Peter Lorre

László Löwenstein
1904 - 1964 (stroke)
Hungarian born Rosenberg

Nickname Lazzy . Height 5' 5" (1.65 m) . As a youth Peter Lorre ran away from home, worked as a bank clerk, and after stage training in Vienna made his acting debut in Zurich. He remained unknown, traveling for seven years acting in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, until Fritz Lang cast as the psychopathic child killer in M (1931). After several more films in Germany, Lorre left as the Nazis came to power, going to Paris, London and, in 1935, Hollywood. He played Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment (1935/I) and a series of Mr. Moto movies during the late 1930s. He began his pairing with Sydney Greenstreet as Joel Cairo in The Maltese Falcon (1941), continued in Casablanca (1942) and seven other films during the early 1940s. In Germany he wrote, directed and starred in Verlorene, Der (1951). After that, somewhat heavier, he played in a string of not-so-stellar efforts, one exception being his role as a clown in The Big Circus (1959). He died the year he made his last movie, playing a stooge in Jerry Lewis' The Patsy (1964). Spouse Annemarie Brenning (21 July 1953 - 23 March 1964) (his death) 1 child, Kaaren Verne (25 May 1945 - 1950) (divorced), Celia Lovsky (1934 - 13 March 1945) (divorced).

"Hour of Stars" (????) , "Disneyland" (1976) , The Patsy (1964) , Muscle Beach Party (1964) , The Comedy of Terrors (1964) , "The Red Skelton Show" (1954) , "Kraft Suspense Theatre" (1963) , "77 Sunset Strip"(1963) , "The DuPont Show of the Week" (1963) , The Raven (1963) , "The Jack Benny Program" (1963) , Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) , Tales of Terror (1962) , "The Gertrude Berg Show" (1961) , Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) , "The Best of the Post" (1961) , "Checkmate" (1961) , "Rawhide" (1960) , "Wagon Train" (1960) , "Playhouse 90" (1957) , Scent of Mystery (1960) , "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1957) , "Five Fingers" (1959) , The Big Circus (1959) , Collector's Item (1958) , Hell Ship Mutiny (1957) , The Sad Sack (1957) , The Story of Mankind (1957) , Silk Stockings (1957), "Climax!" (1954) , The Buster Keaton Story (1957) , "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" (1956) , Operation Cicero (1956) , "The Bob Hope Show" (1956) , Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) , Congo Crossing (1956) , Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) , "Studio 57" (????) , "Screen Directors Playhouse" (1956) , "The Star and the Story" (1955) , "The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater" (1955) , "Producers' Showcase"(1955) , "The Best of Broadway" (1955) , "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents" (1955) , Young Couples Only (1955) , 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) , "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1954) , "The United States Steel Hour" (1953) , Beat the Devil (1953) , Suspense" (1952) , "Lux Video Theatre" (1952) , Verlorene, Der (1951) , Double Confession (1950) , Quicksand (1950) , Rope of Sand (1949) , Casbah (1948) , My Favorite Brunette (1947) , The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) , The Verdict (1946) , The Chase (1946) , Black Angel (1946) , Three Strangers (1946) , Confidential Agent (1945) , Hotel Berlin (1945) , The Conspirators (1944) , Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) , The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) , Passage to Marseille (1944) , The Cross of Lorraine (1943) , Background to Danger (1943) , The Constant Nymph (1943) , Casablanca (1942) , The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942) , Invisible Agent (1942) , In This Our Life (1942) , All Through the Night (1942) , The Maltese Falcon (1941) , They Met in Bombay (1941) , Mr. District Attorney (1941) , The Face Behind the Mask (1941) , You'll Find Out (1940) , Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) , Island of Doomed Men (1940) , I Was an Adventuress (1940) , Strange Cargo (1940) , Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939) , Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) , Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) , Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938) , I'll Give a Million (1938) , Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938) , Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938) , Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937) , Lancer Spy (1937) , Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937) , Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937) , Crack-Up (1936) , Secret Agent (1936) , Crime and Punishment (1935/I) , Mad Love (1935) , The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) , Unsichtbare Gegner (1933) , Was Frauen träumen (1933) , Du haut en bas (1933) , Requins du pétrole, Les (1933) , F.P.1 antwortet nicht (1932) , Weiße Dämon, Der (1932) , Stupéfiants (1932) , Schuß im Morgengrauen (1932) , Fünf von der Jazzband (1932) , Koffer des Herrn O.F., Die (1931) , Bomben auf Monte Carlo (1931) , M (1931) , Mann ist Mann (1931) , Weiße Teufel, Der (1930), Verschwundene Frau, Die (1929)