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Peter Lorre

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

26/06/1904

Day of Death

23/03/1964
(60) 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 Holl... Read More

Known For

Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit

A Physical History of 'M'

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

Moto Is Missing

Bogart: The Untold Story

Filmography

Cast

2024

Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maud...

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2015

A Physical History of 'M'

as Hans Beckert (archive footage)

2014

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the H...

as Doctor Gogol (archive footage)

2009

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywoo...

as Self (archive footage)

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)

2003

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk

as Self (archive footage)

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

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Ma...

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)

1974

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salut...

as Self (archive footage)

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

1962

Five Weeks in a Balloon

as Ahmed

1962

Tales of Terror

as Montresor ("The Black Cat")

1961

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Comm. Lucius Emery

1961

Five Fingers : Thin Ice

as The Colonel

1960

Scent of Mystery

as Smiley

1959

The Big Circus

as Skeeter

1957

Hell Ship Mutiny

as Lamoret

1957

Collector’s Item

as Mr. Munsey

1957

The Sad Sack

as Abdul

1957

The Story of Mankind

as Nero

1957

Silk Stockings

as Brankov, Commisar

1957

The Buster Keaton Story

as Kurt Bergner

1957

The Last Tycoon

as Pete Zavras

1956

Sizeman and Son

as Karp

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days

as Steward

1956

Congo Crossing

as Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas

1956

Meet Me in Las Vegas

1956

No. 5 Checked Out

as Willy

1954

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

as Conseil

1954

Operation Undersea

as Self

1954

The Disneyland Story

1954

Casino Royale

as Le Chiffre

1953

Beat the Devil

as Julius O'Hara

1951

The Lost One

as Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeiste...

1950

Double Confession

as Paynter

1950

Quicksand

as Nick Dramoshag

1949

Rope of Sand

as Toady

1948

Casbah

as Slimane

1947

My Favorite Brunette

as Kismet

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

Hollywood Canteen

as Self

1944

The Conspirators

as Jan Bernazsky

1944

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Dr. Einstein

1944

The Mask of Dimitrios

as Cornelius Leyden

1944

Passage to Marseille

as Marius

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

1943

Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy ...

as Secret Agent

1942

The Boogie Man Will Get You

as Dr. Arthur Lorentz

1942

Invisible Agent

as Baron Ikito

1942

All Through the Night

as Pepi

1941

The Maltese Falcon

as Joel Cairo

1941

They Met in Bombay

as Captain Chang

1941

Mr. District Attorney

as Paul Hyde

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

Stranger on the Third Floor

as The Stranger

1940

Island of Doomed Men

as Stephen Danel

1940

I Was an Adventuress

as Polo

1940

Strange Cargo

as M'sieu Pig

1939

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

as Mr. Moto

1939

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

as Kentaro Moto

1939

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

as Mr. Kentaro Moto

1938

Mysterious Mr. Moto

as Mr. Moto

1938

I'll Give a Million

as Louie 'The Dope' Monteau

1938

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

as Mr. Moto

1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble

as Kentaro Moto

1937

Thank You, Mr. Moto

as Mr. Moto

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

1934

The Man Who Knew Too Much

as Abbott

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

A Shot at Dawn

as Klotz

1932

Five from the Jazzband

as Car Thief

1931

A Man's a Man

as Galy Gay

1931

The Trunks of Mr. O.F.

as Redakteur Stix

1931

Bombs Over Monte Carlo

as Pawlitschek

1931

M

as Hans Beckert

1929

The Missing Wife

as Patient of a Dentist

Crew

1951

The Lost One

as Director

1951

The Lost One

as Screenplay