Peter Lorre

Known for: Acting

Born: 1904-06-26 – 1964-03-23 (aged 59)

From: Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)

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 (138)

MOVIE★ 2.0
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
as Self - (archive footage)
MOVIE
A Physical History of 'M'
2015
as Hans Beckert (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
as Doctor Gogol (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007
as Mr. Jekyll (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Moto Is Missing
2007
as Mr. Moto (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.7
Heroes of Horror
2001
as (archive footage)
MOVIE
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace
1996
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
MOVIE★ 6.4
Creepy Classics
1987
as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo - (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Double Face of Peter Lorre
1984
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.3
The Horror of It All
1983
as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (archive footage)
MOVIE
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
as (archive footage)
TV★ 9.0
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Dinosaur and the Baby
1967
as Hans Beckert (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Patsy
1964
as Morgan Heywood
MOVIE★ 5.7
Muscle Beach Party
1964
as Mr. Strangdour
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Comedy of Terrors
1964
as Felix Gillie
TV★ 6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Frederick Bergen
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Raven
1963
as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
MOVIE
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
TV★ 6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
Five Weeks in a Balloon
1962
as Ahmed
MOVIE★ 6.7
Tales of Terror
1962
as Montresor ("The Black Cat")
TV★ 9.0
The Gertrude Berg Show
1961
MOVIE★ 5.7
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
as Comm. Lucius Emery
MOVIE
Five Fingers : Thin Ice
1961
as The Colonel
TV★ 6.7
Route 66
1960
TV★ 4.8
Checkmate
1960
as Alonzo Pace Graham
MOVIE★ 6.0
Scent of Mystery
1960
as Smiley
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Big Circus
1959
as Skeeter
TV★ 7.2
Rawhide
1959
as Victor Laurier
TV★ 7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as The Gypsy
MOVIE★ 5.5
Hell Ship Mutiny
1957
as Lamoret
MOVIE★ 10.0
Collector’s Item
1957
as Mr. Munsey
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Sad Sack
1957
as Abdul
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Story of Mankind
1957
as Nero
MOVIE★ 6.8
Silk Stockings
1957
as Brankov, Commisar
MOVIE
The Fabulous Irishman
1957
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Buster Keaton Story
1957
as Kurt Bergner
MOVIE
The Last Tycoon
1957
as Pete Zavras
MOVIE
Sizeman and Son
1956
as Karp
MOVIE★ 6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Steward
TV★ 7.6
Playhouse 90
1956
as Café Owner
MOVIE★ 5.5
Congo Crossing
1956
as Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas
MOVIE★ 4.5
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
MOVIE★ 6.5
No. 5 Checked Out
1956
as Willy
TV★ 6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Moyzisch
TV★ 7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Willy
TV★ 7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Tomas Salgado / Carlos
MOVIE★ 7.1
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954
as Conseil
MOVIE★ 2.0
Operation Undersea
1954
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Disneyland Story
1954
as Self
TV★ 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.2
Casino Royale
1954
as Le Chiffre
TV★ 3.8
Climax!
1954
as Mr. Vorhees
TV★ 7.8
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
TV★ 7.5
Studio 57
1954
as Mr. Grover
MOVIE★ 6.2
Beat the Devil
1953
as Julius O'Hara
TV★ 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
TV★ 7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Mad Scientist
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Lost One
1951
as Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister
TV★ 7.8
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Luverne Goodheart
TV★ 6.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Richard Pratt
MOVIE★ 6.2
