Peter Lorre
Acting • Born 1904-06-26 – Died 1964-03-23
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
145 credits
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Movie • 1954
Conseil
Arsenic and Old Lace
Movie • 1944
Dr. Einstein
Casablanca
Movie • 1943
Ugarte
The Maltese Falcon
Movie • 1941
Joel Cairo
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Movie • 1961
Comm. Lucius Emery
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
Movie • 1932
Bildreporter Johnny
M
Movie • 1931
Hans Beckert
Secret Agent
Movie • 1936
The General
The Movie Orgy
Movie • 1968
Self (archive footage)
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie • 1956
Steward
Black Angel
Movie • 1946
Marko
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Movie • 1942
Dr. Arthur Lorentz
The Patsy
Movie • 1964
Morgan Heywood
Quicksand
Movie • 1950
Nick Dramoshag
What Women Dream
Movie • 1933
Otto Fuessli
Beat the Devil
Movie • 1953
Julius O'Hara
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Movie • 1934
Abbott
Five from the Jazzband
Movie • 1932
Car Thief
The Hollywood Clowns
Movie • 1979
(archive footage)
The Face Behind the Mask
Movie • 1941
Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
Mad Love
Movie • 1935
Doctor Gogol
Background to Danger
Movie • 1943
Nikolai Zaleshoff
The Mask of Dimitrios
Movie • 1944
Cornelius Leyden
The Conspirators
Movie • 1944
Jan Bernazsky
Heroes of Horror
Movie • 2001
(archive footage)
Three Strangers
Movie • 1946
Johnny West
Invisible Agent
Movie • 1942
Baron Ikito
The Verdict
Movie • 1946
Victor Emmric
The Beast with Five Fingers
Movie • 1947
Hilary Cummins
The Chase
Movie • 1946
Gino
The Raven
Movie • 1963
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
Tales of Terror
Movie • 1962
Montresor ("The Black Cat")
Double Confession
Movie • 1950
Paynter
Stranger on the Third Floor
Movie • 1940
The Stranger
Mysterious Mr. Moto
Movie • 1938
Mr. Moto
The Comedy of Terrors
Movie • 1964
Felix Gillie
All Through the Night
Movie • 1942
Pepi
The Sad Sack
Movie • 1957
Abdul
Silk Stockings
Movie • 1957
Brankov, Commisar
The Story of Mankind
Movie • 1957
Nero
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Movie • 1962
Ahmed
Rope of Sand
Movie • 1949
Toady
Crime and Punishment
Movie • 1935
Roderick Raskolnikov
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Movie • 1974
Self (archive footage)
High and Low
Movie • 1933
Beggar
Casbah
Movie • 1948
Slimane
Hollywood Canteen
Movie • 1944
Self
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
Movie • 1938
Mr. Moto
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Movie • 1956
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Movie • 1988
My Favorite Brunette
Movie • 1947
Kismet
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Movie • 1939
Mr. Kentaro Moto
Passage to Marseille
Movie • 1944
Marius
You'll Find Out
Movie • 1940
Professor Karl Fenninger
Strange Cargo
Movie • 1940
M'sieu Pig
Creepy Classics
Movie • 1987
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo - (archive footage)
The Constant Nymph
Movie • 1943
Fritz Bercovy
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
Movie • 1937
Kentaro Moto
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Movie • 1938
Kentaro Moto
Thank You, Mr. Moto
Movie • 1937
Mr. Moto
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Movie • 1939
Mr. Moto
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Movie • 1939
Kentaro Moto
The Cross of Lorraine
Movie • 1943
Sergeant Berger
They Met in Bombay
Movie • 1941
Captain Chang
The Lost One
Movie • 1951
Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister
Island of Doomed Men
Movie • 1940
Stephen Danel
Collector’s Item
Movie • 1957
Mr. Munsey
Lancer Spy
Movie • 1937
Maj. Sigfried Gruning
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Movie • 1937
Professor Sturm
Moto Is Missing
Movie • 2007
Mr. Moto (archive footage)
Bombs Over Monte Carlo
Movie • 1931
Pawlitschek
Scent of Mystery
Movie • 1960
Smiley
Mr. District Attorney
Movie • 1941
Paul Hyde
The Big Circus
Movie • 1959
Skeeter
The Buster Keaton Story
Movie • 1957
Kurt Bergner
Confidential Agent
Movie • 1945
Contreras
Congo Crossing
Movie • 1956
Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas
Hotel Berlin
Movie • 1945
Johannes Koenig
The Missing Wife
Movie • 1929
Patient of a Dentist
Hell Ship Mutiny
Movie • 1957
Lamoret
Crack-Up
Movie • 1936
Colonel Gimpy
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Movie • 2014
Doctor Gogol (archive footage)
The Trunks of Mr. O.F.
Movie • 1931
Redakteur Stix
The Horror of It All
Movie • 1983
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (archive footage)
Five Fingers : Thin Ice
Movie • 1961
The Colonel
A Shot at Dawn
Movie • 1932
Klotz
The White Demon
Movie • 1932
Hunchback
Casino Royale
Movie • 1954
Le Chiffre
I'll Give a Million
Movie • 1938
Louie 'The Dope' Monteau
Stupéfiants
Movie • 1932
The Hunchback
I Was an Adventuress
Movie • 1940
Polo
Operation Undersea
Movie • 1954
Self
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Movie • 2007
Mr. Jekyll (archive footage)
The Last Tycoon
Movie • 1957
Pete Zavras
The Eternal Jew
Movie • 1940
Hans Beckert (archive footage)
The Oil Sharks
Movie • 1933
Henry Pless
Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
Movie • 1943
Secret Agent
Muscle Beach Party
Movie • 1964
Mr. Strangdour
Unsichtbare Gegner
Movie • 1933
Henry Pless
No. 5 Checked Out
Movie • 1956
Willy
Bogart: The Untold Story
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
The Dinosaur and the Baby
Movie • 1967
Hans Beckert (archive footage)
A Physical History of 'M'
Movie • 2015
Hans Beckert (archive footage)
A Man's a Man
Movie • 1931
Galy Gay
The Disneyland Story
Movie • 1954
Self
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
The Double Face of Peter Lorre
Movie • 1984
Self (archive footage)
Sizeman and Son
Movie • 1956
Karp
The Fabulous Irishman
Movie • 1957
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
Movie • 1962
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Movie • 2022
Self - (archive footage)
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
The Gypsy
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Frederick Bergen
Route 66
TV • 1960
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Tomas Salgado / Carlos
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Victor Laurier
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Richard Pratt
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Climax!
TV • 1954
Mr. Vorhees
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Moyzisch
Suspense
TV • 1949
The Gertrude Berg Show
TV • 1961
Climax!
TV • 1954
Le Chiffre
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Mad Scientist
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
King Zurium
The George Gobel Show
TV • 1954
Self
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Luverne Goodheart
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Tomas Salgado
Climax!
TV • 1954
Normie
Climax!
TV • 1954
Mr. Ho
Climax!
TV • 1954
Benny Kellerman
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Boris - Chief Spy
Bambi
TV • 1948
Self (archive footage)
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Self
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
TV • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV • 1955
Willy
Studio 57
TV • 1954
Mr. Grover
Studio 57
TV • 1954
Heitzer
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
Café Owner
Checkmate
TV • 1960
Alonzo Pace Graham