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1. 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. He began his stage career in Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, before moving to Germany ...
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Peter Lorre. Actor: M. Peter Lorre was born László Löwenstein in Rózsahegy in the Slovak area of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the son of Hungarian Jewish parents. He learned both Hungarian and German languages from birth, and was educated in elementary and secondary schools in the Austria-Hungary capitol Vienna, but did not complete. As a youth he ran away from home, first working as a ...
- June 26, 1904
- March 23, 1964
Mar 22, 2024 · Peter Lorre (born June 26, 1904, Rózsahegy, Hung.—died March 23, 1964, Hollywood, Calif., U.S.) was a Hungarian-born American motion-picture actor who projected a sinister image as a lisping, round-faced, soft-voiced villain in thrillers. (From left) Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre, and Robert Allen in Crime and Punishment (1935).
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Writer. Director. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 2:30. The Comedy of Terrors (1963) 25 Videos. 99+ Photos. Peter Lorre was born László Löwenstein in Rózsahegy in the Slovak area of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the son of Hungarian Jewish parents. He learned both Hungarian and German languages from birth, and was educated in ...
- Actor, Writer, Director
- June 26, 1904
- 3 min
- March 23, 1964
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.
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Peter Lorre as ”Saint-Just” in Dantons Tod (Danton’s Death, 1932). After fleeing Nazi Germany two days before the Reichstag Fire on February 27, 1933, the Jewish actor joined fellow émigrés in Paris, where M still played and people recognized him as Le Maudit (The Damned One), a reference to the French title of the picture.
Dec 2, 2008 · Biography by Gerd Gemünden Professor of German Studies, Film and Media Studies, and Comparative Literature Dartmouth College (b. Rózsahegy, Hungary 1904 – d. Hollywood 1964) Photo from Lorre ...