Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre was born on the 26^th June 1904; he died on the 23^rd March 1964. He was an American actor of Austro-Hungarian Jewish descent.

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Peter Lorre caused an international sensation with the role of a serial killer who preys on small girls in the German movie called M in the year 1931. Soon in the enforced exile, his debut English movie was called The Man Who Knew Too Much by Alfred Hitchcock in the year 1934. He settled in Hollywood and became a featured player in several Hollywood crimes and mystery movies.

Peter Lorre was born with the name László Löwenstein on the 26^th June 1904, as the first son and child of the Jewish couple called Alajos Löwenstein and Elvira Freischberger, in the Austro-Hungarian town of Ruzomberok.

Filmography

Ø  Die Verschwundene Frau (1929) (uncredited)

Ø  Der weiße Teufel (aka, The White Devil, 1930)

Ø  Mann ist Mann (aka A Man's a Man, 1931)

Ø  M (1931)

Ø  Bomben auf Monte Carlo (aka, Bombs Over Monte Carlo, 1931)

Ø  Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. (aka, The Trunks of Mr. O.F., 1931)

Ø  Fünf von der Jazzband (aka Five from the Jazz Band, 1932)

Ø  Schuß im Morgengrauen (aka, A Shot at Dawn, 1932)

Ø  Der weiße Dämon (aka, Dope, 1932)

Ø  Stupéfiants (1932)

Ø  F.P.1 antwortet nicht (1932)

Ø  Les Requins du pétrole (1933)

Ø  Du haut en bas (1933)

Ø  Was Frauen träumen (1933)

Ø  Unsichtbare Gegner (1933)

Ø  The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

Ø  Mad Love (1935)

Ø  Crime and Punishment (1935)

Ø  Secret Agent (1936)

Ø  Crack-Up (1936)

Ø  Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)

Ø  Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)

Ø  Lancer Spy (1937)

Ø  Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)

Ø  Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)

Ø  Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)

Ø  I'll Give a Million (1938)

Ø  Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)

Ø  Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)

Ø  Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)

Ø  Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

Ø  Strange Cargo (1940)

Ø  I Was an Adventuress (1940)

Ø  Island of Doomed Men (1940)

Ø  Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

Ø  You'll Find Out (1940)

Ø  The Face Behind the Mask (1941)

Ø  Mr. District Attorney (1941)

Ø  They Met in Bombay (1941)

Ø  The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Ø  All Through the Night (1941)

Ø  Invisible Agent (1942)

Ø  The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)

Ø  Casablanca (1942)

Ø  The Constant Nymph (1943)

Ø  Background to Danger (1943)

Ø  The Cross of Lorraine (1943)

Ø  Passage to Marseille (1944)

Ø  The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)

Ø  Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Ø  The Conspirators (1944)

Ø  Hollywood Canteen (1944)

Ø   Hotel Berlin (1945)

Ø  Confidential Agent (1945)

Ø  Three Strangers (1946)

Ø  Black Angel (1946)

Ø  The Chase (1946)

Ø  The Verdict (1946)

Ø  The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)

Ø  My Favorite Brunette (1947)

Ø  Casbah (1948)

Ø  Rope of Sand (1949)

Ø  Quicksand (1950)

Ø  Double Confession (1950)

Ø  Der Verlorene (1951) (also wrote and directed)

Ø  Beat the Devil (1953)

Ø  Casino Royale, a 1954 episode of the television series Climax!

Ø  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Ø  Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

Ø  Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) (uncredited)

Ø  Congo Crossing (1956)

Ø  The Buster Keaton Story (1957)

Ø  Silk Stockings (1957)

Ø  The Story of Mankind (1957)

Ø  The Sad Sack (1957)

Ø  Hell Ship Mutiny (1957)

Ø  The Big Circus (1959)

Ø  Scent of Mystery (1960)

Ø  Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)

Ø  Tales of Terror (1962)

Ø  Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)

Ø  The Raven (1963)

Ø  The Comedy of Terrors (1964)

Ø  Muscle Beach Party (1964)

Ø  The Patsy (1964)