Peter Lorre

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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.

Known For

Casablanca

Ugarte

Hans Beckert

The Maltese Falcon

Joel Cairo

Arsenic and Old Lace

Dr. Einstein

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Conseil

Around the World in 80 Days

Steward

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Abbott

The Raven

Dr. Adolphus Bedlo

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2022	Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies MOVIE	Self - (archive footage)
2015	A Physical History of 'M' MOVIE	Hans Beckert (archive footage)
2014	Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film MOVIE	Doctor Gogol (archive footage)
2007	Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2007	Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb MOVIE	Mr. Jekyll (archive footage)
2007	Moto Is Missing MOVIE	Mr. Moto (archive footage)
2003	Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2001	Heroes of Horror MOVIE	(archive footage)
1997	Bogart: The Untold Story MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1996	Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1988	John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick MOVIE	Self
1987	Creepy Classics MOVIE	Dr. Adolphus Bedlo - (archive footage)
1984	The Double Face of Peter Lorre MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1983	The Horror of It All MOVIE	Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (archive footage)
1979	The Hollywood Clowns MOVIE	(archive footage)
1975	Film Emigration from Nazi Germany TV	Self (archive footage)
1974	The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1968	The Movie Orgy MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1967	The Dinosaur and the Baby MOVIE	Hans Beckert (archive footage)
1964	The Patsy MOVIE	Morgan Heywood
1964	Muscle Beach Party MOVIE	Mr. Strangdour
1964	The Comedy of Terrors MOVIE	Felix Gillie
1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre TV	Frederick Bergen
1963	The Raven MOVIE	Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
1962	Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing MOVIE	Self
1962	The Merv Griffin Show TV	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self
1962	Five Weeks in a Balloon MOVIE	Ahmed
1962	Tales of Terror MOVIE	Montresor ("The Black Cat")
1961	The Gertrude Berg Show TV	Self
1961	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea MOVIE	Comm. Lucius Emery
1961	Five Fingers : Thin Ice MOVIE	The Colonel
1960	Route 66 TV	Self
1960	Checkmate TV	Alonzo Pace Graham
1960	Scent of Mystery MOVIE	Smiley
1959	The Big Circus MOVIE	Skeeter
1959	Rawhide TV	Victor Laurier
1958	77 Sunset Strip TV	The Gypsy
1957	Hell Ship Mutiny MOVIE	Lamoret
1957	Collector’s Item MOVIE	Mr. Munsey
1957	The Sad Sack MOVIE	Abdul
1957	The Story of Mankind MOVIE	Nero
1957	Silk Stockings MOVIE	Brankov, Commisar
1957	The Fabulous Irishman MOVIE	Self
1957	The Buster Keaton Story MOVIE	Kurt Bergner
1957	The Last Tycoon MOVIE	Pete Zavras
1956	Sizeman and Son MOVIE	Karp
1956	Around the World in 80 Days MOVIE	Steward
1956	Playhouse 90 TV	Café Owner
1956	Congo Crossing MOVIE	Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas
1956	Meet Me in Las Vegas MOVIE	Self
1956	No. 5 Checked Out MOVIE	Willy
1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour TV	Moyzisch
1955	Screen Director's Playhouse TV	Willy
1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV	Tomas Salgado / Carlos
1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV	Tomas Salgado
1954	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea MOVIE	Conseil
1954	Operation Undersea MOVIE	Self
