Peter Lorre
Actor, Film actor
1904 – 1964
Who was Peter Lorre?
Peter Lorre was an Austrian-born American actor of Jewish descent.
Lorre caused an international sensation with his portrayal of a serial killer who preys on little girls in the German film M. In enforced exile in Hollywood, he later became a featured player in many Hollywood crime and mystery films. The Maltese Falcon, his first film with Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet, was followed by Casablanca. Lorre and Greenstreet appeared in a further seven films together.
Frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner, his later career was erratic. Lorre was the first actor to play a James Bond villain as Le Chiffre in a TV version of Casino Royale. Some of his last roles were in several horror films directed by Roger Corman.
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- Born
- Jun 26, 1904
Ružomberok - Also known as
- László Löwenstein
- Lazzy
- The Walking Overcoat
- Parents
- Spouses
- Celia Lovsky
(1934 - 1945/03/13) - Kaaren Verne
(1945/05/25 - 1950) - Annemarie Brenning
(1953/07/21 - 1964/03/23)
- Celia Lovsky
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Hungarian people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Austria-Hungary
- Profession
- Lived in
- Vienna
- Białystok
- Zürich
- Berlin
- Died
- Mar 23, 1964
Los Angeles - Resting place
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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