Double Confession
1950
as Paynter
MOVIE★ 6.1
Quicksand
1950
as Nick Dramoshag
TV★ 7.0
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Rope of Sand
1949
as Toady
TV★ 5.1
Suspense
1949
MOVIE★ 5.9
Casbah
1948
as Slimane
TV★ 9.0
Bambi
1948
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.6
My Favorite Brunette
1947
as Kismet
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Beast with Five Fingers
1947
as Hilary Cummins
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Verdict
1946
as Victor Emmric
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Chase
1946
as Gino
MOVIE★ 6.1
Black Angel
1946
as Marko
MOVIE★ 6.4
Three Strangers
1946
as Johnny West
MOVIE★ 5.5
Confidential Agent
1945
as Contreras
MOVIE★ 6.2
Hotel Berlin
1945
as Johannes Koenig
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Conspirators
1944
as Jan Bernazsky
MOVIE★ 7.6
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
as Dr. Einstein
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Mask of Dimitrios
1944
as Cornelius Leyden
MOVIE★ 6.6
Passage to Marseille
1944
as Marius
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Cross of Lorraine
1943
as Sergeant Berger
MOVIE★ 6.7
Background to Danger
1943
as Nikolai Zaleshoff
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Constant Nymph
1943
as Fritz Bercovy
MOVIE★ 8.1
Casablanca
1943
as Ugarte
MOVIE★ 6.0
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943
as Secret Agent
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942
as Dr. Arthur Lorentz
MOVIE★ 5.8
Invisible Agent
1942
as Baron Ikito
MOVIE★ 6.7
All Through the Night
1942
as Pepi
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Maltese Falcon
1941
as Joel Cairo
MOVIE★ 7.3
They Met in Bombay
1941
as Captain Chang
MOVIE★ 5.8
Mr. District Attorney
1941
as Paul Hyde
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
as Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Eternal Jew
1940
as Hans Beckert (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.6
You'll Find Out
1940
as Professor Karl Fenninger
MOVIE★ 6.5
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940
as The Stranger
MOVIE★ 5.6
Island of Doomed Men
1940
as Stephen Danel
MOVIE★ 6.5
I Was an Adventuress
1940
as Polo
MOVIE★ 7.0
Strange Cargo
1940
as M'sieu Pig
MOVIE★ 6.6
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939
as Mr. Moto
MOVIE★ 6.7
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
as Kentaro Moto
MOVIE★ 5.7
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939
as Mr. Kentaro Moto
MOVIE★ 6.2
Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938
as Mr. Moto
MOVIE★ 6.1
I'll Give a Million
1938
as Louie 'The Dope' Monteau
MOVIE★ 5.8
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
1938
as Mr. Moto
MOVIE★ 6.4
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
as Kentaro Moto
MOVIE★ 6.2
Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937
as Mr. Moto
MOVIE★ 6.0
Lancer Spy
1937
as Maj. Sigfried Gruning
MOVIE★ 6.2
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937
as Kentaro Moto
MOVIE★ 6.7
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1937
as Professor Sturm
MOVIE★ 5.9
Crack-Up
1936
as Colonel Gimpy
MOVIE★ 6.1
Secret Agent
1936
as The General
MOVIE★ 6.2
Crime and Punishment
1935
as Roderick Raskolnikov
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mad Love
1935
as Doctor Gogol
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934
as Abbott
MOVIE★ 5.7
High and Low
1933
as Beggar
MOVIE★ 6.5
Invisible Opponent
1933
as Henry Pless
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Oil Sharks
1933
as Henry Pless
MOVIE★ 8.2
What Women Dream
1933
as Otto Fuessli
MOVIE★ 6.5
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
1932
as Bildreporter Johnny
MOVIE★ 7.5
Stupéfiants
1932
as The Hunchback
MOVIE★ 10.0
The White Demon
1932
as Hunchback
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Shot at Dawn
1932
as Klotz
MOVIE★ 7.5
Five from the Jazzband
1932
as Car Thief
MOVIE★ 6.4
A Man's a Man
1931
as Galy Gay
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Trunks of Mr. O.F.
1931
as Redakteur Stix
MOVIE★ 6.4
Bombs Over Monte Carlo
1931
as Pawlitschek
MOVIE★ 8.1
M
1931
as Hans Beckert
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Missing Wife
1929
as Patient of a Dentist
MOVIE
Monsters of the Deep
—
as Himself