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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-06-26 (120 years old)

Place of Birth

Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)

Peter Lorre

Biography:

Peter Lorre (26 June 1904 – 23 March 1964) was an Austrian-American actor frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner.

He caused an international sensation in 1931 with his portrayal of a serial killer who preys on little girls in the German film M. Later he became a popular featured player in Hollywood crime films and mysteries, notably alongside Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet, and as the star of the successful Mr. Moto detective series.

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Known For

Acting

2024

Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2015

A Physical History of 'M' as Hans Beckert (archive footage)

2014

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film as Doctor Gogol (archive footage)

2009

2007

Moto Is Missing as Mr. Moto (archive footage)
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb as Mr. Jekyll (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)

2003

2001

Heroes of Horror as (archive footage)

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage)

1996

Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace as Self (archive footage)

1988

1987

Creepy Classics as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo - (archive footage)

1984

The Double Face of Peter Lorre as Self (archive footage)

1983

The Horror of It All as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (archive footage)

1979

The Hollywood Clowns as (archive footage)
(Sin título) Descartes Arrebato as Hans Beckert (archive footage)

1975

Film Emigration from Nazi Germany as Self (archive footage)

1974

1968

The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)

1967

The Dinosaur and the Baby as Hans Beckert (archive footage)

1964

The Patsy as Morgan Heywood
The Comedy of Terrors as Felix Gillie
Muscle Beach Party as Mr. Strangdour

1963

The Raven as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Frederick Bergen

1962

Tales of Terror as Montresor ("The Black Cat")

1961

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Comm. Lucius Emery

1960

1959

The Big Circus as Skeeter
Rawhide as Victor Laurier

1958

77 Sunset Strip as The Gypsy

1957

The Sad Sack as Abdul
Silk Stockings as Brankov, Commisar
Collector’s Item as Mr. Munsey
The Buster Keaton Story as Kurt Bergner
Hell Ship Mutiny as Lamoret
The Last Tycoon as Pete Zavras

1956

Congo Crossing as Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas
Playhouse 90 as Café Owner

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Tomas Salgado / Carlos
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Tomas Salgado
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Abbott / The General (archive footage) (uncredited)

1954

Casino Royale as Le Chiffre
Climax! as Mr. Vorhees
Climax! as Le Chiffre
Climax! as Normie
Climax! as Mr. Ho
Climax! as Benny Kellerman
Studio 57 as Mr. Grover
Studio 57 as Heitzer

1953

Beat the Devil as Julius O'Hara

1951

The Lost One as Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister
The Red Skelton Show as Mad Scientist
The Red Skelton Show as King Zurium
The Red Skelton Show as Boris - Chief Spy

1950

Quicksand as Nick Dramoshag
Lux Video Theatre as Richard Pratt
The Jack Benny Program as Luverne Goodheart

1949

Rope of Sand as Toady

1948

Casbah as Slimane
BAMBI Awards as Self (archive footage)

1947

The Beast with Five Fingers as Hilary Cummins

1946

Black Angel as Marko
Three Strangers as Johnny West
The Verdict as Victor Emmric
The Chase as Gino

1945

Confidential Agent as Contreras
Hotel Berlin as Johannes Koenig

1944

Arsenic and Old Lace as Dr. Einstein
The Mask of Dimitrios as Cornelius Leyden
The Conspirators as Jan Bernazsky

1943

Casablanca as Ugarte
Background to Danger as Nikolai Zaleshoff
The Constant Nymph as Fritz Bercovy
The Cross of Lorraine as Sergeant Berger

1942

The Boogie Man Will Get You as Dr. Arthur Lorentz
Invisible Agent as Baron Ikito

1941

The Maltese Falcon as Joel Cairo
The Face Behind the Mask as Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
They Met in Bombay as Captain Chang

1940

You'll Find Out as Professor Karl Fenninger
Strange Cargo as M'sieu Pig
Island of Doomed Men as Stephen Danel
The Eternal Jew as Hans Beckert (archive footage)

1939

Mr. Moto's Last Warning as Mr. Kentaro Moto

1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble as Kentaro Moto
I'll Give a Million as Louie 'The Dope' Monteau

1937

Think Fast, Mr. Moto as Kentaro Moto
Lancer Spy as Maj. Sigfried Gruning
Nancy Steele Is Missing! as Professor Sturm

1936

Secret Agent as The General
Crack-Up as Colonel Gimpy

1935

Mad Love as Doctor Gogol
Crime and Punishment as Roderick Raskolnikov

1934

1933

What Women Dream as Otto Fuessli
High and Low as Beggar
The Oil Sharks as Henry Pless
Unsichtbare Gegner as Henry Pless

1932

F.P.1 Doesn't Answer as Bildreporter Johnny
The White Demon as Hunchback
Stupéfiants as The Hunchback

1931

M as Hans Beckert
Bombs Over Monte Carlo as Pawlitschek
A Man's a Man as Galy Gay

1929

The Missing Wife as Patient of a Dentist

Directing

1951

The Lost One as Director

Writing

1951

The Lost One as Screenplay