Peter Lorre
Popularity:0.757
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1904-06-26
Place of Birth:Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)
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Also Known As:László Löwenstein, Пітер Лорре, Петер Лорре, Πίτερ Λόρε, Питър Лори, Pīters Lorre, پیتر لوره

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets...

Casablanca (1943)
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

The Maltese Falcon (1941)
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.

F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932)
F.P.1 is a huge airplane landing dock in the Atlantic where pilots making the transatlantic flight can stop. Yet a saboteur tries to sink the...

M (1931)
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's...

Secret Agent (1936)
After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to...

The Movie Orgy (1968)
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and...

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a...

Black Angel (1946)
A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of...

The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.

The Patsy (1964)
When a star comedian dies, his comedy team decides to train a 'nobody' to play the Star in a big TV show (a Patsy). But the man chosen, bellboy...

Quicksand (1950)
Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the...

What Women Dream (1933)
In this pre-WWII German mystery-comedy, a lovely kleptomaniac with a taste for fine jewelry is unable to resist temptation. Strangely, every time she...

Beat the Devil (1953)
A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been...

Five from the Jazzband (1932)
By pure chance, Jessie and his four jazz musicians are hired to play at the cabaret theatre “Trocadero”. Unfortunately, she knows...

The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.

Mad Love (1935)
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands...

The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
A sweet, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a...

The Conspirators (1944)
A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.

The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul....

Background to Danger (1943)
An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

Three Strangers (1946)
On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable...

Heroes of Horror (2001)
A&E Comprehensive biographies of five of the greatest classic stars of the horror genre. Features lots or archive footage from some the greatest...

The Verdict (1946)
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key...

Invisible Agent (1942)
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.

The Beast with Five Fingers (1947)
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where murder has taken place. The alleged killer:...

The Chase (1946)
Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.

The Raven (1963)
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.

Tales of Terror (1962)
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over...

Double Confession (1950)
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various...

Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.

The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which...

All Through the Night (1942)
Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

The Story of Mankind (1957)
The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.

Silk Stockings (1957)
After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is...

The Sad Sack (1957)
Private Meredith Bixby is so out of step in the Army that his six weeks of planned basic training has now stretched to 17 months. After he loses a...

Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa...

Rope of Sand (1949)
Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers.

Crime and Punishment (1935)
A man is haunted by a murder he's committed.

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)
In this made-for-TV production, Vincent Price and his hunchback sidekick (Billy Van) host a pun-filled salute to the horror film genre from its...

High and Low (1933)
The intersecting lives of neighbors in a courtyard apartment building in Vienna,including a football player related to the concierge,a new blonde...

Casbah (1948)
Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France.

Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas....

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)
In the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a venerable holy man with mystical powers to help foil...

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)
Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in the world.

Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't...

My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for...

Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)
A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in...

Passage to Marseille (1944)
A freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.

You'll Find Out (1940)
The manager of Kay Kyser’s band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.

Strange Cargo (1940)
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.

Creepy Classics (1987)
A compilation of trailers for various horror and sci-fi films, narrated and hosted by Vincent Price.

(Sin título) Descartes Arrebato (1979)
Recovered Zulueta short.

The Constant Nymph (1943)
The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his...

Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)
When his import/export business infiltrated by international diamond smugglers, Mr. Moto must follow a trail of clues littered with beautiful women,...

Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)
Mr. Moto Heads to China on a quest for seven ancient scrolls that reveal the location of Genghis Khan's tomb—a crypt filled with fabulous...

Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training...

Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find...

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is...

The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
French soldiers (Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly) surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison camp.

They Met in Bombay (1941)
A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in Bombay and as the Japanese Army invades China.

The Lost One (1951)
A German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the...

Island of Doomed Men (1940)
An undercover agent wrongly punished for murder is paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine slave labor run by a sadistic foreigner.

Collector’s Item (1957)
Mr. Prentiss is an appraiser at his firm, the House of Prentiss. He is about to go to Florida to appraise a vast collection of a recently deceased...

Lancer Spy (1937)
An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check...

Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)
After being in jail for seventeen years a crook is met by the girl he kidnapped as a baby. She now thinks he's her father. When he returns her to her...

Moto Is Missing (2007)
Featurette about the demise, during the early 1940s, of the once-popular Mr. Moto B-films series that starred Peter Lorre.

Bombs Over Monte Carlo (1931)
The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen.

Scent of Mystery (1960)
An Englishman and a cabby try to save an heiress from murder in Spain.

