Editing Peter Lorre

{{Short description|Hungarian and American actor (1904–1964)}}
{{about|the American actor|the British politician|Peter Laurie|the Irish golfer|Peter Lawrie}}
{{Western name order|Löwenstein László}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Peter Lorre
| image              = Peter Lorre Portrait Still.jpg
| caption            = Lorre in 1940
| birth_name         = László Löwenstein
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1904|6|26}}
| birth_place        = [[Rózsahegy]], [[Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen|Hungary]], {{nowrap|Austria-Hungary}}
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1964|3|23|1904|6|26}}
| death_place        = Los Angeles, California, US
| resting_place      = [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]], Los Angeles, California, US
| citizenship        = US (from 1941)
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1929–1964
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|[[Celia Lovsky]]|1934|1945|end=div}}|{{marriage|[[Kaaren Verne]]|1945|1950|end=div}}|{{marriage|Anne Marie Brenning<br />|1953}}}}
| children           = 1
}}
'''Peter Lorre''' ({{IPA|de|ˈpeːtɐ ˈlɔʁə|lang}}; born '''László Löwenstein''', {{IPA|hu|ˈlaːsloː ˈløːvɛ(n)ʃtɒjn|lang}}; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, active first in Europe and later in the United States. Known for his timidly devious characters, his appearance, and accented voice, he was frequently [[typecast]] as a sinister foreigner. He has been caricatured throughout his life and his cultural legacy remains in media today.

He began his stage career in [[Vienna]], in the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]], before moving to Germany, where he worked first on the stage, then in film, in [[Berlin]] during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Lorre, who was Jewish, left Germany after [[Adolf Hitler]] and the [[Nazi Party]] came to power. Lorre caused an international sensation in the [[Weimar Republic]]–era film ''[[M (1931 film)|M]]'' (1931) where he portrayed a [[serial killer]] who preys on little girls. His second English-language film was [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)|The Man Who Knew Too Much]]'' (1934), made in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.brentonfilm.com/articles/multiple-language-version-film-collectors-guide-part-2#m-1931| title=Multiple-Language Version Film Collectors' Guide: M (1931)|date= August 4, 2015| publisher=Brenton Film}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.brentonfilm.com/articles/alfred-hitchcock-collectors-guide-the-man-who-knew-too-much-1934| title=Alfred Hitchcock Collectors' Guide: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)| date=November 19, 2019| publisher=Brenton Film}}</ref>

Eventually settling in Hollywood, he later became a featured player in many [[Warner Bros.]] crime and mystery films. He acted in ''[[Mad Love (1935 film)|Mad Love]]'' (1935), ''[[Crime and Punishment (1935 American film)|Crime and Punishment]]'' (1935), ''[[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'' (1941), ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' (1942), ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace (film)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' (1944), ''[[Passage to Marseille]]'' (1944), and ''[[My Favorite Brunette]]'' (1947). During this time he acted in several films acting alongside actors [[Humphrey Bogart]] and [[Sydney Greenstreet]].

Lorre played [[Mr. Moto]], the Japanese detective, in a series of B-pictures from 1937 to 1939, and was the first actor to play a [[James Bond]] [[List of James Bond villains|villain]] as [[Le Chiffre]] in a TV version of ''[[Casino Royale (1954 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (1954). He later starred in films such as ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'' (1954), ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' (1956), ''[[Silk Stockings (1957 film)|Silk Stockings]]'' (1957), and ''[[The Comedy of Terrors]]'' (1963). Some of his last roles were in horror films directed by [[Roger Corman]]. In 2017, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' named him one of the best actors never to have received an [[Academy Award]] nomination.<ref>{{cite news | last=Robey| first=Tim| date=February 1, 2016| title=20 great actors who've never been nominated for an Oscar| newspaper=The Daily Telegraph| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/what-to-watch/oscars-best-actors-never-nominated/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/what-to-watch/oscars-best-actors-never-nominated/ |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=October 15, 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Lorre was born László Löwenstein ({{Langx|hu|Löwenstein László}}) on June 26, 1904, the first child of Alajos Löwenstein and his wife Elvira Freischberger, in the town of [[Ružomberok|Rózsahegy]] in [[Liptó County]], [[Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen|Kingdom of Hungary]] (German: ''Rosenberg''; Slovak: ''Ružomberok'', now in [[Slovakia]]). His parents, German-speaking Jews, had recently moved there{{efn|Friedemann Beyer states in his biography of Lorre that Lorre's family were outsiders in Rózsahegy as they had arrived there very recently. They were German-speaking Jews from a majority [[Slovak people|Slovak]] town. Cf. Friedemann Beyer: Peter Lorre. Seine Filme – sein Leben, München 1988, p. 8 ({{lang|de|"Sie waren Juden, und sie sprachen deutsch in einer Gegend, in der überwiegend Slowaken lebten."}})}} following his father's appointment as chief bookkeeper at a local textile mill. Alajos also served as a lieutenant in the Austrian Army Reserve, and was often away on military maneuvers.{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=5}}{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=6}}

