Peter Benson
Known for acting · Canada
140 credits
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.
Known for
Air
2015
A Bride for Christmas
2012
Everything, Everything
2017
Falling for Vermont
2017
Christmas List
2016
Big Sky River
2022
Infidelity in Suburbia
2017
Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent
2021
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek
2020
Love and Sunshine
2019
Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2015
MECH-X4
2016
Acting (110)
2026Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen MysteryGuest #1Film
2025Christmas Above the CloudsCharlieFilm
2025The More the MerrierJim SpencerFilm
2024Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. MiracleMontyFilm
2023Guiding EmilyMarkFilm
2023Big Sky River: The Bridal PathJamesFilm
2023The Wedding ContractPeter PittFilm
2022Big Sky RiverJamesFilm
2022Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By MurderArthur SmithFilm
2022Just One KissMarkFilm
2022Perfect HarmonySimonFilm
2022Lies Between FriendsOllieFilm
2021Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A ConDt. Arthur SmithFilm
2021Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us PartArthur SmithFilm
2021Time for Them to Come Home for ChristmasBenFilm
2021Sweet CarolinaTonyFilm
2021Mystery 101: Deadly HistoryAl WinslowFilm
2021Seasoned With LoveAdam SchuylerFilm
2020The Baby-Sitters ClubEdward McGill · 3 episodesSeries
2020Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and SeekArthur SmithFilm
2020Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So DeadlyArthur SmithFilm
2020Wedding Every WeekendFilm
2020My Husband's Deadly PastOtto CroftFilm
2019Prodigal SonAl GrimesSeries
2019Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul PlayDet. Arthur SmithFilm
2019Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and MouseDet. Arthur SmithFilm
2019Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die ForDet. Arthur SmithFilm
2019Holiday DateGlenFilm
2019Love and SunshineBen MorganFilm
2019It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like ChristmasFrankFilm
2019Love Under the RainbowKevinFilm
2019Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong ManMike ThurmanFilm
2019The MurdersChris BennettSeries
201937 TeenJustinFilm
2018A Million Little ThingsTrevor Matlof · 2 episodesSeries
2018Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryDet. Arthur SmithFilm
2018Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing GameDetective Arthur SmithFilm
2018Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryArthur SmithFilm
2018The Bletchley Circle: San FranciscoArchie HunterSeries
2018Wedding March 3: Here Comes the BrideSeanFilm
2018The Wrong PatientChrisFilm
2017The Good DoctorNigel MonroeSeries
2017Everything, EverythingDr. ChaseFilm
2017Infidelity in SuburbiaGreg HalpernFilm
2017ImpostersFreddySeries
2017Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryArthur SmithFilm
2017A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryDetective Arthur SmithFilm
2017My Favorite WeddingJackFilm
2017Falling for VermontBrad ThompsonFilm
2017Walking the DogBillFilm
2017Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home AgainMr. EverettFilm
2017A Surrogate's NightmareDr LogieFilm
2017At Home with Amy SedarisHusbandSeries
2016MECH-X4Seth Harper · 6 episodesSeries
2016Chesapeake ShoresBrian HigginsSeries
2016The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryDet. Arthur SmithFilm
2016Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryDet. Arthur SmithFilm
2016RufusMan Walking DogFilm
2016Christmas ListBrett BishopFilm
2016IceQuinn Sinder · 2 episodesSeries
2016What An IdiotNickFilm
2016Murder UnresolvedSethFilm
2015AirAnchormanFilm
2015Dead Rising: WatchtowerBruceFilm
2015UnREALJeff KiddSeries
2015Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryDet. Arthur SmithFilm
2015A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryArthur SmithFilm
2015Perfect HighDeanFilm
2015Stolen DreamsJacob NyholmFilm
2015I Wanna Date UOnline DateFilm
2014Lucky in LoveMichaelFilm
2014Baby BootcampJeremyFilm
2014A Daughter's NightmareDr. LogieFilm
2014Death Do Us PartRyan HarrisFilm
2014Black FlyKonstabl Dave WilkinsFilm
2013MotiveTony ManningSeries
2013SpooksvilleBill Wilcox · 3 episodesSeries
2013The Mystery CruiseJack ReillyFilm
2013AfterpartyCraigFilm
2012ArrowD.A. CarnahanSeries
2012ContinuumTodd SanchezSeries
2012A Bride for ChristmasMattFilm
2012The Pregnancy ProjectShawn MyersFilm
2012Ring of FireVolcano Expert · 2 episodesSeries
2012Level UpKJSeries
2011Hell on WheelsMarshal Jessup · 3 episodesSeries
2011The Money PetThe SlackerFilm
2011GeoFreakZMelville · 8 episodesSeries
2010R. L. Stine's The Haunting HourMale TV Host, DadSeries
2010One Angry JurorEricFilm
2009High NoonRoy SquiresFilm
2009The Break-up ArtistRick BarnesFilm
2009Waiting 4 GoliathStraight-Acting DudeFilm
2008Slap Shot 3: The Junior LeagueMarkFilm
2008Ba'alForemanFilm
2008jPodGreg Jarlewski · 3 episodesSeries
2007ReaperBargain Bench ManagerSeries
2007Passion's WebFather BrackenFilm
2006PsychLester Beacon, Philip KeiserSeries
2006Pick Me UpDeuceFilm
2006Murder on SpecDetective Paul TannonFilm
2006The Accidental WitnessJoseph BrockwayFilm
2006Mind GameER DoctorFilm
2005SupernaturalWalter Kelly, JobaSeries
2004The 4400LloydSeries
2004Going the DistanceNervous GuyFilm
2001SmallvilleYoung DexSeries
2001WW3Peter MintFilm
2000Dark AngelWalterSeries
1997Stargate SG-1DevonSeries
Directing (27)
2026A Little Park MusicDirectorFilm
2026Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen MysteryDirectorFilm
2026Best Served Cold: A Hannah Swensen MysteryDirectorFilm
2026Snow Globe TownDirectorFilm
2025Return to OfficeDirectorFilm
2025Christmas Above the CloudsDirectorFilm
2025The More the MerrierDirectorFilm
2025A Royal Montana ChristmasDirector, ProducerFilm
2024Blind Date Book ClubDirectorFilm
2024Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. MiracleDirectorFilm
2024Leah's Perfect GiftDirectorFilm
2024Love on the Danube: Kissing StarsDirectorFilm
2024The 5-Year Christmas PartyDirectorFilm
2023Navigating ChristmasDirectorFilm
2023The Wedding Veil ExpectationsDirectorFilm
2023The Professional BridesmaidDirectorFilm
2023Big Sky River: The Bridal PathDirectorFilm
2022Big Sky RiverDirectorFilm
2022When I Think of ChristmasDirectorFilm
2022Color My World with LoveDirectorFilm
2021Crossword Mysteries: Terminal DescentDirector, Supervising ProducerFilm
2021Time for Them to Come Home for ChristmasDirectorFilm
2021Sweet CarolinaDirector, Supervising ProducerFilm
2021The Santa StakeoutDirectorFilm
2021Rise and Shine, Benedict StoneDirectorFilm
2020Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and SeekDirectorFilm
2016What An IdiotDirector, WriterFilm
Production (2)
2024Renovation RomanceExecutive Producer, Story, TeleplayFilm
2013AfterpartyProducerFilm
Writing (1)
2014Death Do Us PartWriterFilm