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(Sin título) Descartes Arrebato
1979
as Hans Beckert (archive footage)
Peter Lorre
Also known as: László Löwenstein, Laszlo Lowenstein
Nationality:United States
Height:5'3" (160 cm)
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Peter Lorre (German: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈlɔʁə]; born László Löwenstein, Hungarian: [ˈlaːsloː ˈløːvɛ(n)ʃtɒjn]; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, active first in Europe and later in the United States. Known for his timidly devious characters, appearance, and accented voice, he was frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner. He was caricatured throughout his life and his cultural legacy remains in the media today. He began his stage career in Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, before moving to Germany, where he worked first on the stage, then in film, in Berlin during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Lorre, who was Jewish, left Germany after Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power. Lorre caused an international sensation in the Weimar Republic–era film M (1931), where he portrayed a serial killer who preys on little girls. His first English-language film was Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), made in the United Kingdom. Eventually settling in Hollywood, he later became a featured player in many Warner Bros. crime and mystery films. He acted in Mad Love (1935), Crime and Punishment (1935), The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Passage to Marseille (1944), and My Favorite Brunette (1947). During this time he acted in several films alongside Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet. Lorre played Mr. Moto, the Japanese detective, in a series of B-pictures from 1937 to 1939, and was the first actor to play a James Bond villain as Le Chiffre in a TV version of Casino Royale (1954). He later starred in films such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Silk Stockings (1957), and The Comedy of Terrors (1963). Some of his last roles were in horror films directed by Roger Corman. In 2017, The Daily Telegraph named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.
Filmography (108 movies)
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Heroes of Horror
2001
as (archive footage)
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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
as Self (archive footage)
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8.4
What Women Dream
1933
as Otto Fuessli
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Casablanca
1943
as Ugarte
8.1
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M
1931
as Hans Beckert
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The Disneyland Story
1954
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The Horror of It All
1983
as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (archive footage)
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The Maltese Falcon
1941
as Joel Cairo
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The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
as Self (archive footage)
7.6
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Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
as Dr. Einstein
7.5
7.5
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
as Doctor Gogol (archive footage)
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They Met in Bombay
1941
as Captain Chang
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Mad Love
1935
as Doctor Gogol
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Moto Is Missing
2007
as Mr. Moto (archive footage)
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Strange Cargo
1940
as M'sieu Pig
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Stupéfiants
1932
as The Hunchback
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The Trunks of Mr. O.F.
1931
as Redakteur Stix
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Five from the Jazzband
1932
as Car Thief
7.0
7.0
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954
as Conseil
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The Mask of Dimitrios
1944
as Cornelius Leyden
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All Through the Night
1942
as Pepi
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Silk Stockings
1957
as Brankov, Commisar
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The Lost One
1951
Screenplay
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
as Kentaro Moto
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Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
as Steward
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Tales of Terror
1962
as Montresor ("The Black Cat")
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My Favorite Brunette
1947
as Kismet
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6.6
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939
as Mr. Moto
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Background to Danger
1943
as Nikolai Zaleshoff
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Passage to Marseille
1944
as Marius
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934
as Abbott
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6.5
The Big Circus
1959
as Skeeter
6.5
6.5
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940
as The Stranger
6.5
6.5
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
as Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
6.5
6.5
The Verdict
1946
as Victor Emmric
6.5
6.5
The Comedy of Terrors
1964
as Felix Gillie
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6.4
Three Strangers
1946
as Johnny West
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The Beast with Five Fingers
1947
as Hilary Cummins
6.3
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The Cross of Lorraine
1943
as Sergeant Berger
6.3
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I Was an Adventuress
1940
as Polo
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Creepy Classics
1987
as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo - (archive footage)
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The Raven
1963
as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
6.3
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Crime and Punishment
1935
as Roderick Raskolnikov
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Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
as Kentaro Moto
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The Chase
1946
as Gino
6.2
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The Patsy
1964
as Morgan Heywood
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Secret Agent
1936
as The General
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Beat the Devil
1953
as Julius O'Hara
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Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937
as Mr. Moto
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The Constant Nymph
1943
as Fritz Bercovy
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The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942
as Dr. Arthur Lorentz
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Double Confession
1950
as Paynter
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The Dinosaur and the Baby
1967
as Hans Beckert (archive footage)
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Bombs Over Monte Carlo
1931
as Pawlitschek
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6.0
Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace
1996
as Self (archive footage)
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6.0
The Conspirators
1944
as Jan Bernazsky
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6.0
Unsichtbare Gegner
1933
as Henry Pless
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6.0
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937
as Kentaro Moto
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6.0
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
1932
as Bildreporter Johnny
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6.0
Quicksand
1950
as Nick Dramoshag
6.0
6.0
Black Angel
1946
as Marko
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Hotel Berlin
1945
as Johannes Koenig
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5.8
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
1938
as Mr. Moto
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5.8
Invisible Agent
1942
as Baron Ikito
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Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938
as Mr. Moto
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5.8
A Man's a Man
1931
as Galy Gay
5.8
5.8
Casbah
1948
as Slimane
5.7
5.7
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943
as Secret Agent
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5.7
I'll Give a Million
1938
as Louie 'The Dope' Monteau
5.6
5.6
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
as Comm. Lucius Emery
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5.6
Rope of Sand
1949
as Toady
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Scent of Mystery
1960
as Smiley
5.6
5.6
The Sad Sack
1957
as Abdul
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5.5
You'll Find Out
1940
as Professor Karl Fenninger
5.5
5.5
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939
as Mr. Kentaro Moto
5.5
5.5
Confidential Agent
1945
as Contreras
5.4
5.4
Mr. District Attorney
1941
as Paul Hyde
5.3
5.3
Crack-Up
1936
as Colonel Gimpy
5.3
5.3
Five Weeks in a Balloon
1962
as Ahmed
5.3
5.3
The Double Face of Peter Lorre
1984
as Self (archive footage)
5.3
5.3
Lancer Spy
1937
as Maj. Sigfried Gruning
5.3
5.3
Island of Doomed Men
1940
as Stephen Danel
5.2
5.2
Congo Crossing
1956
as Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas
5.1
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Casino Royale
1954
as Le Chiffre
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No. 5 Checked Out
1956
as Willy
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Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1937
as Professor Sturm
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5.0
High and Low
1933
as Beggar
4.9
4.9
The Buster Keaton Story
1957
as Kurt Bergner
4.5
4.5
The Eternal Jew
1940
as Hans Beckert (archive footage)
4.3
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The Story of Mankind
1957
as Nero
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Hell Ship Mutiny
1957
as Lamoret
2.0
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Operation Undersea
1954
as Self
The White Demon
1932
as Hunchback
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
as (archive footage)
Collector’s Item
1957
as Mr. Munsey
The Missing Wife
1929
as Patient of a Dentist
Five Fingers : Thin Ice
1961
as The Colonel
The Last Tycoon
1957
as Pete Zavras
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Sizeman and Son
1956
as Karp
The Fabulous Irishman
1957
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
as Self - (archive footage)
A Shot at Dawn
1932
as Klotz
The Oil Sharks
1933
as Henry Pless
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007
as Mr. Jekyll (archive footage)
A Physical History of 'M'
2015
as Hans Beckert (archive footage)
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