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.

Career Overview

Peter Benson has 128 screen credits in a career dating back to 1997. Their work spans 11 cinematic universes — most prominently Hannah Swensen Mysteries Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include Infidelity in Suburbia, What An Idiot, My Husband's Deadly Past. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 128
Birth Place: Canada

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 11 universes

Hannah Swensen Mysteries Collection (2 titles)
Big Sky River Collection (2 titles)
Time for Me to Come Home Collection (1 titles)
Crossword Mysteries Collection (1 titles)
Mystery 101 Collection (1 titles)
Chronicle Mysteries Collection (1 titles)
The Wedding March Collection (1 titles)
Rufus Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Sarah Butler (2 collaborations)
Julia Benson (2 collaborations)
Christine Chatelain (2 collaborations)
Daniel Bacon (2 collaborations)
Alistair Abell (2 collaborations)
Marcus Rosner (1 collaborations)
Miranda Frigon (1 collaborations)
Jay Hindle (1 collaborations)
Jason William Lee (1 collaborations)
Lucie Guest (1 collaborations)

Credits

directing (26 credits)
- Best Served Cold: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- A Little Park Music
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- The More the Merrier
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2025
- Christmas Above the Clouds
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2025
- A Royal Montana Christmas
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2025
- Return to Office
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2025
- Leah's Perfect Gift
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2024
- Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2024
- The 5-Year Christmas Party
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2024
- Love on the Danube: Kissing Stars
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2024
- Blind Date Book Club
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2024
- Navigating Christmas
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- Big Sky River: The Bridal Path
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- The Professional Bridesmaid
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- The Wedding Veil Expectations
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- When I Think of Christmas
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2022
- Big Sky River
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2022
- Color My World with Love
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2022
- Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2021
- The Santa Stakeout
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2021
- Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2021
- Sweet Carolina
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2021
- Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2021
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2020
- What An Idiot
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2016
actors (96 credits)
- Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
  Guest #1
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- The More the Merrier
  Jim Spencer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Christmas Above the Clouds
  Charlie
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle
  Monty
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Guiding Emily
  Mark
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Big Sky River: The Bridal Path
  James
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- The Wedding Contract
  Peter Pitt
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Perfect Harmony
  Simon
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Big Sky River
  James
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Lies Between Friends
  Ollie
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Just One Kiss
  Mark
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder
  Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas
  Ben
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Mystery 101: Deadly History
  Al Winslow
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part
  Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Sweet Carolina
  Tony
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Seasoned With Love
  Adam Schuyler
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con
  Dt. Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly
  Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Wedding Every Weekend
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- My Husband's Deadly Past
  Otto Croft
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek
  Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- The Baby-Sitters Club
  
  - Stacey's Emergency (2021) ... Edward McGill actor actors
  
  - The Truth About Stacey (2020) ... Edward McGill actor actors
  
  - Kristy's Great Idea (2020) ... Edward McGill actor actors
  
  2020
- It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
  Frank
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Holiday Date
  Glen
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- 37 Teen
  Justin
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play
  Det. Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For
  Det. Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse
  Det. Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Love and Sunshine
  Ben Morgan
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Love Under the Rainbow
  Kevin
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man
  Mike Thurman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Prodigal Son
  
  - Exit Strategy (2021) ... Al Grimes actor actors
  
  2019
- The Wrong Patient
  Chris
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game
  Detective Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
  Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride
  Sean
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
  Det. Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- A Million Little Things
  
  - the lunch (2020) ... Trevor Matlof actor actors
  
  - we're the howards (2020) ... Trevor Matlof actor actors
  
  2018
- A Family for the Holidays
  Mr. Addison, Becky's Husband
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again
  Mr. Everett
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Falling for Vermont
  Brad Thompson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- My Favorite Wedding
  Jack
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
  Detective Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Everything, Everything
  Dr. Chase
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
  Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Infidelity in Suburbia
  Greg Halpern
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Walking the Dog
  Bill
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- A Surrogate's Nightmare
  Dr Logie
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- The Good Doctor
  
  - Risk and Reward (2019) ... Nigel Monroe actor actors
  
  2017
- Christmas List
  Brett Bishop
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
  Det. Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
  Det. Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Murder Unresolved
  Seth
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- What An Idiot
  Nick
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Rufus
  Man Walking Dog
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Chesapeake Shores
  
  - Watercolors, Wishes, and Weddings (2019) ... Brian Higgins actor actors
  
  2016
- MECH-X4
  
  - Versus The End (2018) ... Seth Harper actor actors
  
  - Versus The Monster Within! (2018) ... Seth Harper actor actors
  
  - Versus The Tech Army (2017) ... Seth Harper actor actors
  
  - Versus Harper's Ghost (2017) ... Seth Harper actor actors
  
  - Versus the Outbreak (2017) ... Seth Harper actor actors
  
  2016
- Stolen Dreams
  Jacob Nyholm
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Air
  Anchorman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
  Det. Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Perfect High
  Dean
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
  Arthur Smith
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Dead Rising: Watchtower
  Bruce
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- I Wanna Date U
  Online Date
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Black Fly
  Konstabl Dave Wilkins
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Baby Bootcamp
  Jeremy
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- A Daughter's Nightmare
  Dr. Logie
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Lucky in Love
  Michael
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Afterparty
  Craig
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- The Mystery Cruise
  Jack Reilly
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- A Bride for Christmas
  Matt
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- The Pregnancy Project
  Shawn Myers
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Continuum
  
  - Second Truths (2013) ... Todd Sanchez actor actors
  
  2012
- Arrow
  
  - Salvation (2013) ... D.A. Carnahan actor actors
  
  2012
- The Money Pet
  The Slacker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Hell on Wheels
  
  - Life's a Mystery (2014) ... Marshal Jessup actor actors
  
  - Reckoning (2014) ... Marshal Jessup actor actors
  
  - Chicken Hill (2014) ... Marshal Jessup actor actors
  
  2011
- One Angry Juror
  Eric
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Waiting 4 Goliath
  Straight-Acting Dude
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- High Noon
  Roy Squires
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- The Break-up Artist
  Rick Barnes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Slap Shot 3: The Junior League
  Mark
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Ba'al
  Foreman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Passion's Web
  Father Bracken
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Murder on Spec
  Detective Paul Tannon
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Pick Me Up
  Deuce
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- The Accidental Witness
  Joseph Brockway
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Mind Game
  ER Doctor
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Psych
  
  - American Duos (2007) ... Lester Beacon actor actors
  
  - He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead (2007) ... Philip Keiser actor actors
  
  2006
- Supernatural
  
  - Sharp Teeth (2014) ... Joba actor actors
  
  - Asylum (2005) ... Walter Kelly actor actors
  
  2005
- Going the Distance
  Nervous Guy
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- The 4400
  
  - The Fifth Page (2005) ... Lloyd actor actors
  
  2004
- WW3
  Peter Mint
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Smallville
  
  - Relic (2003) ... Young Dex actor actors
  
  2001
- Dark Angel
  
  - Fuhgeddaboudit (2002) ... Walter actor actors
  
  2000
- Stargate SG-1
  
  - Memento Mori (2006) ... Devon actor actors
  
  1997
production (4 credits)
- A Royal Montana Christmas
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2025
- Renovation Romance
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2024
- Sweet Carolina
  
  supervising producer
  
  production
  
  2021
- Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent
  
  supervising producer
  
  production
  
  2021
writing (2 credits)
- Renovation Romance
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  2024
- What An Idiot
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2016