Peter Lorre

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1904-06-26

Deathday 1964-03-23 (59 years old)

Place of Birth Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)

Also Known As László Löwenstein, Пітер Лорре, Петер Лорре, Πίτερ Λόρε, Питър Лори, Pīters Lorre

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Lorre, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2024
Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit

as Himself (archive) - actor, subject

2015
A Physical History of 'M'

as Hans Beckert (archive)

2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

as Doctor Gogol (archive footage)

2009
2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

as Self (archive footage)

2007
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

as Mr. Jekyll (archive footage)

2007
Moto Is Missing

as Mr. Moto (archive footage, various Moto films)

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)

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)

1979
(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

1964
Muscle Beach Party

as Mr. Strangdour

1964
The Comedy of Terrors

as Felix Gillie

1963
The Raven

as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo

1963
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

1961
1960
1959
The Big Circus

as Skeeter

1959
Rawhide

as Victor Laurier

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as The Gypsy

1957
Hell Ship Mutiny

as Lamoret

1957
Collector’s Item

as Mr. Munsey

1957
The Sad Sack

as Abdul

1957
Silk Stockings

as Brankov, Commisar

1957
The Buster Keaton Story

as Kurt Bergner

1957
The Last Tycoon

as Pete Zavras

1956
Congo Crossing

as Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas

1956
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Tomas Salgado / Carlos

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Tomas Salgado

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Abbott / The General (archive footage) (uncredited)

1954
1954
Casino Royale

as Le Chiffre

1954
Climax!

as Mr. Vorhees

1954
Climax!

as Le Chiffre

1954
Climax!

as Normie

1954
Climax!

as Mr. Ho

1954
Climax!

as Benny Kellerman

1954
Studio 57

as Mr. Grover

1953
Beat the Devil

as Julius O'Hara

1951
The Lost One

as Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister

1951
The Red Skelton Show

as Mad Scientist

1951
The Red Skelton Show

as King Zurium

1951
The Red Skelton Show

as Boris - Chief Spy

1950
1950
Quicksand

as Nick Dramoshag

1950
The Jack Benny Program

as Luverne Goodheart

1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Richard Pratt

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
Rope of Sand

as Toady

1948
Casbah

as Slimane

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self (archive footage)

1948
Bambi Awards

as Self (archive footage)

1947
1947
The Beast with Five Fingers

as Hilary Cummins

1946
The Verdict

as Victor Emmric

1946
The Chase

as Gino

1946
Black Angel

as Marko

1946
Three Strangers

as Johnny West

1945
Confidential Agent

as Contreras

1945
Hotel Berlin

as Johannes Koenig

1944
1944
The Conspirators

as Jan Bernazsky

1944
Arsenic and Old Lace

as Dr. Einstein

1944
The Mask of Dimitrios

as Cornelius Leyden

1944
1943
The Cross of Lorraine

as Sergeant Berger

1943
Background to Danger

as Nikolai Zaleshoff

1943
The Constant Nymph

as Fritz Bercovy

1943
Casablanca

as Ugarte

1942
The Boogie Man Will Get You

as Dr. Arthur Lorentz

1942
Invisible Agent

as Baron Ikito

1941
The Maltese Falcon

as Joel Cairo

1941
They Met in Bombay

as Captain Chang

1941
1941
The Face Behind the Mask

as Janos 'Johnny' Szabo

1940
The Eternal Jew

as Hans Beckert (archive footage)

1940
You'll Find Out

as Professor Karl Fenninger

1940
1940
Island of Doomed Men

as Stephen Danel

1940
Strange Cargo

as M'sieu Pig

1939
1939
Mr. Moto's Last Warning

as Mr. Kentaro Moto

1938
1938
I'll Give a Million

as Louie 'The Dope' Monteau

1938
1938
Mr. Moto's Gamble

as Kentaro Moto

1937
1937
Lancer Spy

as Maj. Sigfried Gruning

1937
Think Fast, Mr. Moto

as Kentaro Moto

1937
Nancy Steele Is Missing!

as Professor Sturm

1936
Crack-Up

as Colonel Gimpy

1936
Secret Agent

as The General

1935
Crime and Punishment

as Roderick Raskolnikov

1935
Mad Love

as Doctor Gogol

1933
High and Low

as Beggar

1933
Unsichtbare Gegner

as Henry Pless

1933
The Oil Sharks

as Henry Pless

1933
What Women Dream

as Otto Fuessli

1932
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer

as Bildreporter Johnny

1932
Stupéfiants

as The Hunchback

1932
The White Demon

as Hunchback

1932
1932
1931
1931
Bombs Over Monte Carlo

as Pawlitschek

1931
M

as Hans Beckert

1929
The Missing Wife

as Patient of a Dentist

Director

1951
The Lost One

as Director

Writer

1951
The Lost One

as Screenplay