Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 26, 1904
Place of Birth:
Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)
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Peter Lorre
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | A Physical History of 'M' | Hans Beckert (archive footage) |
| 2014 | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | Doctor Gogol (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Moto Is Missing | Mr. Moto (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb | Mr. Jekyll (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Heroes of Horror | (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace | Self (archive footage) |
| 1988 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | |
| 1987 | Creepy Classics | Dr. Adolphus Bedlo - (archive footage) |
| 1984 | The Double Face of Peter Lorre | Self (archive footage) |
| 1983 | The Horror of It All | Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (archive footage) |
| 1979 | The Hollywood Clowns | (archive footage) |
| 1979 | (Sin título) Descartes Arrebato | Hans Beckert (archive footage) |
| 1974 | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) |
| 1967 | The Dinosaur and the Baby | Hans Beckert (archive footage) |
| 1964 | The Patsy | Morgan Heywood |
| 1964 | The Comedy of Terrors | Felix Gillie |
| 1964 | Muscle Beach Party | Mr. Strangdour |
| 1963 | The Raven | Dr. Adolphus Bedlo |
| 1962 | Tales of Terror | Montresor ("The Black Cat") |
| 1962 | Five Weeks in a Balloon | Ahmed |
| 1961 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Comm. Lucius Emery |
| 1961 | Five Fingers : Thin Ice | The Colonel |
| 1960 | Scent of Mystery | Smiley |
| 1959 | The Big Circus | Skeeter |
| 1957 | Silk Stockings | Brankov, Commisar |
| 1957 | The Sad Sack | Abdul |
| 1957 | The Story of Mankind | Nero |
| 1957 | Collector’s Item | Mr. Munsey |
| 1957 | The Buster Keaton Story | Kurt Bergner |
| 1957 | Hell Ship Mutiny | Lamoret |
| 1957 | The Last Tycoon | Pete Zavras |
| 1956 | Around the World in Eighty Days | Steward |
| 1956 | Meet Me in Las Vegas | |
| 1956 | Congo Crossing | Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas |
| 1956 | No. 5 Checked Out | Willy |
| 1956 | Sizeman and Son | Karp |
| 1954 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Conseil |
| 1954 | Casino Royale | Le Chiffre |
| 1954 | Operation Undersea | Self |
| 1954 | The Disneyland Story | |
| 1953 | Beat the Devil | Julius O'Hara |
| 1951 | The Lost One | Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister |
| 1950 | Quicksand | Nick Dramoshag |
| 1950 | Double Confession | Paynter |
| 1949 | Rope of Sand | Toady |
| 1948 | Casbah | Slimane |
| 1947 | The Beast with Five Fingers | Hilary Cummins |
| 1947 | My Favorite Brunette | Kismet |
| 1946 | Black Angel | Marko |
| 1946 | Three Strangers | Johnny West |
| 1946 | The Verdict | Victor Emmric |
| 1946 | The Chase | Gino |
| 1945 | Confidential Agent | Contreras |
| 1945 | Hotel Berlin | Johannes Koenig |
| 1944 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Dr. Einstein |
| 1944 | The Conspirators | Jan Bernazsky |
| 1944 | The Mask of Dimitrios | Cornelius Leyden |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Self |
| 1944 | Passage to Marseille | Marius |
| 1943 | Casablanca | Ugarte |
| 1943 | Background to Danger | Nikolai Zaleshoff |
| 1943 | The Constant Nymph | Fritz Bercovy |
| 1943 | The Cross of Lorraine | Sergeant Berger |
| 1943 | Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines | Secret Agent |
| 1942 | The Boogie Man Will Get You | Dr. Arthur Lorentz |
| 1942 | Invisible Agent | Baron Ikito |
| 1942 | All Through the Night | Pepi |
| 1941 | The Maltese Falcon | Joel Cairo |
| 1941 | The Face Behind the Mask | Janos 'Johnny' Szabo |
| 1941 | They Met in Bombay | Captain Chang |
| 1941 | Mr. District Attorney | Paul Hyde |
| 1940 | Stranger on the Third Floor | The Stranger |
| 1940 | You'll Find Out | Professor Karl Fenninger |
| 1940 | Strange Cargo | M'sieu Pig |
| 1940 | Island of Doomed Men | Stephen Danel |
| 1940 | I Was an Adventuress | Polo |
| 1940 | The Eternal Jew | Hans Beckert (archive footage) |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto's Last Warning | Mr. Kentaro Moto |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto in Danger Island | Kentaro Moto |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation | Mr. Moto |
| 1938 | Mysterious Mr. Moto | Mr. Moto |
| 1938 | Mr. Moto Takes a Chance | Mr. Moto |
| 1938 | Mr. Moto's Gamble | Kentaro Moto |
| 1938 | I'll Give a Million | Louie 'The Dope' Monteau |
| 1937 | Think Fast, Mr. Moto | Kentaro Moto |
| 1937 | Thank You, Mr. Moto | Mr. Moto |
| 1937 | Lancer Spy | Maj. Sigfried Gruning |
| 1937 | Nancy Steele Is Missing! | Professor Sturm |
| 1936 | Secret Agent | The General |
| 1936 | Crack-Up | Colonel Gimpy |
| 1935 | Mad Love | Doctor Gogol |
| 1935 | Crime and Punishment | Roderick Raskolnikov |
| 1934 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | Abbott |
| 1933 | What Women Dream | Otto Fuessli |
| 1933 | High and Low | Beggar |
| 1933 | The Oil Sharks | Henry Pless |
| 1933 | Unsichtbare Gegner | Henry Pless |
| 1932 | F.P.1 Doesn't Answer | Bildreporter Johnny |
| 1932 | Five from the Jazzband | Car Thief |
| 1932 | A Shot at Dawn | Klotz |
| 1932 | The White Demon | Hunchback |
| 1932 | Stupéfiants | The Hunchback |
| 1931 | M | Hans Beckert |
| 1931 | Bombs Over Monte Carlo | Pawlitschek |
| 1931 | The Trunks of Mr. O.F. | Redakteur Stix |
| 1931 | A Man's a Man | Galy Gay |
| 1929 | The Missing Wife | Patient of a Dentist |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Film Emigration from Nazi Germany | Self (archive footage) |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Frederick Bergen |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | The Gertrude Berg Show | |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1960 | Checkmate | Alonzo Pace Graham |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Victor Laurier |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | The Gypsy |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Café Owner |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Tomas Salgado / Carlos |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Moyzisch |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Tomas Salgado |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Willy |
| 1954 | Climax! | Mr. Vorhees |
| 1954 | Climax! | Le Chiffre |
| 1954 | The George Gobel Show | Self |
| 1954 | Climax! | Normie |
| 1954 | Climax! | Mr. Ho |
| 1954 | Climax! | Benny Kellerman |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Self |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | Mr. Grover |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | Heitzer |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Mad Scientist |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | King Zurium |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Boris - Chief Spy |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Richard Pratt |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Luverne Goodheart |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self |
| 1949 | Suspense | |
| 1948 | Bambi | Self (archive footage) |