Peter Benson

Acting

Peter Benson

Canada 125 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

Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
4.0

Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

Movie

2026

The More the Merrier
6.3

The More the Merrier

Movie

2025

Christmas Above the Clouds
7.1

Christmas Above the Clouds

Movie

2025

A Royal Montana Christmas
8.1

A Royal Montana Christmas

Movie

2025

Return to Office
6.6

Return to Office

Movie

2025

Leah's Perfect Gift
6.1

Leah's Perfect Gift

Movie

2024

Filmography

Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
2026Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mysteryas Guest #1Movie
The More the Merrier
2025The More the MerrierMovie
Christmas Above the Clouds
2025Christmas Above the Cloudsas CharlieMovie
A Royal Montana Christmas
2025A Royal Montana ChristmasDirectorMovie
Return to Office
2025Return to OfficeDirectorMovie
Leah's Perfect Gift
2024Leah's Perfect GiftDirectorMovie
Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle
2024Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracleas MontyMovie
Renovation Romance
2024Renovation RomanceExecutive ProducerMovie
The 5-Year Christmas Party
2024The 5-Year Christmas PartyDirectorMovie
Love on the Danube: Kissing Stars
2024Love on the Danube: Kissing StarsDirectorMovie
Blind Date Book Club
2024Blind Date Book ClubDirectorMovie
Navigating Christmas
2023Navigating ChristmasDirectorMovie
Guiding Emily
2023Guiding Emilyas MarkMovie
Big Sky River: The Bridal Path
2023Big Sky River: The Bridal Pathas JamesMovie
The Wedding Contract
2023The Wedding Contractas Peter PittMovie
The Professional Bridesmaid
2023The Professional BridesmaidDirectorMovie
The Wedding Veil Expectations
2023The Wedding Veil ExpectationsDirectorMovie
When I Think of Christmas
2022When I Think of ChristmasDirectorMovie
Perfect Harmony
2022Perfect Harmonyas SimonMovie
Big Sky River
2022Big Sky Riveras JamesMovie
Lies Between Friends
2022Lies Between Friendsas OllieMovie
Color My World with Love
2022Color My World with LoveDirectorMovie
Just One Kiss
2022Just One Kissas MarkMovie
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder
2022Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murderas Arthur SmithMovie
Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas
2021Time for Them to Come Home for Christmasas BenMovie
The Santa Stakeout
2021The Santa StakeoutDirectorMovie
Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone
2021Rise and Shine, Benedict StoneDirectorMovie
Mystery 101: Deadly History
2021Mystery 101: Deadly Historyas Al WinslowMovie
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part
2021Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Partas Arthur SmithMovie
Sweet Carolina
2021Sweet Carolinaas TonyMovie
Seasoned With Love
2021Seasoned With Loveas Adam SchuylerMovie
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a Con
2021Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a Conas Dt. Arthur SmithMovie
Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent
2021Crossword Mysteries: Terminal DescentDirectorMovie
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly
2020Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadlyas Arthur SmithMovie
Wedding Every Weekend
2020Wedding Every WeekendMovie
The Baby-Sitters Club
2020The Baby-Sitters Clubas Edward McGillTV
My Husband's Deadly Past
2020My Husband's Deadly Pastas Otto CroftMovie
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek
2020Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seekas Arthur SmithMovie
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
2019It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmasas FrankMovie
Holiday Date
2019Holiday Dateas GlenMovie
Prodigal Son
2019Prodigal Sonas Al GrimesTV
37 Teen
201937 Teenas JustinMovie
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play
2019Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Playas Det. Arthur SmithMovie
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For
2019Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die Foras Det. Arthur SmithMovie
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse
2019Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouseas Det. Arthur SmithMovie
Love and Sunshine
2019Love and Sunshineas Ben MorganMovie
The Murders
2019The Murdersas Chris BennettTV
Love Under the Rainbow
2019Love Under the Rainbowas KevinMovie
Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man
2019Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Manas Mike ThurmanMovie
The Wrong Patient
2018The Wrong Patientas ChrisMovie
A Million Little Things
2018A Million Little Thingsas Trevor MatlofTV
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game
