Peter Lorre

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director film actor human screenwriter stage actor voice actor

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."

Aliases (2)

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
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 →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arsenic and Old Lace (film) → Casablanca → Crime and Punishment (1935 film) → Mad Love (1935 film) → Silk Stockings → The Beast with Five Fingers → The Comedy of Terrors → The Maltese Falcon (1941 film) →	starring
Celia Lovsky → Karen Verne →	spouse
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film) → The Raven (1963 film) →	starred
László Löwenstein →	alsoKnownAs
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) →	castMember
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film) ("Peter Lorre as Conseil") →	characterActor
The Beast with Five Fingers →	characterPortrayedBy
Catharine Lorre →	childOf
Sydney Greenstreet →	coStarredWith
Catharine Lorre →	father
Hollywood Forever Cemetery →	hasBurial
Löwenstein →	isBirthSurnameOf
Löwenstein →	isOriginalFamilyNameOf
Peter Lorre →	name
Karen Verne →	notableRelative
Crime and Punishment (1935 film) →	partOfFilmographyOf
The Raven (1963 film) →	portrayedBy
Crime and Punishment (1935 film) ("Peter Lorre as Roderick Raskolnikov") →	portraysCharacter
Catharine Lorre →	relative