László's mother died when he was four years old, leaving Alajos with three very young sons. He soon married his wife's best friend Melanie Klein, with whom he had two more children. However, Lorre and his stepmother never got along, and this colored his childhood memories.{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=5}} Anticipating that he might be conscripted following the outbreak of the [[Second Balkan War]], Alajos moved the family to Vienna. He served on the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]] during the winter of 1914–15, before being put in charge of a prison camp due to heart trouble.{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=7}}{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=8}}

== Acting career ==

=== In Europe (1922–1934) ===
[[File:Mostro1.jpg|upright|thumb|{{center|Lorre in ''[[M (1931 film)|M]]'' (1931)}}]]
[[File:Mostro2.jpg|upright|thumb|{{center|Lorre (left) in ''M'' (1931)}}]]

Lorre began acting on stage in Vienna aged 17, where he worked with Viennese [[Art Nouveau]] artist and [[puppeteer]] [[:de:Richard Teschner|Richard Teschner]]. He then moved to [[Breslau]] and later to [[Zürich]]. In the late 1920s, the actor<ref>[http://www.peterlorrebook.com/faq01.html#tall "Per Lorre FAQ"], Stephen D. Youngkin's Peter Lorre website</ref> moved to Berlin, where he worked with [[Bertolt Brecht]], including a role in Brecht's ''[[Man Equals Man]]'' and as Dr. Nakamura in the musical ''[[Happy End (musical)|Happy End]]''.

The actor became much better known after director [[Fritz Lang]] cast him as [[pedicide|child-killer]] Hans Beckert in ''[[M (1931 film)|M]]'' (1931), a film reputedly inspired by the [[Peter Kürten]] case.<ref name="Packer88">Sharon Packer [https://books.google.com/books?id=CX4goUP_yh0C&pg=PA88 ''Movies and the Modern Psyche''], Westport, CN: Praeger, 2007, p. 88</ref> Lang said that he had Lorre in mind for the part and did not give him a screen test because he was already convinced Lorre was perfect for the part.<ref>Barry Keith Grant (ed.) [https://books.google.com/books?id=xxX-epJIzo0C&pg=PA78 ''Fritz Lang: Interviews''], University Press of Mississippi, 2003, p. 78</ref>  He also stated that the actor gave his best performance in ''M'' and that it was among the most distinguished in film history.{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=64}} Sharon Packer observed that Lorre played the "loner, [and] schizotypal murderer" with "raspy voice, bulging eyes, and emotive acting (a holdover from the silent screen) [which] always make him memorable."<ref name="Packer88" />

In 1932, Lorre appeared alongside [[Hans Albers]] in the science fiction film ''[[F.P.1 antwortet nicht]]'' about an artificial island in the mid-[[Atlantic]].

When the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, Lorre took refuge first in Paris and then London, where he was noticed by [[Ivor Montagu]], associate producer for ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)|The Man Who Knew Too Much]]'' (1934),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Brent |date=2019-11-19 |title=Alfred Hitchcock Collectors' Guide: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) |url=https://www.brentonfilm.com/alfred-hitchcock-collectors-guide-the-man-who-knew-too-much-1934 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Brenton Film |language=en-GB}}</ref> who reminded the film's director, [[Alfred Hitchcock]], about Lorre's performance in ''M''. They considered him to play the [[assassin]], but wanted to use him in a larger role despite his limited command of English,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/104984 |title=The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=June 11, 2009}}</ref> which Lorre overcame by learning much of his part phonetically.  In ''[[The Guardian]],'' September 2014, Michael Newton wrote, "Lorre cannot help but steal each scene; he's a physically present actor, often, you feel, surrounded as he is by the pallid English, the only one in the room with a body."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Newton |first1=Michael |title=Peter Lorre: master of the macabre |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/sep/12/peter-lorre-master-macabre-bfi |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=12 September 2014}}</ref>