2018Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Gameas Detective Arthur SmithMovie
The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco
2018The Bletchley Circle: San Franciscoas Archie HunterTV
Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2018Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mysteryas Arthur SmithMovie
Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride
2018Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Brideas SeanMovie
Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2018Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mysteryas Det. Arthur SmithMovie
A Family for the Holidays
2017A Family for the Holidaysas Mr. Addison, Becky's HusbandMovie
At Home with Amy Sedaris
2017At Home with Amy Sedarisas HusbandTV
The Good Doctor
2017The Good Doctoras Nigel MonroeTV
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again
2017Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Againas Mr. EverettMovie
Falling for Vermont
2017Falling for Vermontas Brad ThompsonMovie
My Favorite Wedding
2017My Favorite Weddingas JackMovie
A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2017A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mysteryas Detective Arthur SmithMovie
Everything, Everything
2017Everything, Everythingas Dr. ChaseMovie
Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2017Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mysteryas Arthur SmithMovie
Infidelity in Suburbia
2017Infidelity in Suburbiaas Greg HalpernMovie
Imposters
2017Impostersas FreddyTV
Walking the Dog
2017Walking the Dogas BillMovie
A Surrogate's Nightmare
2017A Surrogate's Nightmareas Dr LogieMovie
Christmas List
2016Christmas Listas Brett BishopMovie
Ice
2016Iceas Quinn SinderTV
MECH-X4
2016MECH-X4as Seth HarperTV
The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2016The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mysteryas Det. Arthur SmithMovie
Chesapeake Shores
2016Chesapeake Shoresas Brian HigginsTV
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2016Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mysteryas Det. Arthur SmithMovie
Murder Unresolved
2016Murder Unresolvedas SethMovie
What An Idiot
2016What An Idiotas NickMovie
Rufus
2016Rufusas Man Walking DogMovie
Stolen Dreams
2015Stolen Dreamsas Jacob NyholmMovie
Air
2015Airas AnchormanMovie
Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2015Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mysteryas Det. Arthur SmithMovie
Perfect High
2015Perfect Highas DeanMovie
UnREAL
2015UnREALas Jeff KiddTV
A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
2015A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mysteryas Arthur SmithMovie
Dead Rising: Watchtower
2015Dead Rising: Watchtoweras BruceMovie
I Wanna Date U
2015I Wanna Date Uas Online DateMovie
Black Fly
2014Black Flyas Konstabl Dave WilkinsMovie
Baby Bootcamp
2014Baby Bootcampas JeremyMovie
A Daughter's Nightmare
2014A Daughter's Nightmareas Dr. LogieMovie
Death Do Us Part
2014Death Do Us Partas Ryan HarrisMovie
Lucky in Love
2014Lucky in Loveas MichaelMovie
A
2013Afterpartyas CraigMovie
Spooksville
2013Spooksvilleas Bill WilcoxTV
The Mystery Cruise
2013The Mystery Cruiseas Jack ReillyMovie
Motive
2013Motiveas Tony ManningTV
Ring of Fire
2012Ring of Fireas Volcano ExpertTV
A Bride for Christmas
2012A Bride for Christmasas MattMovie
Arrow
2012Arrowas D.A. CarnahanTV
Continuum
2012Continuumas Todd SanchezTV
The Pregnancy Project
2012The Pregnancy Projectas Shawn MyersMovie
Hell on Wheels
2011Hell on Wheelsas Marshal JessupTV
G
2011GeoFreakZas MelvilleTV
The Money Pet
2011The Money Petas The SlackerMovie
One Angry Juror
2010One Angry Juroras EricMovie
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010R. L. Stine's The Haunting Houras Male TV HostTV
Waiting 4 Goliath
2009Waiting 4 Goliathas Straight-Acting DudeMovie
High Noon
2009High Noonas Roy SquiresMovie
The Break-up Artist
2009The Break-up Artistas Rick BarnesMovie
Slap Shot 3: The Junior League
2008Slap Shot 3: The Junior Leagueas MarkMovie
Ba'al
2008Ba'alas ForemanMovie
jPod
2008jPodas Greg JarlewskiTV
Reaper
2007Reaperas Bargain Bench ManagerTV
Passion's Web
2007Passion's Webas Father BrackenMovie
Murder on Spec
2006Murder on Specas Detective Paul TannonMovie
Psych
2006Psychas Lester BeaconTV
Pick Me Up
2006Pick Me Upas DeuceMovie
The Accidental Witness
2006The Accidental Witnessas Joseph BrockwayMovie
Mind Game
2006Mind Gameas ER DoctorMovie
Supernatural
2005Supernaturalas Walter KellyTV
Going the Distance
2004Going the Distanceas Nervous GuyMovie
The 4400
2004The 4400as LloydTV
Smallville
2001Smallvilleas Young DexTV
WW3
2001WW3as Peter MintMovie
Dark Angel
2000Dark Angelas WalterTV
Stargate SG-1
1997Stargate SG-1as DevonTV