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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.
Among his most famous films, Casablanca (1942), and a comedic role in the Broadway hit film Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). After the war, between 1946 and '49 Lorre concentrated largely on radio and the stage, while continuing to appear in movies.
Peter Lorre est un acteur, auteur, scénariste et réalisateur autrichien naturalisé américain, né le 26 juin 1904 à Rózsahegy (actuelle Ružomberok) dans l'empire d' Autriche-Hongrie (actuelle Slovaquie) et mort le 23 mars 1964 à Los Angeles ( Californie ).
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).
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.
Peter Lorre (born was Ladislav (László) Löwenstein, June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian - American actor. Biography. Lorre's family was Jewish. Lorre was born in Rózsahegy (Rosenberg) in a country called Austria-Hungary. Now the place where he was born is in the country Slovakia.
Mar 4, 2019 · Peter Lorre was one of the best character actors of all-time. Even the horrible movies he made were made better because of Peter's acting. Sadly though, Peter's personal life was sad and scary like some of his movies.
Jan 10, 2006 · His life was as noir as his films: Actor Peter Lorre lived the turbulent plots of his movies by Robert Fulford. An air of desperate melancholy hung over Peter Lorre, even when he parodied himself in mock-horror films, milking the great performances of his youth for late-in-life gags.
Mr. Peter Lorre, for many years one of the character actors most in demand for villainous roles in Hollywood films, died on Monday at the age of 59, as reported briefly in later editions of The Times yesterday. He was born in Rosenberg, Hungary, on June 26, 1904.
