4.2
One Angry Juror
2010
8.2
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010
NR
Waiting 4 Goliath
2009
5.8
High Noon
2009
4.3
The Break-up Artist
2009
5.0
Slap Shot 3: The Junior League
2008
4.0
Ba'al
2008
7.2
jPod
2008
7.1
Reaper
2007
4.8
Passion's Web
2007
4.7
Murder on Spec
2006
7.9
Psych
2006
6.3
Pick Me Up
2006
4.7
The Accidental Witness
2006
NR
Mind Game
2006
8.3
Supernatural
2005
5.5
Going the Distance
2004
7.2
The 4400
2004
8.2
Smallville
2001
5.4
WW3
2001
7.5
Dark Angel
2000
8.3
Stargate SG-1
1997