Peter Lorre

Jun 26, 1904 - Mar 23, 1964 (59 years old) in Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)

Peter Lorre 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.

Known For

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Climax!

Mr. Vorhees

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Rawhide

Victor Laurier

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Route 66

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77 Sunset Strip

The Gypsy

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

Frederick Bergen

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Tomas Salgado / Carlos

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What's My Line?

Self

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Checkmate

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

Moyzisch

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The Jack Benny Program

Luverne Goodheart

Credits

A Physical History of 'M' 2015

Hans Beckert (archive footage)

★ NR
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film 2014

Doctor Gogol (archive footage)

★ 7.5
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood 2009

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman 2007

Self (archive footage)

★ 9
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb 2007

Mr. Jekyll (archive footage)

★ NR
Moto Is Missing 2007

Mr. Moto (archive footage)

★ 7
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk 2003

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Heroes of Horror 2001

(archive footage)

★ 9
Bogart: The Untold Story 1997

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace 1996

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick 1988

★ 5.9
Creepy Classics 1987

Dr. Adolphus Bedlo - (archive footage)

★ 6.3
The Double Face of Peter Lorre 1984

Self (archive footage)

★ 5.3
The Horror of It All 1983

Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (archive footage)

★ 8
The Hollywood Clowns 1979

(archive footage)

★ NR
(Sin título) Descartes Arrebato 1979

Hans Beckert (archive footage)

★ 10
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany 1975

Self (archive footage)

★ 9
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute 1974

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.7
The Movie Orgy 1968

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.5
The Dinosaur and the Baby 1967

Hans Beckert (archive footage)

★ 6
The Patsy 1964

Morgan Heywood

★ 6.2
Muscle Beach Party 1964

Mr. Strangdour

★ 5.6
The Comedy of Terrors 1964

Felix Gillie

★ 6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre 1963

Frederick Bergen

★ 5.3
The Raven 1963

Dr. Adolphus Bedlo

★ 6.3
Five Weeks in a Balloon 1962

Ahmed

★ 5.4
Tales of Terror 1962

Montresor ("The Black Cat")

★ 6.6
The Gertrude Berg Show 1961

★ 9
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1961

Comm. Lucius Emery

★ 5.7
Five Fingers : Thin Ice 1961

The Colonel

★ NR
Route 66 1960

★ 6.3
Checkmate 1960

★ 4.1
Scent of Mystery 1960

Smiley

★ 5.6
The Big Circus 1959

Skeeter

★ 6.5
Rawhide 1959

Victor Laurier

★ 7.1
77 Sunset Strip 1958

The Gypsy

★ 6.7
Hell Ship Mutiny 1957

Lamoret

★ 4
Collector’s Item 1957

Mr. Munsey

★ NR
The Sad Sack 1957

Abdul

★ 5.6
The Story of Mankind 1957

Nero

★ 4.5
Silk Stockings 1957

Brankov, Commisar

★ 6.7
The Buster Keaton Story 1957

Kurt Bergner

★ 4.9
The Last Tycoon 1957

Pete Zavras

★ NR
Sizeman and Son 1956

Karp

★ NR
Around the World in Eighty Days 1956

Steward

★ 6.6
Playhouse 90 1956

Café Owner

★ 7.6
Congo Crossing 1956

Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas

★ 5.2
Meet Me in Las Vegas 1956

★ 4.5
No. 5 Checked Out 1956

Willy

★ 5
The 20th Century Fox Hour 1955

Moyzisch

★ 5.4
Screen Director's Playhouse 1955

Willy

★ 6.5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955

Tomas Salgado / Carlos

★ 7.7
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954

Conseil

★ 7
Operation Undersea 1954

Self

★ 2
The Disneyland Story 1954

★ 8
The Wonderful World of Disney 1954

Self

★ 7.8
Casino Royale 1954

Le Chiffre

★ 5.1
Climax! 1954

Mr. Vorhees

★ 3.3
The George Gobel Show 1954

Self

★ 7.3
Studio 57 1954

Mr. Grover

★ NR
Beat the Devil 1953

Julius O'Hara

★ 6.1
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951

★ 7.3
The Lost One 1951

Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister

★ 6.7
The Jack Benny Program 1950

Luverne Goodheart

★ 7.8
Lux Video Theatre 1950

Richard Pratt

★ 6.3
Double Confession 1950

Paynter

★ 6.1
Quicksand 1950

Nick Dramoshag

★ 6
What's My Line? 1950

Self

★ 6.9
Rope of Sand 1949

Toady

★ 5.7
Suspense 1949

★ 4.9
Casbah 1948

Slimane

★ 5.8
Bambi 1948

Self (archive footage)

