Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Hungarian and American actor (1904–1964)

Peter Lorre was a Hungarian and American actor, active first in Europe and later in the United States. Known for his timidly devious characters, appearance, and accented voice, he was frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner. He was caricatured throughout his life and his cultural legacy remains in the media today.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 74 films (1931–1964) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 16 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1931 M ▶ Essex Films ; [directed by] Fritz Lang. 99 94 min 16mm B&W sound
1931 MONTE CARLO MADNESS. UFA Films Inc. (Universum Film Aktiengesellschaft). 7 reels B&W
1932 F P 1 Antwortet Nicht West Glen Communications 114 min 16mm B&W sound
1934 The Man Who Knew Too Much Gaumont British ; director, Alfred Hitchcock. 80 1:15:00 16mm Color & B&W sound
1935 Crime and punishment producer, B. P. Schulberg ; director, Josef von Sternberg ; screenplay, S. K. Lauren and Joseph Anthony. 88 16mm B&W sound
1935 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. Columbia Pictures Corp. 9 reels B&W
1935 MAD LOVE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 7 reels B&W
1936 Crack-up. Fox Film Corp 325 16mm B&W sound
1936 Secret Agent National Cinema Service: Publisher 86 16mm B&W sound
1936 SECRET AGENT. Gaumont British Picture Corp. of America 9 reels B&W
1936 The Secret Agent ▶ Gaumont-British Instructional Films 16mm sound
1937 NANCY STEELE IS MISSING. Fox Film Corp 84 min B&W
1937 Thank you, Mr. Moto. Fox Film Corp 2400 16mm B&W sound
1937 Think fast, Mr. Moto. Fox Film Corp 2300 16mm B&W sound
1938 I'LL GIVE A MILLION. Fox Film Corp 70 min B&W
1938 Mr. Moto takes a chance. Fox Film Corp 7 reels 16mm B&W sound
1938 Mr. Moto's gamble. Fox Film Corp 2525 16mm B&W sound
1938 Mysterious Mr. Moto Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 1:03:00 16mm B&W sound
1938 Mysterious Mr. Moto. Fox Film Corp 2175 16mm B&W sound
1939 Mr. Moto in Danger Island. Herbert I. Leeds 2450 16mm B&W sound
1939 Mr. Moto takes a vacation. Fox Film Corp 22:00 16mm B&W sound
1939 Mr. Moto's last warning. Norman Foster 2375 16mm B&W sound
1940 I was an Adventuress Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 12000 16mm B&W sound
1940 I Was An Adventuress. Gregory Ratoff 7 208 ft. B&W
1940 Island Of Doomed Men. Charles Barton 7 reels B&W
1940 Strange Cargo ▶ Frank Borzage 114 min B&W
1940 Strange Cargo. Frank Borzage 12 reels B&W sound
1940 Stranger On The Third Floor. Boris Ingster 64 min. B&W
1940 You'll Find Out. David Butler 97 min. B&W
1941 MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. William Morgan 7 reels Color
1941 The Face Behind The Mask. Robert Florey 7 reels B&W
1941 The Maltese falcon Warner Bros. (1941) (USA) (theatrical): Distributor | Warner Bros. (A Warner Bros.-First National Picture): Publisher 1:00 16mm B&W sound
1941 The Maltese falcon produced by Henry Blanke ; written and directed by John Huston. 100 16mm B&W sound
1941 The Maltese Falcon. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 100 min 16mm B&W sound
1941 They Met In Bombay. Clarence Brown 10 reels B&W sound
1942 All Through the Night ▶ Vincent Sherman 107 min B&W
1942 Casablanca Films Inc. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. (Publisher) 102 min 102 1:42:00 16mm B&W sound
1942 Casablanca Michael Curtiz 102 min B&W
1942 Casablanca Michael Curtiz 102 min 16mm B&W
1942 HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN ▶ Delmer Daves 126 min 16mm B&W
1942 The Boogie Man Will Get You. Lew Landers 7 reels B&W
1943 Background To Danger. Raoul Walsh 80 min. B&W
1943 Casablanca. Michael Curtiz 102 min B&W
1943 The Constant Nymph. Edmund Goulding 112 min B&W
1943 The Cross Of Lorraine. Tay Garnett 9 reels B&W sound
1944 Arsenic and Old Lace. Frank Capra 4500 16mm B&W sound
1944 Passage to Marseille. warner bros. 4000 16mm B&W sound
1944 The Mask Of Dimitrios. Jean Negulesco 95 min. 16mm B&W sound
1945 Hollywood Canteen. Delmer Daves 124 min B&W
1946 The beast with five fingers. warner bros. 3185 16mm Color & B&W sound