Lorre and his first wife, actress [[Celia Lovsky]], boarded the [[Cunard-White Star Line]]r [[RMS Majestic (1914)|RMS Majestic]] in Southampton on July 18, 1934, to sail for New York a day after shooting had been completed on ''The Man Who Knew Too Much'', having gained visitor's visas to the United States.{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=98}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.peterlorrebook.com/faq01.html | title=The Lost One – A Life of Peter Lorre }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://epdf.pub/the-lost-one-a-life-of-peter-lorre.html | title=The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre - PDF Free Download }}</ref>

After his first two American films, Lorre returned to England to feature in Hitchcock's ''[[Secret Agent (1936 film)|Secret Agent]]'' (1936).<ref name="French">Philip French [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/31/peter-lorre-by-philip-french-m-huston-bogart-hitchcock-bacall "Peter Lorre: a great screen actor remembered"], ''The Observer'', August 31, 2014.</ref>

=== First years in Hollywood (1935–1940) ===
Lorre settled in Hollywood and was soon under contract to [[Columbia Pictures]], which had difficulty finding parts suitable for him. After some months of research, Lorre decided on ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'' by [[Dostoevsky]] as a suitable project with himself in the central role. Columbia's head [[Harry Cohn]] agreed to make the film adaptation on the condition that he could lend Lorre to [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], possibly as a means of recouping the cost of Lorre not appearing in any of his films.<ref>Sarah Thomas [https://books.google.com/books?id=2zQuleUmBXQC&pg=PA56 ''Peter Lorre, Face Maker: Stardom and Performance Between Hollywood and Europe''], Berghahn Books, 2012, p. 56</ref>

For MGM's ''[[Mad Love (1935 film)|Mad Love]]'' (1935), set in Paris and directed by [[Karl Freund]], Lorre's head was shaved for the role of Dr. Gogol, a demented surgeon who replaces the wrecked hands of a concert pianist with those of an executed knife murderer. An actress who works at the nearby [[Grand Guignol]] theater, who happens to be the pianist's wife, is the subject of Gogol's unwelcome infatuation.<ref>Bartłomiej Paszylk [https://books.google.com/books?id=SWCx_jpxkdwC&pg=PA34 ''The Pleasure and Pain of Cult Horror Films: An Historical Survey''], Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2009, pp. 34–36</ref> "Lorre triumphs superbly in a characterization that is sheer horror", ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' commented. "There is perhaps no one who can be so repulsive and so utterly wicked. No one who can smile so disarmingly and still sneer. His face is his fortune".<ref>Gregory William Mank [https://books.google.com/books?id=Zyyf9E7OAlkC&pg=PA147 ''Hollywood Cauldron: Thirteen Horror Films from the Genre's Golden Age''], Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1994 [2001], p. 147</ref>
[[File:Crime and Punishment (film) 1935. Josef von Sternberg, director. L to R Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre.jpg|left|thumb|upright|[[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]] and Lorre in ''[[Crime and Punishment (1935 American film)|Crime and Punishment]]'' (1935)]]
Lorre followed ''Mad Love'' with the lead role in ''[[Crime and Punishment (1935 American film)|Crime and Punishment]]'' (also 1935) directed by [[Josef von Sternberg]]. "Although Peter Lorre is occasionally able to give the film a frightening pathological significance," wrote [[Andre Sennwald]] in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on the film's release, "this is scarcely Dostoievsky's drama of a tortured brain drifting into madness with a terrible secret."<ref>John Baxter [https://books.google.com/books?id=nuSpdN_zj5YC&pg=PA197 ''Von Sternberg''], Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2010, p. 197</ref> Columbia offered him a five-year contract at $1,000 a week ({{Inflation|US|1000|1935|r=0|fmt=eq}}), but he declined.<ref name="ShipmanGMS2">David Shipman ''The Great Movie Stars: 2, The International Years'', London: Macdonald, 1989, pp. 336–38</ref>

