In Popular Culture
Peter the Painter appears as a character in the 4th episode of the Australian murder mysteries series, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. In this episode "Death at Victoria Dock" involving the murder of a Latvian anarchist in Melbourne's docks in the mid 1920s, Peter is identified to Phryne Fisher in a club as the man involved in the Sidney Street Siege in London. He is a key character in the episode.
The character Peter the Painter is portrayed by Dragoș Bucur in the 2012 ITV drama Titanic. The character is aboard the ship in an attempt to escape England for the United States. Aboard the ship he has a romantic encounter with the wife of a fellow passenger and murders another when confronted about his identity. He is also central in orchestrating an uprising amongst the 3rd class passengers when they are held from being able to board the life-rafts.
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