Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

1904-06-26 Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia) 114 Credits

Biography

Peter Lorre (26 June 1904 – 23 March 1964) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pe...

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Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit

Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit

2024

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

7.5
Acting
A Physical History of 'M'

A Physical History of 'M'

2015

as Hans Beckert (archive footage)

Acting

This documentary traces the "physical history" of Fritz Lang’s M, from its production and original distribution to the digital restoration used as the...

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

2014

as Doctor Gogol (archive footage)

7.5
Acting

Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat, Wolfman, King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein, and more. Gra...

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

2009

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

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 Be...

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

2007

as Self (archive footage)

9.0
Acting

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 t...

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

2007

as Mr. Jekyll (archive footage)

Acting

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. Ac...

Moto Is Missing

Moto Is Missing

2007

as Mr. Moto (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

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

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk

2003

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

This documentary short subject details the making of the 1957 MGM musical, "Silk Stockings". Hosted by its star Cyd Charisse, the film gives behind-th...

Heroes of Horror

2001

as (archive footage)

9.0
Acting

A&E Comprehensive biographies of five of the greatest classic stars of the horror genre. Features lots or archive footage from some the greatest horro...

Bogart: The Untold Story

Bogart: The Untold Story

1997

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

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 a...

Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace

Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace

1996

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

Documentary overview of Peter Lorre's ascension to fame as a master purveyor of silky but disquieting peril.

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1988

5.9
Acting

Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in the world.

Creepy Classics

Creepy Classics

1987

as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo - (archive footage)

6.3
Acting

A compilation of trailers for various horror and sci-fi films, narrated and hosted by Vincent Price.

The Double Face of Peter Lorre

The Double Face of Peter Lorre

1984

as Self (archive footage)

5.3
Acting

Peter Lorre achieved international fame for his performance in the myth-making role in M. This character has held a peculiar fascination for generatio...

The Horror of It All

The Horror of It All

1983

as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (archive footage)

8.0
Acting

A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.

The Hollywood Clowns

The Hollywood Clowns

1979

as (archive footage)

Acting

Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.

(Sin título) Descartes Arrebato

(Sin título) Descartes Arrebato

1979

as Hans Beckert (archive footage)

10.0
Acting

Recovered Zulueta short.

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

1974

as Self (archive footage)

7.7
Acting

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 earlie...

The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy

1968

as Self (archive footage)

6.5
Acting

Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and gov...

The Dinosaur and the Baby

The Dinosaur and the Baby

1967

as Hans Beckert (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

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 collaborati...

The Patsy

The Patsy

1964

as Morgan Heywood

6.2
Acting

Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become a song-and...

Muscle Beach Party

Muscle Beach Party

1964

as Mr. Strangdour

5.6
Acting

Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.

The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors

1964

as Felix Gillie

6.5
Acting

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 brings...

The Raven

The Raven

1963

as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo

6.3
Acting

A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon

1962

as Ahmed

5.4
Acting

Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa ...

Tales of Terror

Tales of Terror

1962

as Montresor ("The Black Cat")

6.6
Acting

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 th...

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1961

as Comm. Lucius Emery

5.7
Acting

The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.

Five Fingers : Thin Ice

1961

as The Colonel

Acting

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 th...

Scent of Mystery

Scent of Mystery

1960

as Smiley

5.6
Acting

An Englishman and a cabby try to save an heiress from murder in Spain.

The Big Circus

The Big Circus

1959

as Skeeter

6.5
Acting

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 mu...

Hell Ship Mutiny

Hell Ship Mutiny

1957

as Lamoret

4.0
Acting

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

Collector’s Item

Collector’s Item

1957

as Mr. Munsey

Acting

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 col...

The Sad Sack

The Sad Sack

1957

as Abdul

5.6
Acting

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 tan...

The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind

1957

as Nero

4.5
Acting

The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.

Silk Stockings

Silk Stockings

1957

as Brankov, Commisar

6.7
Acting

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

The Buster Keaton Story

The Buster Keaton Story

1957

as Kurt Bergner

4.9
Acting

An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.