1954	The Disneyland Story MOVIE	Self
1954	The Wonderful World of Disney TV	Self
1954	Casino Royale MOVIE	Le Chiffre
1954	Climax! TV	Mr. Vorhees
1954	Climax! TV	Le Chiffre
1954	Climax! TV	Normie
1954	Climax! TV	Mr. Ho
1954	Climax! TV	Benny Kellerman
1954	The George Gobel Show TV	Self
1954	Studio 57 TV	Mr. Grover
1954	Studio 57 TV	Heitzer
1953	Beat the Devil MOVIE	Julius O'Hara
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV	Self
1951	The Red Skelton Show TV	Mad Scientist
1951	The Red Skelton Show TV	King Zurium
1951	The Red Skelton Show TV	Boris - Chief Spy
1951	The Lost One MOVIE	Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister
1950	The Jack Benny Program TV	Luverne Goodheart
1950	Lux Video Theatre TV	Richard Pratt
1950	Double Confession MOVIE	Paynter
1950	Quicksand MOVIE	Nick Dramoshag
1950	What's My Line? TV	Self
1949	Rope of Sand MOVIE	Toady
1949	Suspense TV	Self
1948	Casbah MOVIE	Slimane
1948	Bambi TV	Self (archive footage)
1947	My Favorite Brunette MOVIE	Kismet
1947	The Beast with Five Fingers MOVIE	Hilary Cummins
1946	The Verdict MOVIE	Victor Emmric
1946	The Chase MOVIE	Gino
1946	Black Angel MOVIE	Marko
1946	Three Strangers MOVIE	Johnny West
1945	Confidential Agent MOVIE	Contreras
1945	Hotel Berlin MOVIE	Johannes Koenig
1944	Hollywood Canteen MOVIE	Self
1944	The Conspirators MOVIE	Jan Bernazsky
1944	Arsenic and Old Lace MOVIE	Dr. Einstein
1944	The Mask of Dimitrios MOVIE	Cornelius Leyden
1944	Passage to Marseille MOVIE	Marius
1943	The Cross of Lorraine MOVIE	Sergeant Berger
1943	Background to Danger MOVIE	Nikolai Zaleshoff
1943	The Constant Nymph MOVIE	Fritz Bercovy
1943	Casablanca MOVIE	Ugarte
1943	Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines MOVIE	Secret Agent
1942	The Boogie Man Will Get You MOVIE	Dr. Arthur Lorentz
1942	Invisible Agent MOVIE	Baron Ikito
1942	All Through the Night MOVIE	Pepi
1941	The Maltese Falcon MOVIE	Joel Cairo
1941	They Met in Bombay MOVIE	Captain Chang
1941	Mr. District Attorney MOVIE	Paul Hyde
1941	The Face Behind the Mask MOVIE	Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
1940	The Eternal Jew MOVIE	Hans Beckert (archive footage)
1940	You'll Find Out MOVIE	Professor Karl Fenninger
1940	Stranger on the Third Floor MOVIE	The Stranger
1940	Island of Doomed Men MOVIE	Stephen Danel
1940	I Was an Adventuress MOVIE	Polo
1940	Strange Cargo MOVIE	M'sieu Pig
1939	Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation MOVIE	Mr. Moto
1939	Mr. Moto in Danger Island MOVIE	Kentaro Moto
1939	Mr. Moto's Last Warning MOVIE	Mr. Kentaro Moto
1938	Mysterious Mr. Moto MOVIE	Mr. Moto
1938	I'll Give a Million MOVIE	Louie 'The Dope' Monteau
1938	Mr. Moto Takes a Chance MOVIE	Mr. Moto
1938	Mr. Moto's Gamble MOVIE	Kentaro Moto
1937	Thank You, Mr. Moto MOVIE	Mr. Moto
1937	Lancer Spy MOVIE	Maj. Sigfried Gruning
1937	Think Fast, Mr. Moto MOVIE	Kentaro Moto
1937	Nancy Steele Is Missing! MOVIE	Professor Sturm
1936	Crack-Up MOVIE	Colonel Gimpy
1936	Secret Agent MOVIE	The General
1935	Crime and Punishment MOVIE	Roderick Raskolnikov
1935	Mad Love MOVIE	Doctor Gogol
1934	The Man Who Knew Too Much MOVIE	Abbott
1933	High and Low MOVIE	Beggar
1933	Unsichtbare Gegner MOVIE	Henry Pless
1933	The Oil Sharks MOVIE	Henry Pless
1933	What Women Dream MOVIE	Otto Fuessli
1932	F.P.1 Doesn't Answer MOVIE	Bildreporter Johnny
1932	Stupéfiants MOVIE	The Hunchback
1932	The White Demon MOVIE	Hunchback
1932	A Shot at Dawn MOVIE	Klotz
1932	Five from the Jazzband MOVIE	Car Thief
1931	A Man's a Man MOVIE	Galy Gay
1931	The Trunks of Mr. O.F. MOVIE	Redakteur Stix
1931	Bombs Over Monte Carlo MOVIE	Pawlitschek
1931	M MOVIE	Hans Beckert
1929	The Missing Wife MOVIE	Patient of a Dentist

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