Returning from England after appearing in a second Hitchcock picture (''[[Secret Agent (1936 film)|Secret Agent]]'', 1936), he was offered and accepted a 3-year contract with [[20th Century Fox]].<ref name="ShipmanGMS2" /> Starring in a series of [[Mr. Moto]] movies, Lorre played [[John P. Marquand]]'s character, a Japanese detective and spy. Initially positive about the films, he soon grew frustrated. "The role is childish," he said, and eventually tended to dismiss the films entirely.{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|pp=156–57}} He twisted his shoulder during a stunt in ''[[Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation]]'' (1939),{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=156}} the penultimate entry of the series. In 1939, he attended a lunch at the request of some visiting Japanese officials; Lorre wore a badge that read "Boycott Japanese goods."<ref>Leonard Lyons. "The New Yorker". ''The Washington Post'' (1923–1954) [Washington, D.C.] July 1, 1939, p. 6</ref>
[[File:Think Fast, Mr. Moto trailer.png|thumb|right|With [[Sig Ruman]] in ''[[Think Fast, Mr. Moto]]'' (1937)]]
Late in 1938, [[Universal Pictures]] wanted to borrow Lorre from Fox for the top-billed titular role ultimately performed by [[Basil Rathbone]] in ''[[Son of Frankenstein]]'' (1939) starring [[Boris Karloff]] as [[Frankenstein's monster]] and [[Bela Lugosi]] as [[Igor (character)|Ygor]]. Lorre declined the role because he thought his menacing parts were now behind him, although he was ill at this time.{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=164}} He had tested successfully in 1937 for the role of [[Quasimodo]] in an aborted MGM version of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre-Dame]]'', according to a Fox publicist one of two roles Lorre most wanted to play (the other was [[Napoleon]]).{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=163}} Frustrated by broken promises from Fox, Lorre managed to end his contract.

After a brief period as a freelance, he signed for two pictures at [[RKO]] in May 1940.{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|pp=164–68}} In the first of these, Lorre appeared as the anonymous lead in the B-picture ''[[Stranger on the Third Floor]]'' (1940), reputedly the first [[film noir]].<ref>Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward ''Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style'', New York & WoodstocK: Overlook Press, 1992, p. 269</ref> The second RKO film, also in 1940, was ''[[You'll Find Out]]'', a musical comedy mystery vehicle for bandleader [[Kay Kyser]] in which Lorre spoofed his sinister image alongside horror stars Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff.{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=170}}

=== Mainly at Warner Bros. (1941–1946) ===
[[File:GutmanCairoMaltFalc1941Trailer.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Sydney Greenstreet]] (left) and Lorre in ''[[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'' (1941), the first of their nine films together]]
[[File:CreditLorreMaltFalc1941Trailer.jpg|upright|thumb|Lorre in the 1941 trailer for ''[[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'']]
[[File:Maltese-Falcon-Tell-the-Truth-1941.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Humphrey Bogart]], [[Mary Astor]], [[Barton MacLane]], Lorre, and [[Ward Bond]] in ''[[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'']]
[[File:Peter Lorre and Humphrey Bogart The Maltese Falcon Still.jpg|thumb|upright|With Humphrey Bogart in ''The Maltese Falcon'' (1941)]]
In 1941, Lorre became a naturalized citizen of the United States.<ref>Jennifer Fay [https://books.google.com/books?id=jzNtC1VK-48C&pg=PA65 ''Theaters of Occupation: Hollywood and the Reeducation of Postwar Germany''], Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2008, p. 65</ref> Director [[John Huston]] saved him from more B-pictures by casting him in ''[[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]''.<ref name="Thomas90">Sarah Thomas [https://books.google.com/books?id=2zQuleUmBXQC&pg=PA90 ''Peter Lorre, Face Maker: Stardom and Performance Between Hollywood and Europe''], Berghahn Books, 2012, p. 90</ref>{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=178}} Although [[Warner Bros.]] was lukewarm, Huston was keen for him to play Joel Cairo, observing that Lorre "had that clear combination of braininess and real innocence, and sophistication... He's always doing two things at the same time, thinking one thing and saying something else."{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=178}} Lorre himself reminisced fondly in 1962 about the "stock company" he now found himself working with: [[Humphrey Bogart]], [[Sydney Greenstreet]] and [[Claude Rains]]. In his view, the four of them had the rare ability to "switch an audience from laughter to seriousness."{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=162}}

Lorre was contracted to Warner on a picture-by-picture basis until 1943 when he signed a five-year contract, renewable each year, which lasted until 1946.<ref name="Thomas90" />

