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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Filmography
all 142
Movies 117
TV Shows 25
self 21
Self - Subject
Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit (2024)
Movie
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)
Movie
Hans Beckert (archive)
A Physical History of 'M' (2015)
Movie
Doctor Gogol (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (2009)
Movie
Mr. Moto
Reinventing Chan (2008)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)
Movie
Mr. Jekyll (archive footage)
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb (2007)
Movie
Mr. Moto (archive footage, various Moto films)
Moto Is Missing (2007)
Movie
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
Corman's Comedy of Poe (2003)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story (1997)
Movie
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo - (archive footage)
Creepy Classics (1987)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
The Double Face of Peter Lorre (1984)
Movie
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (archive footage)
The Horror of It All (1983)
Movie
4
(archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
Movie
Hans Beckert - Archive footage
(Sin título) Descartes Arrebato (1979)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany (1975)
TV
Self (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy (1968)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
The Dinosaur and the Baby (1967)
Movie
Morgan Heywood
The Patsy (1964)
Movie
Mr. Strangdour
Muscle Beach Party (1964)
Movie
5.47
Felix Gillie
The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
Movie
6
Frederick Bergen
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
TV
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
The Raven (1963)
Movie
6
Montresor (segment "The Black Cat")
Tales of Terror (1962)
Movie
6
Comm. Lucius Emery
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Movie
The Colonel
Five Fingers : Thin Ice (1961)
Movie
The Colonel
Five Fingers (1959)
TV
Skeeter
The Big Circus (1959)
Movie
Victor Laurier
Rawhide (1959)
TV
4
The Gypsy
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
TV
Commissioner Lamoret
Hell Ship Mutiny (1957)
Movie
Mr. Munsey
Collector’s Item (1957)
Movie
Brankov
Silk Stockings (1957)
Movie
Kurt Bergner
The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
Movie
Pete Zavras
The Last Tycoon (1957)
Movie
Café Owner
Playhouse 90 (1956)
TV
Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas
Congo Crossing (1956)
Movie
Tomas Salgado / Carlos / Tomas Salgado
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Le Chiffre
Casino Royale (1954)
Movie
Benny Kellerman
Climax! (1954)
TV
Julius O'Hara
Beat the Devil (1953)
Movie
6
King Zurium / Boris - Chief Spy / Mad Scientist
The Red Skelton Show (1951)
TV
Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister
The Lost One (1951)
Movie
Luverne Goodheart
The Jack Benny Program (1950)
TV
Richard Pratt
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
TV
Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line? (1950)
TV
Self (archive footage)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
Slimane
Casbah (1948)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Bambi Awards (1948)
TV
Hilary Cummins
The Beast with Five Fingers (1947)
Movie
4.25
Victor Emmric
The Verdict (1946)
Movie
Johnny West
Three Strangers (1946)
Movie
Contreras
Confidential Agent (1945)
Movie
6.05
Johannes Koenig
Hotel Berlin (1945)
Movie
Jan Bernazsky
The Conspirators (1944)
Movie
Dr. Einstein
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Movie
2.5
Cornelius Leyden
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
Movie
Sergeant Berger
The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
Movie
Nikolai Zaleshoff
Background to Danger (1943)
Movie
Fritz Bercovy
The Constant Nymph (1943)
Movie
6
Dr. Arthur Lorencz
The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
Movie
6
Baron Ikito
Invisible Agent (1942)
Movie
4.8
Joel Cairo
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Movie
5.17
Captain Chang
They Met in Bombay (1941)
Movie
Paul Hyde
Mr. District Attorney (1941)
Movie
Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
Movie
Hans Beckert
The Eternal Jew (1940)
Movie
Karl Fenninger
You'll Find Out (1940)
Movie
The Stranger
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Movie
Stephen Danel
Island of Doomed Men (1940)
Movie
6
M'sieu Pig
Strange Cargo (1940)
Movie
Mr. Moto
Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
Movie
5
Louie 'The Dope' Monteau
I'll Give a Million (1938)
Movie
Maj. Sigfried Gruning
Lancer Spy (1937)
Movie
Prof. Sturm
Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)
Movie
Colonel Gimpy
Crack-Up (1936)
Movie
The General
Secret Agent (1936)
Movie
4.8
Roderick Raskolnikov
Crime and Punishment (1935)
Movie
Doctor Gogol
Mad Love (1935)
Movie
5
Beggar
High and Low (1933)
Movie
Henry Pless
Unsichtbare Gegner (1933)
Movie
Henry Pless
The Oil Sharks (1933)
Movie
Otto Fuessli
What Women Dream (1933)
Movie
Bildreporter Johnny
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932)
Movie
Le bossu
Stupéfiants (1932)
Movie
Hunchback
The White Demon (1932)
Movie
Car Thief
Five from the Jazzband (1932)
Movie
Galy Gay - a packer
A Man's a Man (1931)
Movie
Redakteur Stix
The Thirteen Trunks of Mr. O.F. (1931)
Movie
Pawlitschek
Bombs Over Monte Carlo (1931)
Movie
Hans Beckert
M (1931)
Movie
3.67
Patient of a Dentist
The Missing Wife (1929)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1904-06-26
Deathday1964-03-23 (59 years old)
Birth NameLászló Löwenstein
Birth PlaceRózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)
Height160-centimeter
RelationshipsKaaren Verne (1945-01-01 - 1950-01-01), Annemarie Brenning (1953-01-01 - 1964-01-01), Celia Lovsky (1934-01-01 - 1945-01-01)
CitizenshipsWeimar Republic, Austria, United States of America
Also Known AsLászló Löwenstein, Пітер Лорре, Петер Лорре, Πίτερ Λόρε, Питър Лори, Pīters Lorre
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, German Film Award
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