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Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Birthday: 1904-06-26 | Place of Birth: Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2009
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

as    Self (archive footage)

1964
The Comedy of Terrors

as    Felix Gillie

1964
The Patsy

as    Morgan Heywood

1963
The Raven

as    Dr. Adolphus Bedlo

1962
Five Weeks in a Balloon

as    Ahmed

1962
Tales of Terror

as    Montresor ("The Black Cat")

1960
Scent of Mystery

as    Smiley

1959
The Big Circus

as    Skeeter

1957
The Sad Sack

as    Abdul

1957
Silk Stockings

as    Brankov, Commisar

1954
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

as    Conseil

1954
Beat the Devil

as    Julius O'Hara

1954
Casino Royale

as    Le Chiffre

1950
Quicksand

as    Nick Dramoshag

1950
Double Confession

as    Paynter

1949
Rope of Sand

as    Toady

1948
Casbah

as    Slimane

1947
The Beast with Five Fingers

as    Hilary Cummins

1947
My Favorite Brunette

as    Kismet

1946
The Chase

as    Gino

1946
Three Strangers

as    Johnny West

1946
Black Angel

as    Marko

1945
Hotel Berlin

as    Johannes Koenig

1944
Arsenic and Old Lace

as    Dr. Einstein

1944
The Conspirators

as    Jan Bernazsky

1944
Passage to Marseille

as    Marius

1943
The Constant Nymph

as    Fritz Bercovy

1943
Background to Danger

as    Nikolai Zaleshoff

1943
The Cross of Lorraine

as    Sergeant Berger