About
Peter Lorre
Overview
Peter Lorre 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.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2024 | Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit | Actor | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2015 | A Physical History of 'M' | Actor | Hans Beckert (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | Actor | Doctor Gogol (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2009 | Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb | Actor | Mr. Jekyll (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Moto Is Missing | Actor | Mr. Moto (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2005 | The Originals | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | Heroes of Horror | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Bogart: The Untold Story | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 1988 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1987 | Creepy Classics | Actor | Dr. Adolphus Bedlo - (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1984 | The Double Face of Peter Lorre | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 1983 | The Horror of It All | Actor | Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1979 | The Hollywood Clowns | Actor | (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | (Sin título) Descartes Arrebato | Actor | Hans Beckert (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 1975 | Film Emigration from Nazi Germany | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1974 | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 1967 | The Dinosaur and the Baby | Actor | Hans Beckert (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1964 | The Patsy | Actor | Morgan Heywood | 58 Average |
| 1964 | Muscle Beach Party | Actor | Mr. Strangdour | 58 Average |
| 1964 | The Comedy of Terrors | Actor | Felix Gillie | 59 Average |
| 1963 | The Raven | Actor | Dr. Adolphus Bedlo | 60 Fair |
| 1962 | Five Weeks in a Balloon | Actor | Ahmed | 58 Average |
| 1962 | Tales of Terror | Actor | Montresor ("The Black Cat") | 60 Fair |
| 1961 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Actor | Comm. Lucius Emery | 58 Average |
| 1961 | Five Fingers : Thin Ice | Actor | The Colonel | N/A N/A |
| 1960 | Scent of Mystery | Actor | Smiley | 58 Average |
| 1959 | The Big Circus | Actor | Skeeter | 58 Average |
| 1957 | Hell Ship Mutiny | Actor | Lamoret | 58 Average |
| 1957 | Collector’s Item | Actor | Mr. Munsey | N/A N/A |
| 1957 | The Sad Sack | Actor | Abdul | 58 Average |
| 1957 | The Story of Mankind | Actor | Nero | 58 Average |
| 1957 | Silk Stockings | Actor | Brankov, Commisar | 59 Average |
| 1957 | The Buster Keaton Story | Actor | Kurt Bergner | 58 Average |
| 1957 | The Last Tycoon | Actor | Pete Zavras | N/A N/A |
| 1956 | Sizeman and Son | Actor | Karp | N/A N/A |
| 1956 | Around the World in Eighty Days | Actor | Steward | 62 Fair |
| 1956 | Congo Crossing | Actor | Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas | 58 Average |
| 1956 | Meet Me in Las Vegas | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1956 | No. 5 Checked Out | Actor | Willy | 59 Average |
| 1954 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Actor | Conseil | 66 Fair |
| 1954 | Operation Undersea | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1954 | The Disneyland Story | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1954 | Casino Royale | Actor | Le Chiffre | 58 Average |
| 1953 | Beat the Devil | Actor | Julius O'Hara | 59 Average |
| 1951 | The Lost One | Actor | Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister | 59 Average |
| 1950 | Double Confession | Actor | Paynter | 58 Average |
| 1950 | Quicksand | Actor | Nick Dramoshag | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Rope of Sand | Actor | Toady | 58 Average |
| 1948 | Casbah | Actor | Slimane | 58 Average |
| 1947 | My Favorite Brunette | Actor | Kismet | 59 Average |
| 1947 | The Beast with Five Fingers | Actor | Hilary Cummins | 59 Average |
| 1946 | The Verdict | Actor | Victor Emmric | 59 Average |
| 1946 | The Chase | Actor | Gino | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Black Angel | Actor | Marko | 58 Average |
| 1946 | Three Strangers | Actor | Johnny West | 59 Average |
| 1945 | Confidential Agent | Actor | Contreras | 58 Average |
