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A few years later, Peter’s brother Andrew called to say that Jim Bigwood and Ray Cabana were pitching their own Films of Peter Lorre [1982] to Citadel. Anyway, we wound up collaborating on the filmography. As time and other projects permitted, I continued to work on the biography.
Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace: With Richard Kiley, Cathy Barnett, Humphrey Bogart, Hazel Court. A&E examines the life of actor Peter Lorre, from a bohemian lifestyle in 1920s Berlin to studio contract player in 1930s Hollywood, his happiest years spent at Warners with comrades Humphrey Bogart and Sidney Greenstreet.
Sep 2, 2014 · Peter Lorre: 10 essential performances. From his astonishing debut as the child-killer in Fritz Lang’s M, Peter Lorre went on to become one of Hollywood’s best-recognised character actors. “You always remember the eyes,” notes a co-star in a 1996 episode of cheapjack TV documentary series Biography titled The Master of Menace.
Jul 7, 2023 · In The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (2005), author Stephen D. Youngkin recounts the life and career of Peter Lorre through the recollections of family members, friends, directors, fellow actors, and crew on film, stage, radio, and television – recollections that shed light on Lorre’s childhood, his early days in theater, his career on film, radio and television, and his sad final days.
Lorre, Peter (1904-1964)Often typecast as a menacing figure, Peter Lorre achieved Hollywood fame during the 1930s, first as a featured player and later as a character actor who trademarked his screen performances with a delicately strung balance between good and evil. To villainous parts he added a touch of dark humor, while he shaded comic ...
Sep 30, 2005 · German audiences rejected Lorre's dark vision of their recent past, and the actor returned to America, wearily accepting roles that parodied his sinister movie personality.The first biography of this major actor, The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre draws upon more than three hundred interviews, including conversations with directors Fritz Lang ...
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Biography. Peter Lorre (1904—1964), was a stage and screen actor of Austrian descent especially known for playing roles with sinister overtones in Hollywood crime films and mysteries. When the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, the Jewish Lorre took refuge first in Paris and then London where he played a charming villain in Alfred ...
