Birthday:
Jun 26, 1904
Place of Birth: Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)
Place of Birth: Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)
Peter Lorre
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Lorre, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Conseil | 1954 |
| Arsenic and Old Lace | Dr. Einstein | 1944 |
| Casablanca | Ugarte | 1943 |
| The Maltese Falcon | Joel Cairo | 1941 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Comm. Lucius Emery | 1961 |
| M | Hans Beckert | 1931 |
| F.P.1 Doesn't Answer | Bildreporter Johnny | 1932 |
| Secret Agent | The General | 1936 |
| The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968 |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Steward | 1956 |
| Black Angel | Marko | 1946 |
| The Boogie Man Will Get You | Dr. Arthur Lorentz | 1942 |
| The Patsy | Morgan Heywood | 1964 |
| Quicksand | Nick Dramoshag | 1950 |
| What Women Dream | Otto Fuessli | 1933 |
| Beat the Devil | Julius O'Hara | 1953 |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | Abbott | 1934 |
| Five from the Jazzband | Car Thief | 1932 |
| The Hollywood Clowns | (archive footage) | 1979 |
| Mad Love | Doctor Gogol | 1935 |
| The Face Behind the Mask | Janos 'Johnny' Szabo | 1941 |
| Background to Danger | Nikolai Zaleshoff | 1943 |
| The Conspirators | Jan Bernazsky | 1944 |
| The Mask of Dimitrios | Cornelius Leyden | 1944 |
| Heroes of Horror | (archive footage) | 2001 |
| Three Strangers | Johnny West | 1946 |
| The Verdict | Victor Emmric | 1946 |
| Invisible Agent | Baron Ikito | 1942 |
| The Beast with Five Fingers | Hilary Cummins | 1947 |
| The Chase | Gino | 1946 |
| The Raven | Dr. Adolphus Bedlo | 1963 |
| Tales of Terror | Montresor ("The Black Cat") | 1962 |
| Double Confession | Paynter | 1950 |
| Stranger on the Third Floor | The Stranger | 1940 |
| Mysterious Mr. Moto | Mr. Moto | 1938 |
| The Comedy of Terrors | Felix Gillie | 1964 |
| All Through the Night | Pepi | 1942 |
| Silk Stockings | Brankov, Commisar | 1957 |
| The Sad Sack | Abdul | 1957 |
| The Story of Mankind | Nero | 1957 |
| Five Weeks in a Balloon | Ahmed | 1962 |
| Rope of Sand | Toady | 1949 |
| Crime and Punishment | Roderick Raskolnikov | 1935 |
| The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) | 1974 |
| High and Low | Beggar | 1933 |
| Casbah | Slimane | 1948 |
| Hollywood Canteen | Self | 1944 |
| Mr. Moto Takes a Chance | Mr. Moto | 1938 |
| John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | 1988 | |
| Meet Me in Las Vegas | 1956 | |
| My Favorite Brunette | Kismet | 1947 |
| Mr. Moto's Last Warning | Mr. Kentaro Moto | 1939 |
| Passage to Marseille | Marius | 1944 |
| You'll Find Out | Professor Karl Fenninger | 1940 |
| Strange Cargo | M'sieu Pig | 1940 |
| Creepy Classics | Dr. Adolphus Bedlo - (archive footage) | 1987 |
| (Sin título) Descartes Arrebato | Hans Beckert - Archive footage | 1979 |
| The Constant Nymph | Fritz Bercovy | 1943 |
| Think Fast, Mr. Moto | Kentaro Moto | 1937 |
| Thank You, Mr. Moto | Mr. Moto | 1937 |
| Mr. Moto's Gamble | Kentaro Moto | 1938 |
| Mr. Moto in Danger Island | Kentaro Moto | 1939 |
| Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation | Mr. Moto | 1939 |
| The Cross of Lorraine | Sergeant Berger | 1943 |
| They Met in Bombay | Captain Chang | 1941 |
| The Lost One | Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister | 1951 |
| Island of Doomed Men | Stephen Danel | 1940 |
| Collector’s Item | Mr. Munsey | 1957 |
| Lancer Spy | Maj. Sigfried Gruning | 1937 |
| Nancy Steele Is Missing! | Professor Sturm | 1937 |
| Moto Is Missing | Mr. Moto (archive footage, various Moto films) | 2007 |
| Bombs Over Monte Carlo | Pawlitschek | 1931 |
| Scent of Mystery | Smiley | 1960 |
| Mr. District Attorney | Paul Hyde | 1941 |