The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon

1957

as Pete Zavras

Acting

Based off the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same title, a movie producer is slowly working himself to death.

Sizeman and Son

Sizeman and Son

1956

as Karp

Acting

Morris Sizeman is a successful garment manufacturer in New York City. His son, Harold Sizeman, returns from the Korean War with new ideas about human ...

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days

1956

as Steward

6.6
Acting

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 ve...

Congo Crossing

Congo Crossing

1956

as Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas

5.2
Acting

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

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Meet Me in Las Vegas

1956

4.5
Acting

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 lik...

No. 5 Checked Out

1956

as Willy

5.0
Acting

A young deaf women confronts desperate crooks who are using one of her remote resort cabins for a hideout.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954

as Conseil

7.0
Acting

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

Operation Undersea

Operation Undersea

1954

as Self

2.0
Acting
The Disneyland Story

The Disneyland Story

1954

8.0
Acting

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 ...

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

1954

as Le Chiffre

5.0
Acting

American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions.

Beat the Devil

Beat the Devil

1953

as Julius O'Hara

6.2
Acting

A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.

The Lost One

The Lost One

1951

as Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister

6.7
Acting

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 enemy.

The Lost One

The Lost One

1951

Director, Screenplay

6.7
Directing Writing

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 enemy.

Double Confession

Double Confession

1950

as Paynter

6.1
Acting

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 unsucc...

Quicksand

Quicksand

1950

as Nick Dramoshag

6.0
Acting

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 mon...

Rope of Sand

Rope of Sand

1949

as Toady

5.7
Acting

Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers.

Casbah

Casbah

1948

as Slimane

5.8
Acting

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.

My Favorite Brunette

My Favorite Brunette

1947

as Kismet

6.6
Acting

Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for ...

The Beast with Five Fingers

The Beast with Five Fingers

1947

as Hilary Cummins

6.3
Acting

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: t...

The Verdict

The Verdict

1946

as Victor Emmric

6.6
Acting

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 w...

The Chase

The Chase

1946

as Gino

6.2
Acting

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

Black Angel

Black Angel

1946

as Marko

6.1
Acting

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 a...

Three Strangers

Three Strangers

1946

as Johnny West

6.4
Acting

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

Confidential Agent

Confidential Agent

1945

as Contreras

5.6
Acting

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

Hotel Berlin

Hotel Berlin

1945

as Johannes Koenig

6.1
Acting

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

Hollywood Canteen

Hollywood Canteen

1944

as Self

7.3
Acting

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

The Conspirators

The Conspirators

1944

as Jan Bernazsky

6.1
Acting

A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

as Dr. Einstein

7.6
Acting

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married;...

The Mask of Dimitrios

The Mask of Dimitrios

1944

as Cornelius Leyden

7.0
Acting

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. H...

Passage to Marseille

Passage to Marseille

1944

as Marius

6.6
Acting

A freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.

The Cross of Lorraine

The Cross of Lorraine

1943

as Sergeant Berger

6.2
Acting

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

Background to Danger

Background to Danger

1943

as Nikolai Zaleshoff

6.6
Acting

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

The Constant Nymph

The Constant Nymph

1943

as Fritz Bercovy

6.0
Acting

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 own...

Casablanca

Casablanca

1943

as Ugarte

8.2
Acting

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

Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

1943

as Secret Agent

5.7
Acting

A training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines.

The Boogie Man Will Get You

The Boogie Man Will Get You

1942

as Dr. Arthur Lorentz

6.3
Acting

A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.

Invisible Agent

Invisible Agent

1942

as Baron Ikito

5.8
Acting

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

All Through the Night

All Through the Night

1942

as Pepi

7.0
Acting

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

1941

as Joel Cairo

7.7
Acting

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

They Met in Bombay

They Met in Bombay

1941

as Captain Chang

7.3
Acting

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.

Mr. District Attorney

Mr. District Attorney

1941

as Paul Hyde

5.4
Acting

An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.

