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Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

László Löwenstein

Born June 26, 1904· Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)

† Died March 23, 1964

56Roles★ 6.4Average rating

Beginning his stage career at seventeen in Vienna before moving to Berlin, the Hungarian-born actor gained fame in the Weimar film scene as the child-killer Hans Beckert in Fritz Lang’s M (1931). After escaping Nazi Germany, he appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s English-language debut The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and soon settled in Hollywood, where his voice and presence made him a staple of Warn…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

Filmography

Casablanca★ 8.1
Casablanca1943
Ugarte
M★ 8.1
M1931
Hans Beckert
The Maltese Falcon★ 7.7
The Maltese Falcon1941
Joel Cairo
Arsenic and Old Lace★ 7.6
Arsenic and Old Lace1944
Dr. Einstein
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea★ 7.1
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea1954
Conseil
Around the World in 80 Days★ 6.7
Around the World in 80 Days1956
Steward
The Man Who Knew Too Much★ 6.5
The Man Who Knew Too Much1934
Abbott
Invisible Agent★ 5.8
Invisible Agent1942
Baron Ikito