Peter Lorre
June 26, 1904 (120 years old) in Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)
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.
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Credits
- 2024 · Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit as Himself (archive) - actor, subject
- 2015 · A Physical History of 'M' as Hans Beckert (archive)
- 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, various Moto films)
- 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)
- 1989 · 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 · Around the World in Eighty Days as Steward
- 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
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Abbott / The General (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 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
- 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 - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · Rope of Sand as Toady
- 1949 · Suspense as
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (archive footage)
- 1948 · Casbah as Slimane
- 1948 · Bambi Awards 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
- 1931 · The Thirteen 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