| The Big Circus | Skeeter | 1959 |
| The Buster Keaton Story | Kurt Bergner | 1957 |
| Confidential Agent | Contreras | 1945 |
| Congo Crossing | Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas | 1956 |
| Hotel Berlin | Johannes Koenig | 1945 |
| The Missing Wife | Patient of a Dentist | 1929 |
| Hell Ship Mutiny | Lamoret | 1957 |
| Crack-Up | Colonel Gimpy | 1936 |
| Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | Doctor Gogol (archive footage) | 2014 |
| The Thirteen Trunks of Mr. O.F. | Redakteur Stix | 1931 |
| The Horror of It All | Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (archive footage) | 1983 |
| Five Fingers : Thin Ice | The Colonel | 1961 |
| A Shot at Dawn | Klotz | 1932 |
| The White Demon | Hunchback | 1932 |
| Casino Royale | Le Chiffre | 1954 |
| I'll Give a Million | Louie 'The Dope' Monteau | 1938 |
| Stupéfiants | The Hunchback | 1932 |
| I Was an Adventuress | Polo | 1940 |
| Operation Undersea | Self | 1954 |
| Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk | Self (Archive Footage) | 2003 |
| Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb | Mr. Jekyll (archive footage) | 2007 |
| The Last Tycoon | Pete Zavras | 1957 |
| The Eternal Jew | Hans Beckert (archive footage) | 1940 |
| Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit | Himself (archive) - actor, subject | 2024 |
| The Oil Sharks | Henry Pless | 1933 |
| Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace | Self (archive footage) | 1996 |
| Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines | Secret Agent | 1943 |
| Muscle Beach Party | Mr. Strangdour | 1964 |
| Unsichtbare Gegner | Henry Pless | 1933 |
| No. 5 Checked Out | Willy | 1956 |
| Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage) | 1997 |
| The Dinosaur and the Baby | Hans Beckert (archive footage) | 1967 |
| Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2009 |
| A Physical History of 'M' | Hans Beckert (archive) | 2015 |
| A Man's a Man | 1931 | |
| The Disneyland Story | 1954 | |
| Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
| The Double Face of Peter Lorre | Self (Archive Footage) | 1984 | Series | Cast | Year |
| 77 Sunset Strip | The Gypsy | 1958 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Frederick Bergen | 1963 |
| Checkmate | 1960 | |
| Route 66 | 1960 | |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 1962 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Tomas Salgado / Carlos | 1955 |
| Rawhide | Victor Laurier | 1959 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Richard Pratt | 1950 |
| Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | 1951 | |
| Climax! | Mr. Vorhees | 1954 |
| The 20th Century Fox Hour | Moyzisch | 1955 |
| Suspense | 1949 | |
| The Gertrude Berg Show | 1961 | |
| Climax! | Le Chiffre | 1954 |
| The Red Skelton Show | Mad Scientist | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Show | King Zurium | 1951 |
| The George Gobel Show | Self | 1954 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Luverne Goodheart | 1950 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1962 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Tomas Salgado | 1955 |
| Climax! | Normie | 1954 |
| Climax! | Mr. Ho | 1954 |
| Climax! | Benny Kellerman | 1954 |
| The Red Skelton Show | Boris - Chief Spy | 1951 |
| Bambi Awards | Self (archive footage) | 1948 |
| What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| The Wonderful World of Disney | Self | 1954 |
| Film Emigration from Nazi Germany | Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Screen Director's Playhouse | Willy | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Abbott / The General (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Studio 57 | Mr. Grover | 1954 |
