
Peter Lorre
June 26, 1904 (121 years old) in Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)
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
Credits
- 2024 · Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2015 · A Physical History of 'M' as Hans Beckert (archive footage)
- 2014 · Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film as Doctor Gogol (archive footage)
- 2009 · Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood 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 Maverick as
- 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 · The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute 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 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Frederick Bergen
- 1963 · The Raven as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · Five Weeks in a Balloon as Ahmed
- 1962 · Tales of Terror as Montresor ("The Black Cat")
- 1961 · The Gertrude Berg Show as
- 1961 · Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Comm. Lucius Emery
- 1961 · Five Fingers : Thin Ice as The Colonel
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · Checkmate as
- 1960 · Scent of Mystery as Smiley
- 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 · 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 · Playhouse 90 as Café Owner
- 1956 · Congo Crossing as Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas
- 1956 · Meet Me in Las Vegas as
- 1956 · No. 5 Checked Out as Willy
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as Moyzisch
- 1955 · Screen Director's Playhouse as Willy
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Tomas Salgado / Carlos
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Tomas Salgado
- 1954 · 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as Conseil
- 1954 · Operation Undersea as Self
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Self
- 1954 · The Disneyland Story as
- 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 · The George Gobel Show as Self
- 1954 · Studio 57 as Mr. Grover
- 1954 · Studio 57 as Heitzer
- 1953 · Beat the Devil as Julius O'Hara
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 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
- 1951 · The Lost One as Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister
- 1950 · The Jack Benny Program as Luverne Goodheart
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Richard Pratt
- 1950 · Double Confession as Paynter
- 1950 · Quicksand as Nick Dramoshag
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self
- 1949 · Rope of Sand as Toady
- 1949 · Suspense as
- 1948 · Casbah as Slimane
- 1948 · Bambi-Verleihung as Self (archive footage)
- 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 Lines 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