Peter Lorre
Born: 1904-06-26 in Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)
Died: 1964-03-23
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2022
- Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies as Self - (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)
2007
- Moto Is Missing as Mr. Moto (archive footage)
- Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb as Mr. Jekyll (archive footage)
- Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (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)
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
- (Sin título) Descartes Arrebato as Hans Beckert (archive footage)
- The Hollywood Clowns as (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
- The Comedy of Terrors as Felix Gillie
- Muscle Beach Party as Mr. Strangdour
1963
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Frederick Bergen
- The Raven as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- Tales of Terror as Montresor ("The Black Cat")
- Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
- Five Weeks in a Balloon as Ahmed
1961
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Comm. Lucius Emery
- The Gertrude Berg Show
- Five Fingers : Thin Ice as The Colonel
1960
- Route 66
- Checkmate as Alonzo Pace Graham
- Scent of Mystery as Smiley
1959
- Rawhide as Victor Laurier
- The Big Circus as Skeeter
1958
- 77 Sunset Strip as The Gypsy
1957
- Silk Stockings as Brankov, Commisar
- The Fabulous Irishman
- The Sad Sack as Abdul
- Hell Ship Mutiny as Lamoret
- The Buster Keaton Story as Kurt Bergner
- The Last Tycoon as Pete Zavras
- Collector’s Item as Mr. Munsey
- The Story of Mankind as Nero
1956
- Playhouse 90 as Café Owner
- Congo Crossing as Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas
- Around the World in 80 Days as Steward
- Meet Me in Las Vegas
- Sizeman and Son as Karp
- No. 5 Checked Out as Willy
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Tomas Salgado / Carlos
- The 20th Century Fox Hour as Moyzisch
- Screen Director's Playhouse as Willy
1954
- Climax! as Mr. Vorhees
- Operation Undersea as Self
- Studio 57 as Mr. Grover
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as Conseil
- The George Gobel Show as Self
- Casino Royale as Le Chiffre
- The Disneyland Story
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Self
1953
- Beat the Devil as Julius O'Hara
1951
- The Red Skelton Show as Mad Scientist
- The Lost One as Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1950
- What's My Line? as Self
- The Jack Benny Program as Luverne Goodheart
- Lux Video Theatre as Richard Pratt
- Quicksand as Nick Dramoshag
- Double Confession as Paynter
1949
- Suspense
- Rope of Sand as Toady
1947
- My Favorite Brunette as Kismet
- The Beast with Five Fingers as Hilary Cummins
1946
- The Verdict as Victor Emmric
- Black Angel as Marko
- The Chase as Gino
- Three Strangers as Johnny West
1945
- Hotel Berlin as Johannes Koenig
- Confidential Agent as Contreras
1944
- Hollywood Canteen as Self
- The Conspirators as Jan Bernazsky
- Arsenic and Old Lace as Dr. Einstein
- Passage to Marseille as Marius
- The Mask of Dimitrios as Cornelius Leyden
1943
- Casablanca as Ugarte
- The Constant Nymph as Fritz Bercovy
- Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines as Secret Agent
- The Cross of Lorraine as Sergeant Berger
- Background to Danger as Nikolai Zaleshoff
1942
- Invisible Agent as Baron Ikito
- All Through the Night as Pepi
- The Boogie Man Will Get You as Dr. Arthur Lorentz
1941
- The Maltese Falcon as Joel Cairo
- The Face Behind the Mask as Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
- Mr. District Attorney as Paul Hyde
- They Met in Bombay as Captain Chang
1940
- Island of Doomed Men as Stephen Danel
- Stranger on the Third Floor as The Stranger
- The Eternal Jew as Hans Beckert (archive footage)
- I Was an Adventuress as Polo
- You'll Find Out as Professor Karl Fenninger
- Strange Cargo as M'sieu Pig
1939
- Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Kentaro Moto
- Mr. Moto's Last Warning as Mr. Kentaro Moto
- Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation as Mr. Moto
1938
- Mysterious Mr. Moto as Mr. Moto
- Mr. Moto's Gamble as Kentaro Moto
- Mr. Moto Takes a Chance as Mr. Moto
- I'll Give a Million as Louie 'The Dope' Monteau
1937
- Lancer Spy as Maj. Sigfried Gruning
- Thank You, Mr. Moto as Mr. Moto
- Think Fast, Mr. Moto as Kentaro Moto
- Nancy Steele Is Missing! as Professor Sturm
1936
- Secret Agent as The General
- Crack-Up as Colonel Gimpy
1935
- Mad Love as Doctor Gogol
- Crime and Punishment as Roderick Raskolnikov
1934
- The Man Who Knew Too Much as Abbott
1933
- Unsichtbare Gegner as Henry Pless
- What Women Dream as Otto Fuessli
- High and Low as Beggar
- The Oil Sharks as Henry Pless
1932
- The White Demon as Hunchback
- Five from the Jazzband as Car Thief
- A Shot at Dawn as Klotz
- Stupéfiants as The Hunchback
- F.P.1 Doesn't Answer as Bildreporter Johnny
1931
- M as Hans Beckert
- The Trunks of Mr. O.F. as Redakteur Stix
- Bombs Over Monte Carlo as Pawlitschek
- A Man's a Man as Galy Gay
1929
- The Missing Wife as Patient of a Dentist