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 33 films (1935–1962) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 36 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1935 MAD LOVE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 7 reels
1936 Crack-up. Fox Film Corp 325 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 sound
1940 I was an Adventuress Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 12000 16mm B&W sound
1940 Stranger On The Third Floor. Boris Ingster 64 min.
1941 MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. William Morgan 7 reels
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 They Met In Bombay. Clarence Brown 10 reels B&W sound
1942 The Boogie Man Will Get You. Lew Landers 7 reels B&W
1943 Background To Danger. Raoul Walsh 80 min.
1943 Casablanca. Michael Curtiz 102 min
1943 The Constant Nymph. Edmund Goulding 112 min
1944 Arsenic and Old Lace. Frank Capra 4500 16mm sound
1944 Passage to Marseille. warner bros. 4000 16mm sound
1946 The beast with five fingers. warner bros. 3185 16mm sound
1950 Quicksand Irving Pichel
1954 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Richard Fleischer
1954 Beat The Devil. Santana Pictures Inc. 93 min. 35mm B&W sound
1956 Congo Crossing. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 85 min. 35mm Color sound
1956 Meet Me In Las Vegas. Loew’s Incorporated 112 min 35mm Color sound
1957 The Sad Sack. Paramount Pictures Corp. Hal B. Wallis & Joseph H. Hazen 98 min. 35mm B&W sound
1962 Five Weeks In A Balloon. Cambridge Productions Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 101 min 35mm Color sound
1962 Tales Of Terror Amer International Pictures 16mm Color sound