- Born
- 26 June 1904, Ružomberok, Slovakia
- First work
- 1930: The White Devil
- Peak
- 1931 to 1944 (estimated)
- Last work
- 1964: The Patsy
- Died
- 23 March 1964, Los Angeles, United States; aged 59; natural
Peter Lorre
Film: actor, director, Slovakia
Peter Lorre was a distinctive Austrian-American character actor famous for his intense gaze, delicate voice, and inimitable screen presence. He shot to international attention in Weimar Germany starring as the troubled killer in Fritz Lang's masterpiece M. Fleeing Nazi Europe, Lorre worked with Alfred Hitchcock in Britain before establishing a celebrated career in Hollywood. He became an indispensable fixture in classic film noir and adventure cinema, forming an iconic screen partnership with Sydney Greenstreet and Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca. In his later career, he delighted audiences with self-parodying gothic comedies alongside Vincent Price. Lorre passed away in Los Angeles following a stroke in 1964.
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Signature works
- M film1931
- The Man Who Knew Too Much film1934
- Stranger on the Third Floor film1940
- The Maltese Falcon film1941
- Casablanca film1942
- Arsenic and Old Lace film1944
- The Raven film1963
Honours
- German Film Award (Honorary), 1952
- Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (Motion Pictures, 1960)
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