Peter Lorre
June 26 1904 - March 23, 1964
Born Ladislav Loewenstein in Rozsahegy, Hungary
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A Lot of Favorite Memories of Peter Lorre
- 1931 M (Germany) — as "Hans Beckert," a child murderer
- 1932 F.P.1 Antwortet Nicht (F.P.1 Doesn't Answer, Germany) — as "Johnny" the photographer
- 1934 The Man Who Knew Too Much (GB) — as "Abbott," leader of a gang of kidnappers and assassins
- 1935 Mad Love — as "Dr. Gogol," a mad surgeon
- 1935 Crime and Punishment — as "Roderick Raskolnikov," a murderer
- 1936 Secret Agent (GB) — as "the general," aka "the hairless Mexican"
- 1937 Think Fast, Mr. Moto
— as "Mr. Moto," the Japanese detective
- 1937 Thank You, Mr. Moto
— as "Mr. Moto"
- 1938 Mr. Moto's Gamble
— as "Mr. Moto"
- 1938 Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
— as "Mr. Moto"
- 1938 Mysterious Mr. Moto
— as "Mr. Moto"
- 1939 Mr. Moto's Last Warning
— as "Mr. Moto"
- 1939 Danger Island
— as "Mr. Moto"
- 1939 Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
— as "Mr. Moto"
- 1940 Strange Cargo
— as "Cochon" ("M'sieu Pig")
- 1940 Island of Doomed Men
— as "Stephen Danel"
- 1940 The Stranger on the Third Floor
— as "The Stranger," a mysterious murderer who almost gets away with it.
- 1940 You'll Find Out
— as "Professor Carl Fenninger"
- 1941 The Face Behind the Mask
— as "Janos Szabo," fire-scarred master criminal
- 1941 The Maltese Falcon
— as "Joel Cairo," accomplice of "The Fat Man".
- 1942 All Through the Night
— as "Pepi," a knife-wielding Nazi
- 1942 Invisible Agent
— as "Baron Ikito," a hara-kiri knife-wielding Japanese agent
- 1942 The Boogie Man Will Get You
— as "Dr. Lorentz"
- 1942 Casablanca
— as "Ugarte," a cut-rate parasite
- 1943 The Cross of Lorraine
— as "Sergeant Berger," a sadistic Nazi prison camp guard
- 1944 Passage to Marseilles
— as "Marius," a patriotic Devil's Island escapee
- 1944 The Mask of Dimitrios
— as "Cornelius Leyden," a mystery writer
- 1944 Arsenic and Old Lace
— as "Dr. Einstein," a plastic surgeon
- 1946 Three Strangers
— as "Johnny West," part-owner of an unlucky sweepstakes ticket
- 1946 The Black Angel
— as "Marko," a Sunset Strip nightclub owner
- 1946 The Chase
— as "Gino," a racketeer's bodyguard
- 1946 The Verdict
— as "Victor Emmric," a book illustrator
- 1946 The Beast with Five Fingers
— as "Hilary Cummins," a demented astrologer
- 1947 My Favorite Brunette
— as "Kismet," a knife-wielding immigrant gang member
- 1951 Der Verlorene (The Lost One; Germany) — as "Dr.Karl Rothe" aka "Neumeister," a guilt-ridden Nazi doctor. (Written and directed by Lorre.)
- 1954 Beat the Devil
— as "O'Hara," a scheming petty crook
- 1954 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
— as "Conseil," a valet
- 1956 Around the World in 80 Days
— cameo as a Japanese steward
- 1957 Silk Stockings
— as "Brankov," a Russian subcommissar in Paris
- 1957 The Story of Mankind
— as "Emperor Nero," a drunken fiddler
- 1957 The Sad Sack
— as "Abdul," a knife-wielding Arab
- 1957 Casino Royale
(TV) — as "Le Chiffre"
- 1959 The Big Circus
— as "Skeeter," a drunken clown
- 1961 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
— as "Commodore Emery," a nuclear submarine physicist
- 1962 Tales of Terror
— as "Montresor," a vengeful drunkard in "The Black Cat" segment
- 1962 Five Weeks in a Balloon
— as "Ahmed," a slave trader
- 1963 The Raven
— as "Dr. Bedlo," a sorceror (Jack Nicholson's father!)
- 1964 The Comedy of Terrors — as "Felix Gillie," a murderous undertaker's assistant
- 1964 Muscle Beach Party — as "Mr. Strangdour," the strongest man in the world
- 1964 The Patsy — as "Morgan Heywood," a Hollywood director
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