Pete Purdy — Arson, Inc. Character Profile

About Pete Purdy

Frederick Fender's enforcer and accomplice. Sets fires to collect insurance money, steals merchandise, and tails Joe Martin. Shoots undercover cop Murph and attempts to kill Joe and Jane at the warehouse before being overpowered.

Character Facts

Played by

Edward Brophy

Appears in

Arson, Inc. (1949)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Arson, Inc.

• Joe Martin (Robert Lowery)
• Jane Jennings (Anne Gwynne)
• Grandma (Maude Eburne)
• Frederick P. 'Fred' Fender (Douglas Fowley)
• Betty - Fender's Secretary (Marcia Mae Jones)
• Deputy Fire Chief / Narrator (William Forrest)
• Murph, the undercover man (as Gaylord Pendleton) (Steve Pendleton)
• Thomas Peyson (Byron Foulger)
• Hubbell (Matt McHugh)
• Mrs. Peyson (Lelah Tyler)
• Race Track Aannouncer (voice, uncredited) (John Forsythe)
• Al, Night Watchman (Emmett Vogan)