20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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Peter Lorre (German: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈlɔʁə]; born László Löwenstein, Hungarian: [ˈlaːsloː ˈløːvɛ(n)ʃtɒjn]; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, active first in Europe and later in the United States.
Lorre played numerous memorable villain roles, spy characters, comedic roles, and even a romantic type, throughout the 1940s, beginning with his graduation from 30s B-pictures The Maltese Falcon (1941).
Actor Peter Lorre, the Carpathian mountain boy who became a professional ogre, sleepy-voiced comedian, and bon vivant, died Monday of an apparent stroke in his tiny Hollywood apartment.
May 31, 2022 · Peter Lorre was Hollywood’s favorite bad guy. Famous for his menacing on-screen appearance, Lorre’s personal life took on nightmarish themes of its own. From an encounter with the infamous “Hillside Strangler” to a post-mortem stalker, read these facts about Peter Lorre, the original Bond villain.
Lorre played numerous memorable villain roles, spy characters, comedic roles, and even a romantic type, throughout the 1940s, beginning with his graduation from 30s B-pictures The Maltese Falcon (1941). Among his most famous films, Casablanca (1942), and a comedic role in the Broadway hit film Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Peter Lorre was a Hungary-born American actor, best known for his portrayal of evil characters. He started his acting career playing villainous roles in German movies. Later, he acted in English movies, but most of them were negative roles.
Jun 22, 2024 · Peter Lorre was a Hungarian-born American motion-picture actor who projected a sinister image as a lisping, round-faced, soft-voiced villain in thrillers. A player of bit parts with a German theatrical troupe from 1921, Lorre achieved international fame as the psychotic child murderer in the German.
HOLLYWOOD, March 23 (UPI) —Peter Lorre, whose mild manner and sinister voice sent shivers up the spines of moviegoers for three decades, died of a stroke today. His age was 59.
Rate. An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat, and is soon accused of a similar crime himself. Director Boris Ingster Stars Peter Lorre John McGuire Margaret Tallichet. The Stranger.
Dec 2, 2008 · Known in the United States primarily for his performances as the child murderer in M and as the anarchist in Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), Lorre was typecast from the beginning...
