---
name: "Peter Allen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-allen-3997535"
fi1m_id: "peter-allen-3997535"
tmdb_id: 3997535
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "10 February 1944"
died: "18 June 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:12:19.488454+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Peter Allen

## Identity

Peter Allen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-allen-3997535
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-allen-3997535
- **TMDB ID:** 3997535
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3997535

Composer. Born 10 February 1944 in Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia. Died 18 June 1992.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 10 February 1944, Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia
- **Died:** 18 June 1992
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3997535

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Arthur*](https://film.one/film/arthur.md) (72)

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## Biography

Peter Allen was an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and entertainer. Born Peter Richard Woolnough on 10 February 1944 in Tenterfield, New South Wales, he began his career in the 1960s and achieved success as a performer and songwriter whose work was recorded by artists including Olivia Newton-John and Melissa Manchester.

Allen co-wrote the song "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" with Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Christopher Cross for the 1981 film *Arthur*. The track reached number one in the United States and the songwriters won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. He died on 18 June 1992 in San Diego, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Arthur* (1981), Fi1m 72, Music, Main Title Theme Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/arthur.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Arthur* (1981), Music, Main Title Theme Composer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/arthur.md)

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