| 1945 | Hotel Berlin | Actor | Johannes Koenig | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1944 | The Conspirators | Actor | Jan Bernazsky | 58 Average |
| 1944 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Actor | Dr. Einstein | 70 Good |
| 1944 | The Mask of Dimitrios | Actor | Cornelius Leyden | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Passage to Marseille | Actor | Marius | 59 Average |
| 1943 | The Cross of Lorraine | Actor | Sergeant Berger | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Background to Danger | Actor | Nikolai Zaleshoff | 58 Average |
| 1943 | The Constant Nymph | Actor | Fritz Bercovy | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Casablanca | Actor | Ugarte | 80 Very good |
| 1943 | Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines | Actor | Secret Agent | 58 Average |
| 1942 | The Boogie Man Will Get You | Actor | Dr. Arthur Lorentz | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Invisible Agent | Actor | Baron Ikito | 58 Average |
| 1942 | All Through the Night | Actor | Pepi | 59 Average |
| 1941 | The Maltese Falcon | Actor | Joel Cairo | 72 Good |
| 1941 | They Met in Bombay | Actor | Captain Chang | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Mr. District Attorney | Actor | Paul Hyde | 59 Average |
| 1941 | The Face Behind the Mask | Actor | Janos 'Johnny' Szabo | 59 Average |
| 1940 | The Eternal Jew | Actor | Hans Beckert (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 1940 | You'll Find Out | Actor | Professor Karl Fenninger | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Stranger on the Third Floor | Actor | The Stranger | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Island of Doomed Men | Actor | Stephen Danel | 58 Average |
| 1940 | I Was an Adventuress | Actor | Polo | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Strange Cargo | Actor | M'sieu Pig | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation | Actor | Mr. Moto | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto in Danger Island | Actor | Kentaro Moto | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto's Last Warning | Actor | Mr. Kentaro Moto | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Mysterious Mr. Moto | Actor | Mr. Moto | 58 Average |
| 1938 | I'll Give a Million | Actor | Louie 'The Dope' Monteau | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Mr. Moto Takes a Chance | Actor | Mr. Moto | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Mr. Moto's Gamble | Actor | Kentaro Moto | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Thank You, Mr. Moto | Actor | Mr. Moto | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Lancer Spy | Actor | Maj. Sigfried Gruning | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Think Fast, Mr. Moto | Actor | Kentaro Moto | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Nancy Steele Is Missing! | Actor | Professor Sturm | N/A N/A |
| 1936 | Crack-Up | Actor | Colonel Gimpy | 58 Average |
| 1936 | Secret Agent | Actor | The General | 59 Average |
| 1935 | Crime and Punishment | Actor | Roderick Raskolnikov | 59 Average |
| 1935 | Mad Love | Actor | Doctor Gogol | 60 Fair |
| 1934 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | Actor | Abbott | 61 Fair |
| 1933 | High and Low | Actor | Beggar | 58 Average |
| 1933 | Unsichtbare Gegner | Actor | Henry Pless | 59 Average |
| 1933 | The Oil Sharks | Actor | Henry Pless | N/A N/A |
| 1933 | What Women Dream | Actor | Otto Fuessli | 59 Average |
| 1932 | F.P.1 Doesn't Answer | Actor | Bildreporter Johnny | 58 Average |
| 1932 | Stupéfiants | Actor | The Hunchback | 59 Average |
| 1932 | The White Demon | Actor | Hunchback | N/A N/A |
| 1932 | A Shot at Dawn | Actor | Klotz | N/A N/A |
| 1932 | Five from the Jazzband | Actor | Car Thief | 59 Average |
| 1931 | A Man's a Man | Actor | Galy Gay | 58 Average |
| 1931 | The Trunks of Mr. O.F. | Actor | Redakteur Stix | 58 Average |
| 1931 | Bombs Over Monte Carlo | Actor | Pawlitschek | 59 Average |
| 1931 | M | Actor | Hans Beckert | 77 Good |
| 1929 | The Missing Wife | Actor | Patient of a Dentist | N/A N/A |
Directing |
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| 1951 | The Lost One | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
Writing |
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| 1951 | The Lost One | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |