Peter Lorre

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Peter Lorre was a distinctive Hungarian-American character actor renowned for his unsettling, soft-spoken performances in classic films such as "M," "The Maltese Falcon," and "Casablanca."


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instanceOf director
film actor
human
screenwriter
stage actor
voice actor
birthName László Löwenstein
burialPlace Hollywood Forever Cemetery
causeOfDeath stroke
child Catharine Lorre
citizenship Hungary
United States of America
countryOfBirth Austria-Hungary
dateOfBirth 1904-06-26
dateOfDeath 1964-03-23
emigratedTo Germany
United States of America
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Löwenstein
fledFrom Nazi Germany
genreOfWork film noir
horror film
thriller film
givenName László
languagesSpoken English
German
Hungarian
name Peter Lorre
notableCharacteristic distinctive bulging eyes
frequent portrayal of sinister or neurotic characters
soft-spoken vocal style
notableWork 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)
Arsenic and Old Lace (film)
Casablanca
Crime and Punishment (1935 film)
M
Mad Love (1935 film)
The Beast with Five Fingers
The Maltese Falcon
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)
The Raven (1963 film)
occupation actor
film director
screenwriter
voice actor
placeOfBirth Ružomberok
placeOfDeath California
Los Angeles
United States of America
religion Judaism
sexOrGender male
spouse Anne Marie Brenning
Celia Lovsky
Karen Verne
workedWith Alfred Hitchcock
Fritz Lang
Humphrey Bogart
Sydney Greenstreet
yearsActive 1920s–1960s


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