Mr. District Attorney (1941)
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.

The Big Circus (1959)
A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show...

The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.

Confidential Agent (1945)
During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.

Congo Crossing (1956)
Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. The latest plane from...

Hotel Berlin (1945)
An assortment of diverse characters gather at the Hotel Berlin in World War II Germany as the Third Reich falls.

The Missing Wife (1929)
An Austrian silent comedy crime film.

Hell Ship Mutiny (1957)
A ship's captain in the South Seas battles a villainous pearl trader who uses island natives as slaves for his business.

Crack-Up (1936)
Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)
Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat, Wolfman, King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein, and more....

The Thirteen Trunks of Mr. O.F. (1931)
In the very old-fashioned town of Ostend suddenly 13 suitcases are delivered to the hotel, with a note, that O.F. will be here soon and needs 6 rooms...

The Horror of It All (1983)
A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.

Five Fingers : Thin Ice (1961)
Sebastian must either deliver a young Arab prince to Russia or get him back safely to his own country. The episode aired in the US in 1959, and in...

A Shot at Dawn (1932)
A Berlin policeman tracks down a group of diamond thieves in the outskirts by posing as a gang member.

The White Demon (1932)
When Albers takes his drug-addicted opera star sister Gerda to a sanitarium, they both become targets of slimy dope peddler Peter Lorre, who fears...

Casino Royale (1954)
American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions.

I'll Give a Million (1938)
After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is...

Stupéfiants (1932)
When an up-and-coming singer's career is jeopardized by morphine addiction, her brother takes on the ruthless dope pushers who are intent on keeping...

I Was an Adventuress (1940)
Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con...

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk (2003)
This documentary short subject details the making of the 1957 MGM musical, "Silk Stockings". Hosted by its star Cyd Charisse, the film gives...

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb (2007)
Our intrepid adventurers Ace Zucco and Mike Flannigan from Terror in the Tropics return for another exciting quest in Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb....

The Last Tycoon (1957)
Based off the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same title, a movie producer is slowly working himself to death.

The Eternal Jew (1940)
A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland...

Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit (2024)

The Oil Sharks (1933)
The plot revolves around an oil swindle in a South American country.

Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace (1996)
Documentary overview of Peter Lorre's ascension to fame as a master purveyor of silky but disquieting peril.

Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines (1943)
A training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines.

Muscle Beach Party (1964)
Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.

No. 5 Checked Out (1956)
A young deaf women confronts desperate crooks who are using one of her remote resort cabins for a hideout.

Bogart: The Untold Story (1997)
Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends...

The Dinosaur and the Baby (1967)
An hour-long discussion between Fritz Lang and Jean-Luc Godard in which they discuss a variety of art forms, the role of the cinema, their...

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (2009)
Eight hundred German filmmakers (cast and crew) fled the Nazis in the 1930s. The film uses voice-overs, archival footage, and film clips to examine...

A Physical History of 'M' (2015)
This documentary traces the "physical history" of Fritz Lang’s M, from its production and original distribution to the digital restoration used...

A Man's a Man (1931)
About a civilian who is press-ganged into a machine-gunner's squadron and transformed into the perfect soldier.

The Disneyland Story (1954)
Walt Disney presents a preview for both his upcoming park called Disneyland and several episodes of the show to come. Then the show focuses primarily...

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)
Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with...

The Double Face of Peter Lorre (1984)
Peter Lorre achieved international fame for his performance in the myth-making role in M. This character has held a peculiar fascination for...

77 Sunset Strip (1958)
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office...

Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks...

Checkmate (1960)
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Route 66 (1960)
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The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

Rawhide (1959)
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with...

Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
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Climax! (1954)
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The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
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Suspense (1949)
An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by...

The Gertrude Berg Show (1961)
The Gertrude Berg Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from October 4, 1961 to April 5, 1962. The series centers on Sarah Green, played by...

Climax! (1954)
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The Red Skelton Show (1951)
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The Red Skelton Show (1951)
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The George Gobel Show (1954)
The George Gobel Show is an American television series hosted George Gobel that aired on NBC from 1954 to 1960.

The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

Climax! (1954)
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary...

Climax! (1954)
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary...

Climax! (1954)
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary...

The Red Skelton Show (1951)
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Bambi Awards (1948)
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in...

What's My Line? (1950)
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series...

Film Emigration from Nazi Germany (1975)
Based on extensive interviews, shot on 16mm in a series of static long takes, Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland, is one of the most fascinating...

Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The...

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

Studio 57 (1954)
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