Peter Lorre

1904-1964

Biography: life and films

Peter Lorre was a Hungarian-American actor whose birth name was László Löwenstein. He was born in Rózsahegy, Austria-Hungary on 26th June 1904 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 23rd March 1964, aged 59.

His best films as an actor include Fritz Lang's crime-thriller M (1931), Walter Lang's I'll Give a Million (1938), John Huston's The Maltese Falcon (1941), Der Verlorene (1951) and Roger Corman's comedy The Raven (1963).

Peter Lorre appeared in 82 films and directed 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Norman Foster (6 films), Jean Negulesco (3), Irwin Allen (3), Roger Corman (2), Robert Florey (2), Michael Curtiz (2), Kurt Gerron (2), John Huston (2), Gregory Ratoff (2), George Marshall (2) and Alfred Hitchcock (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (43 films), Thriller (25), comedy (16), crime-thriller (14), War (8), Horror (8), romance (6), comedy-thriller (6), comedy-drama (6), comedy-romance (5), Fantasy (2), Documentary (2) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Peter Lorre over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer; d = director

Der Weiße Teufel (1930) [a]

Bomben auf Monte Carlo (1931) [a]

Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. (1931) [a]

M (1931) [a]

Der Weiße Dämon (1932) [a]

Fünf von der Jazzband (1932) [a]

F.P.1 antwortet nicht (1932) [a]

Schuß im Morgengrauen (1932) [a]

Stupéfiants (1932) [a]

Du haut en bas (1933) [a]

Les Requins du pétrole (1933) [a]

Unsichtbare Gegner (1933) [a]

Was Frauen träumen (1933) [a]

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) [a]

Crime and Punishment (1935) [a]

Mad Love (1935) [a]

Crack-Up (1936) [a]

Secret Agent (1936) [a]

Lancer Spy (1937) [a]

Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937) [a]

Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937) [a]

Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937) [a]

I'll Give a Million (1938) [a]

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938) [a]

Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938) [a]

Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938) [a]

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939) [a]

Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) [a]

Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) [a]

Der ewige Jude (1940) [a]

I Was an Adventuress (1940) [a]

Island of Doomed Men (1940) [a]

Strange Cargo (1940) [a]

Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) [a]

You'll Find Out (1940) [a]

All Through the Night (1941) [a]

Mr. District Attorney (1941) [a]

The Face Behind the Mask (1941) [a]

The Maltese Falcon (1941) [a]

They Met in Bombay (1941) [a]

Casablanca (1942) [a]

Invisible Agent (1942) [a]

The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942) [a]

Background to Danger (1943) [a]

The Constant Nymph (1943) [a]

The Cross of Lorraine (1943) [a]

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) [a]

Hollywood Canteen (1944) [a]

Passage to Marseille (1944) [a]

The Conspirators (1944) [a]

The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) [a]

Confidential Agent (1945) [a]

Hotel Berlin (1945) [a]

Black Angel (1946) [a]

The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) [a]

The Chase (1946) [a]

The Verdict (1946) [a]

Three Strangers (1946) [a]

My Favorite Brunette (1947) [a]

Casbah (1948) [a]

Rope of Sand (1949) [a]

Double Confession (1950) [a]

Quicksand (1950) [a]

Der Verlorene (1951) [a,d,w]

Beat the Devil (1953) [a]

20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) [a]

Congo Crossing (1956) [a]

Hell Ship Mutiny (1957) [a]

Silk Stockings (1957) [a]

The Buster Keaton Story (1957) [a]

The Sad Sack (1957) [a]

The Story of Mankind (1957) [a]

The Big Circus (1959) [a]

Scent of Mystery (1960) [a]

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) [a]

Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) [a]

Tales of Terror (1962) [a]

The Raven (1963) [a]

The Comedy of Terrors (1964) [a]

The Patsy (1964) [a]

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1989) [a]

Bloody Mary (1996) [a]



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