★ 9
My Favorite Brunette 1947

Kismet

★ 6.6
The Beast with Five Fingers 1947

Hilary Cummins

★ 6.3
The Verdict 1946

Victor Emmric

★ 6.6
The Chase 1946

Gino

★ 6.2
Black Angel 1946

Marko

★ 6.1
Three Strangers 1946

Johnny West

★ 6.4
Confidential Agent 1945

Contreras

★ 5.6
Hotel Berlin 1945

Johannes Koenig

★ 6.1
Hollywood Canteen 1944

Self

★ 7.3
The Conspirators 1944

Jan Bernazsky

★ 6
Arsenic and Old Lace 1944

Dr. Einstein

★ 7.6
The Mask of Dimitrios 1944

Cornelius Leyden

★ 7
Passage to Marseille 1944

Marius

★ 6.6
The Cross of Lorraine 1943

Sergeant Berger

★ 6.2
Background to Danger 1943

Nikolai Zaleshoff

★ 6.6
The Constant Nymph 1943

Fritz Bercovy

★ 6
Casablanca 1943

Ugarte

★ 8.2
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines 1943

Secret Agent

★ 5.7
The Boogie Man Will Get You 1942

Dr. Arthur Lorentz

★ 6.3
Invisible Agent 1942

Baron Ikito

★ 5.8
All Through the Night 1942

Pepi

★ 6.9
The Maltese Falcon 1941

Joel Cairo

★ 7.7
They Met in Bombay 1941

Captain Chang

★ 7.3
Mr. District Attorney 1941

Paul Hyde

★ 5.4
The Face Behind the Mask 1941

Janos 'Johnny' Szabo

★ 6.5
The Eternal Jew 1940

Hans Beckert (archive footage)

★ 4.5
You'll Find Out 1940

Professor Karl Fenninger

★ 5.5
Stranger on the Third Floor 1940

The Stranger

★ 6.5
Island of Doomed Men 1940

Stephen Danel

★ 5.3
I Was an Adventuress 1940

Polo

★ 6.3
Strange Cargo 1940

M'sieu Pig

★ 7
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation 1939

Mr. Moto

★ 6.6
Mr. Moto in Danger Island 1939

Kentaro Moto

★ 6.7
Mr. Moto's Last Warning 1939

Mr. Kentaro Moto

★ 5.5
Mysterious Mr. Moto 1938

Mr. Moto

★ 5.8
I'll Give a Million 1938

Louie 'The Dope' Monteau

★ 5.7
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance 1938

Mr. Moto

★ 5.8
Mr. Moto's Gamble 1938

Kentaro Moto

★ 6.2
Thank You, Mr. Moto 1937

Mr. Moto

★ 6.1
Lancer Spy 1937

Maj. Sigfried Gruning

★ 5.3
Think Fast, Mr. Moto 1937

Kentaro Moto

★ 6
Nancy Steele Is Missing! 1937

Professor Sturm

★ 5
Crack-Up 1936

Colonel Gimpy

★ 5.8
Secret Agent 1936

The General

★ 6.1
Crime and Punishment 1935

Roderick Raskolnikov

★ 6.4
Mad Love 1935

Doctor Gogol

★ 7
The Man Who Knew Too Much 1934

Abbott

★ 6.5
High and Low 1933

Beggar

★ 5
Unsichtbare Gegner 1933

Henry Pless

★ 6
The Oil Sharks 1933

Henry Pless

★ NR
What Women Dream 1933

Otto Fuessli

★ 8.4
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer 1932

Bildreporter Johnny

★ 6
Stupéfiants 1932

The Hunchback

★ 7
The White Demon 1932

Hunchback

★ NR
A Shot at Dawn 1932

Klotz

★ NR
Five from the Jazzband 1932

Car Thief

★ 7
A Man's a Man 1931

Galy Gay

★ 5.8
The Trunks of Mr. O.F. 1931

Redakteur Stix

★ 7
Bombs Over Monte Carlo 1931

Pawlitschek

★ 6
M 1931

Hans Beckert

★ 8.1
The Missing Wife 1929

Patient of a Dentist

★ NR

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