The year after ''Maltese Falcon'', he portrayed the character Ugarte in ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' (1942). While Ugarte is a small part, it is he who provides Rick with the "Letters of Transit", a key plot device. Lorre made nine movies with Sydney Greenstreet counting ''The Maltese Falcon'' and ''Casablanca'', a team which came to be called "Little Pete-Big Syd", although they did not always have much screen time in joint scenes.<ref>Wesley Alan Britton [https://books.google.com/books?id=2YzSFuZeZZkC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46 ''Onscreen and Undercover: The Ultimate Book of Movie Espionage''], Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006, p. 46</ref> Most of these motion pictures were variations on ''Casablanca'', including ''[[Background to Danger]]'' (1943, with [[George Raft]]); ''[[Passage to Marseille]]'' (1944), reuniting them with Humphrey Bogart and Claude Rains; ''[[The Mask of Dimitrios]]'' (1944); ''[[The Conspirators (1944 film)|The Conspirators]]'' (1944, with [[Hedy Lamarr]] and [[Paul Henreid]]); ''[[Hollywood Canteen (film)|Hollywood Canteen]]'' (1944); ''[[Three Strangers]]'' (1946), a suspense film about three people who are joint partners on a winning lottery ticket, with third-billed Lorre cast against type by director [[Jean Negulesco]] as the romantic lead, also starring [[Geraldine Fitzgerald]]; and Greenstreet and Lorre's final film together, suspense thriller ''[[The Verdict (1946 film)|The Verdict]]'' (1946), director [[Don Siegel]]'s first feature, with Greenstreet and Lorre finally billed first and second, respectively.

Lorre returned to comedy with the role of Dr. Einstein in [[Frank Capra]]'s version of ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace (film)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' (released in 1944) starring [[Cary Grant]] and [[Raymond Massey]]. Writing in 1944, film critic [[Manny Farber]] described what he called Lorre's "double-take job", a characteristic dramatic flourish "where the actor's face changes rapidly from laughter, love or a security that he doesn't really feel to a face more sincerely menacing, fearful or deadpan."<ref>Farber, Manny, The New Republic, July 10, 1944</ref>

Lorre's last film for Warner was ''[[The Beast with Five Fingers]]'' (1946), a horror film in which he played a crazed astrologer who falls in love with a character played by [[Andrea King]]. Daniel Bubbeo, in ''The Women of Warner Brothers'', thought Lorre's "wildly over-the top performance" had "elevated the movie from minor horror to first-rate camp."<ref>Daniel Bubbeo [https://books.google.com/books?id=OfwMkz8vpIgC&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124''The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies''], Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2002, p. 124</ref>

Lorre said his continuing friendship with Bertolt Brecht, in exile in California since 1941, had led studio head [[Jack L. Warner]] to 'graylist' him, and his contract with Warner Bros. was terminated on May 13, 1946. Warner would be a "friendly" witness at his appearance before the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] in May 1947.{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=244}} Lorre himself was sympathetic to the short-lived [[Committee for the First Amendment]], set up by John Huston and others, and added his name to advertisements in the trade press in support of the committee.{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|pp=298–299}}

=== After World War II (1947–1964) ===
[[File:Peter Lorre in Quicksand.jpg|thumb|left|Lorre in ''[[Quicksand (1950 film)|Quicksand]]'', 1950]]
After World War II and the end of his Warner contract, Lorre's acting career in Hollywood experienced a downturn<ref name="Billson">Anne Billson [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/10703031/Peter-Lorre-one-of-cinemas-most-deliciously-sinister-presences.html "Peter Lorre: one of cinema's most deliciously sinister presences"], ''The Sunday Telegraph'', March 23, 2014</ref>  He concentrated on radio and stage work. In 1949, he filed for bankruptcy.{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=309}} In the autumn of 1950, he traveled to [[West Germany]] to make the film noir ''[[Der Verlorene]]'' (''The Lost One'', 1951) which Lorre co-wrote, directed and starred in. According to Gerd Gemünden in ''Continental Strangers: German Exile Cinema, 1933–1951'', with the exception of [[Josef von Báky]]'s ''Der Ruf'' (''[[The Last Illusion]]'', 1949), it is the only film by an emigrant from Germany which uses a return to the country "addressing questions of guilt and responsibility; of accountability and justice." While it gained some critical approval, audiences avoided it and it did badly at the box office.<ref name="Gemünden161">Gerd Gemünden [https://books.google.com/books?id=2NGrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA161 ''Continental Strangers: German Exile Cinema, 1933–1951''], New York: Coluimbia University Press, 2014, pp. 161–62</ref>
[[File:Vincent Price holding replica of Peter Lorre's head.jpg|right|thumb|[[Vincent Price]] holding a replica of Lorre's head to publicize ''[[Tales of Terror]]'' (1962)]]
In February 1952, Lorre returned to the United States,<ref name="Gemünden161" /> where he resumed appearances as a character actor in television and feature films, often parodying his "creepy" image. He was the first actor to play a ''[[James Bond]]'' villain<ref name="French" /> when he portrayed [[Le Chiffre]] in a 1954 [[Casino Royale (Climax!)|television adaptation]] of [[Ian Fleming]]'s novel ''[[Casino Royale (novel)|Casino Royale]]'', opposite [[Barry Nelson]] as an American [[James Bond (film character)|James Bond]] referred to as "Jimmy Bond". Lorre starred alongside [[Kirk Douglas]] and [[James Mason]] in ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'' (1954) around this time. Lorre appeared in [[NBC]]'s espionage drama ''[[Five Fingers (American TV series)|Five Fingers]]'' (1959), starring [[David Hedison]], in the episode "Thin Ice", and, in 1960, in ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' as Victor Laurier in "The Incident of the Slavemaster" and in ''[[Wagon Train]]'' as Alexander Portlass in "The Alexander Portlass Story". Lorre appeared in six episodes of ''[[Playhouse 90]]''<ref name="health problems">{{cite news |title=Peter Lorre Says He's Very Well / Stars Tonight On Playhouse 90|work=[[Mansfield News Journal]]|author=Scheuer, Steven H.|author-link=Steven H. Scheuer|date=February 24, 1960|accessdate=May 11, 2022| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59445140/peter-lorre-says-hes-very-well-stars/}}</ref> as well as two episodes of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' broadcast in 1957 and 1960, the latter a version of the [[Roald Dahl]] short story "[[Man from the South#Television and radio adaptations|Man from the South]]" starring [[Steve McQueen]],<ref name="Billson" /> Lorre and McQueen's wife [[Neile Adams]]. He had a supporting role in the film ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' (1961).

