Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
1904-06-26
Place of Birth
Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)
Peter Lorre
Biography
Peter Lorre (June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian-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.
Gallery
Known For
Acting History
2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2015A Physical History of 'M' as Hans Beckert (archive footage)
2014Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film as Doctor Gogol (archive footage)
2007Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)
2007Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb as Mr. Jekyll (archive footage)
2007Moto Is Missing as Mr. Moto (archive footage)
2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk as Self (archive footage)
2001Heroes of Horror as (archive footage)
1997Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage)
1996Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace as Self (archive footage)
1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1987Creepy Classics as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo - (archive footage)
1984The Double Face of Peter Lorre as Self (archive footage)
1983The Horror of It All as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (archive footage)
1979The Hollywood Clowns as (archive footage)
1979(Sin título) Descartes Arrebato as Hans Beckert (archive footage)
1975Film Emigration from Nazi Germany as Self (archive footage)
1974The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute as Self (archive footage)
1968The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
1967The Dinosaur and the Baby as Hans Beckert (archive footage)
1964The Patsy as Morgan Heywood
1964Muscle Beach Party as Mr. Strangdour
1964The Comedy of Terrors as Felix Gillie
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre as Frederick Bergen
1963The Raven as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
1962Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962Five Weeks in a Balloon as Ahmed
1962Tales of Terror as Montresor ("The Black Cat")
1961The Gertrude Berg Show
1961Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Comm. Lucius Emery
1961Five Fingers : Thin Ice as The Colonel
1960Route 66
1960Checkmate as Alonzo Pace Graham
1960Scent of Mystery as Smiley
1959The Big Circus as Skeeter
1959Rawhide as Victor Laurier
195877 Sunset Strip as The Gypsy
1957Hell Ship Mutiny as Lamoret
1957Collector’s Item as Mr. Munsey
1957The Sad Sack as Abdul
1957The Story of Mankind as Nero
1957Silk Stockings as Brankov, Commisar
1957The Fabulous Irishman
1957The Buster Keaton Story as Kurt Bergner
1957The Last Tycoon as Pete Zavras
1956Sizeman and Son as Karp
1956Around the World in 80 Days as Steward
1956Playhouse 90 as Café Owner
1956Congo Crossing as Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas
1956Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956No. 5 Checked Out as Willy
1955The 20th Century Fox Hour as Moyzisch
1955Screen Director's Playhouse as Willy
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Tomas Salgado / Carlos
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Tomas Salgado
195420,000 Leagues Under the Sea as Conseil
1954Operation Undersea as Self
1954The Disneyland Story
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Self
1954Casino Royale as Le Chiffre
1954Climax! as Mr. Vorhees
1954Climax! as Le Chiffre
1954Climax! as Normie
1954Climax! as Mr. Ho
1954Climax! as Benny Kellerman
1954The George Gobel Show as Self
1954Studio 57 as Mr. Grover
1954Studio 57 as Heitzer
1953Beat the Devil as Julius O'Hara
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951The Red Skelton Show as Mad Scientist
1951The Red Skelton Show as King Zurium
1951The Red Skelton Show as Boris - Chief Spy
1951The Lost One as Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister
1950The Jack Benny Program as Luverne Goodheart
1950Lux Video Theatre as Richard Pratt
1950Double Confession as Paynter
1950Quicksand as Nick Dramoshag
1950What's My Line? as Self
1949Rope of Sand as Toady
1949Suspense
1948Casbah as Slimane
1948Bambi as Self (archive footage)
1947My Favorite Brunette as Kismet
1947The Beast with Five Fingers as Hilary Cummins
1946The Verdict as Victor Emmric
1946The Chase as Gino
1946Black Angel as Marko
1946Three Strangers as Johnny West
1945Confidential Agent as Contreras
1945Hotel Berlin as Johannes Koenig
1944Hollywood Canteen as Self
1944The Conspirators as Jan Bernazsky
1944Arsenic and Old Lace as Dr. Einstein
1944The Mask of Dimitrios as Cornelius Leyden
1944Passage to Marseille as Marius
1943The Cross of Lorraine as Sergeant Berger
1943Background to Danger as Nikolai Zaleshoff
1943The Constant Nymph as Fritz Bercovy
1943Casablanca as Ugarte
1943Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines as Secret Agent
1942The Boogie Man Will Get You as Dr. Arthur Lorentz
1942Invisible Agent as Baron Ikito
1942All Through the Night as Pepi
1941The Maltese Falcon as Joel Cairo
1941They Met in Bombay as Captain Chang
1941Mr. District Attorney as Paul Hyde
1941The Face Behind the Mask as Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
1940The Eternal Jew as Hans Beckert (archive footage)
1940You'll Find Out as Professor Karl Fenninger
1940Stranger on the Third Floor as The Stranger
1940Island of Doomed Men as Stephen Danel
1940I Was an Adventuress as Polo
1940Strange Cargo as M'sieu Pig
1939Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation as Mr. Moto
1939Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Kentaro Moto
1939Mr. Moto's Last Warning as Mr. Kentaro Moto
1938Mysterious Mr. Moto as Mr. Moto
1938I'll Give a Million as Louie 'The Dope' Monteau
1938Mr. Moto Takes a Chance as Mr. Moto
1938Mr. Moto's Gamble as Kentaro Moto
1937Thank You, Mr. Moto as Mr. Moto
1937Lancer Spy as Maj. Sigfried Gruning
1937Think Fast, Mr. Moto as Kentaro Moto
1937Nancy Steele Is Missing! as Professor Sturm
1936Crack-Up as Colonel Gimpy
1936Secret Agent as The General
1935Crime and Punishment as Roderick Raskolnikov
1935Mad Love as Doctor Gogol
1934The Man Who Knew Too Much as Abbott
1933High and Low as Beggar
1933Unsichtbare Gegner as Henry Pless
1933The Oil Sharks as Henry Pless
1933What Women Dream as Otto Fuessli
1932F.P.1 Doesn't Answer as Bildreporter Johnny
1932Stupéfiants as The Hunchback
1932The White Demon as Hunchback
1932A Shot at Dawn as Klotz
1932Five from the Jazzband as Car Thief
1931A Man's a Man as Galy Gay
1931The Trunks of Mr. O.F. as Redakteur Stix
1931Bombs Over Monte Carlo as Pawlitschek
1931M as Hans Beckert
1929The Missing Wife as Patient of a Dentist