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Peter Lorre (June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964)
was an actor especially known for playing roles
with sinister overtones in Hollywood crime films
and mysteries.

==Background==
He was born Ladislav (László) Löwenstein in
RĂłzsahegy/Rosenberg, Austria-Hungary, now
Ruzomberok, Slovakia.  He began acting on stage in
Vienna|Vienna, Austria; Wroclaw|Breslau, Germany;
and ZĂĽrich|ZĂĽrich, Switzerland. In the late
1920s he moved to Berlin where he worked with
German playwright Bertolt Brecht. Lorre became
famous when Fritz Lang cast him as a child killer
in his 1931 in film|1931 film M (1931 movie)|M.  

When the Nazism|Nazis came to power in Germany in
1933 in film|1933, the Jewish Lorre took refuge
first in Paris and then London where he played a
charming villain in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who
Knew Too Much (1934 film)|The Man Who Knew Too
Much.  Eventually, he went to Hollywood where he
specialized in playing wicked or wily foreigners.
He starred in a series of Mr. Moto movies, a
parallel to the better known Charlie Chan series,
in which he played a Japanese detective. He
enjoyed great popularity as a featured player in
Warner Bros. suspense and adventure films such as
The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Casablanca
(movie)|Casablanca (1943). In 1941, he became a
naturalized citizen of the United States.

After World War II Lorre's acting career in
Hollywood experienced a downturn, whereupon he
concentrated on radio and stage work. In Germany
he cowrote, directed and starred in Der Verlorene
(The Lost One) (1951), a critically acclaimed art
film in the film noir style. He then returned to
the United States where he appeared as a character
actor in television and feature films, often
spoofing his former "creepy" image.   He died in
1964 of a stroke, his body was cremated and the
ashes were inurned at the  Hollywood Forever
Cemetery in Hollywood.

Lorre has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at
6619 Hollywood Boulevard.

==Filmography==

*The Patsy
*Muscle Beach Party
*The Comedy of Terrors
*The Raven (1963 movie)|The Raven (1963)
*Five Weeks in a Balloon
*Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
*The Big Circus
*The Buster Keaton Story
*The Sad Sack
*Hell Ship Mutiny
*The Story of Mankind
*Silk Stockings
*Congo Crossing
*Meet Me in Las Vegas
*Operation Cicero
*Around the World in Eighty Days (1956
movie)|Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
*20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
*Casino Royale 1954 television episode of Climax!
(television)|Climax!
*Beat the Devil (1953 movie)|Beat the Devil (1953)
*Der Verlorene
*Double Confession
*Quicksand (movie)|Quicksand
*Rope of Sand
*Casbah (movie)|Casbah
*My Favorite Brunette
*The Beast with Five Fingers
*The Verdict
*The Chase (1946 movie)|The Chase (1946)
*Black Angel
*Three Strangers
*Hotel Berlin
*Confidential Agent
*Passage to Marseille
*The Conspirators
*Arsenic and Old Lace (movie)|Arsenic and Old Lace
*The Mask of Dimitrios
*The Cross of Lorraine
*Background to Danger
*The Constant Nymph
*Casablanca (movie)|Casablanca
*The Boogie Man Will Get You
*Invisible Agent
*In This Our Life
*All Through the Night
*The Face Behind the Mask
*The Maltese Falcon
*They Met in Bombay
*Mr. District Attorney
*Island of Doomed Men
*Der Ewige Jude
*Youll Find Out|You'll Find Out
*Stranger on the Third Floor
*I Was an Adventuress
*Strange Cargo
*Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
*Mr. Moto in Danger Island
*Mr. Motos Last Warning|Mr. Moto's Last Warning
*Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
*Mysterious Mr. Moto
*Ill Give You a Million|I'll Give a Million
*Mr. Motos Gamble|Mr. Moto's Gamble
*Lancer Spy
*Nancy Steele Is Missing!
*Thank You, Mr. Moto
*Think Fast, Mr. Moto
*Crack-Up
*Secret Agent
*Crime and Punishment (movie)|Crime and Punishment
*Mad Love (1935 film)|Mad Love
*The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)|The Man Who
Knew Too Much
*Du haut en bas
*Les Requins du pétrole
*Unsichtbare Gegner
*Was Frauen träumen
*Schuss im Morgengrauen
*Stupéfiants
*Der Weisse Dämon
*F.P.1 antwortet nicht
*FĂĽnf von der Jazzband
*Mann ist Mann
*Die Koffer des Herrn O.F.
*Bomben auf Monte Carlo
*M (1931 movie)|M (1931)
*Die Verschwundene Frau

==See also==
* Sydney Greenstreet

==External links==
* imdb name|id=0000048|name=Peter Lorre
* http://www.plorre.com Walking the Shark: A Peter
Lorre Page
* http://www.ealasaid.com/fan/lorrelibrary The
Lorre Library of Sound