The Face Behind the Mask

The Face Behind the Mask

1941

as Janos 'Johnny' Szabo

6.5
Acting

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 hote...

The Eternal Jew

The Eternal Jew

1940

as Hans Beckert (archive footage)

4.5
Acting

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

You'll Find Out

You'll Find Out

1940

as Professor Karl Fenninger

5.5
Acting

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.

Stranger on the Third Floor

Stranger on the Third Floor

1940

as The Stranger

6.5
Acting

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

Island of Doomed Men

Island of Doomed Men

1940

as Stephen Danel

5.3
Acting

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.

I Was an Adventuress

I Was an Adventuress

1940

as Polo

6.3
Acting

Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con artists...

Strange Cargo

Strange Cargo

1940

as M'sieu Pig

7.0
Acting

Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

1939

as Mr. Moto

6.6
Acting

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 tran...

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

1939

as Kentaro Moto

6.7
Acting

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 th...

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

1939

as Mr. Kentaro Moto

5.5
Acting

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 Egyp...

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Mysterious Mr. Moto

1938

as Mr. Moto

5.8
Acting

The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.

I'll Give a Million

I'll Give a Million

1938

as Louie 'The Dope' Monteau

5.7
Acting

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 k...

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

1938

as Mr. Moto

5.8
Acting

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 t...

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Mr. Moto's Gamble

1938

as Kentaro Moto

6.2
Acting

Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Le...

Thank You, Mr. Moto

Thank You, Mr. Moto

1937

as Mr. Moto

6.1
Acting

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 treasure! Bu...

Lancer Spy

Lancer Spy

1937

as Maj. Sigfried Gruning

5.2
Acting

An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check h...

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

1937

as Kentaro Moto

6.0
Acting

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

Nancy Steele Is Missing!

Nancy Steele Is Missing!

1937

as Professor Sturm

5.0
Acting

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 ...

Crack-Up

Crack-Up

1936

as Colonel Gimpy

5.8
Acting

Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.

Secret Agent

Secret Agent

1936

as The General

6.1
Acting

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 th...

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

1935

as Roderick Raskolnikov

6.5
Acting

A man is haunted by a murder he's committed.

Mad Love

Mad Love

1935

as Doctor Gogol

7.0
Acting

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 which...

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1934

as Abbott

6.5
Acting

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidn...

High and Low

High and Low

1933

as Beggar

5.0
Acting

The intersecting lives of neighbors in a courtyard apartment building in Vienna,including a football player related to the concierge,a new blonde maid...

Unsichtbare Gegner

1933

as Henry Pless

6.0
Acting
The Oil Sharks

The Oil Sharks

1933

as Henry Pless

Acting

The plot revolves around an oil swindle in a South American country.

What Women Dream

What Women Dream

1933

as Otto Fuessli

8.4
Acting

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 ...

F.P.1 Doesn't Answer

F.P.1 Doesn't Answer

1932

as Bildreporter Johnny

6.0
Acting

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 technica...

Stupéfiants

Stupéfiants

1932

as The Hunchback

7.0
Acting

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 h...

The White Demon

The White Demon

1932

as Hunchback

Acting

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 tha...

A Shot at Dawn

A Shot at Dawn

1932

as Klotz

Acting

A Berlin policeman tracks down a group of diamond thieves in the outskirts by posing as a gang member.

Five from the Jazzband

Five from the Jazzband

1932

as Car Thief

7.0
Acting

By pure chance, Jessie and his four jazz musicians are hired to play at the cabaret theatre “Trocadero”. Unfortunately, she knows nothing about music...

A Man's a Man

A Man's a Man

1931

as Galy Gay

5.8
Acting

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

The Trunks of Mr. O.F.

The Trunks of Mr. O.F.

1931

as Redakteur Stix

Acting

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 ...

Bombs Over Monte Carlo

Bombs Over Monte Carlo

1931

as Pawlitschek

7.3
Acting

The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen.

M

M

1931

as Hans Beckert

8.1
Acting

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 ...

The Missing Wife

1929

as Patient of a Dentist

Acting

An Austrian silent comedy crime film.