In Lorre's last years, he worked with [[Roger Corman]] on several low-budget films, including two of the director's [[Edgar Allan Poe]] cycle: ''[[Tales of Terror]]'' (1962) with [[Vincent Price]] and [[Basil Rathbone]]; and ''[[The Raven (1963 film)|The Raven]]'' (1963), again with Price, as well as Boris Karloff and [[Jack Nicholson]]. He again worked with Price, Karloff and Rathbone in the [[Jacques Tourneur]]-directed ''[[The Comedy of Terrors]]'' (1963). He also appeared in a memorable 1962 episode of ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'', "Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing", with [[Lon Chaney Jr.]] and Boris Karloff.

== Marriages and family ==
Lorre was married three times: [[Celia Lovsky]] (1934 – March 13, 1945, divorced); [[Kaaren Verne]] (May 25, 1945 – 1950, divorced) and Anne Marie Brenning (July 21, 1953 – March 23, 1964, his death). In 1953, Brenning bore Lorre's only child, Catharine. Anne Marie Brenning died in 1971. His daughter later made headlines after serial killer [[Kenneth Bianchi]] confessed to police investigators that he and his cousin and fellow "[[Hillside Strangler]]" [[Angelo Buono]], posing as undercover police officers, had stopped her in 1977 with the intent of abduction and murder, but let her go on learning that she was the daughter of Peter Lorre. It was only after Bianchi was arrested that Catharine realized whom she had met.<ref>Schwarz, Ted. ''The Hillside Strangler'', pg. 212. Quill Driver Books. 2004; {{ISBN|1-884956-37-8}}</ref> Catharine died of complications from diabetes, on May 7, 1985, aged 32.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Scott|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA455|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland|year=2016|page=455|isbn=9780786479924}}</ref>

== Failing health and death ==
[[File:Peter Lorre Grave.jpg|thumb|upright|Niche of Peter Lorre at Hollywood Forever]]
Lorre had suffered from chronic [[gallbladder]] troubles, for which doctors had prescribed [[morphine]]. Lorre became trapped between the constant pain and addiction to morphine to ease the problem. It was during the period of the Mr. Moto films that Lorre struggled with and overcame his addiction.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120605043322/http://www.classicimages.com/past_issues/view/?x=/1998/april98/peterlorre.html "Peter Lorre"] on ''Classic Images'' past issues, 1998</ref> Having quickly gained 100&nbsp;lb (45&nbsp;kg) and not fully recovering from his addiction to morphine, Lorre suffered personal and career disappointments in his later life.<ref name="health problems"/>

He died in Los Angeles on March 23, 1964, from a stroke.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-peter-lorre-19640324-story.html|title=From the Archives: Movie Villain Peter Lorre Found Dead in His Hollywood Apartment|date=March 24, 1964|newspaper=LA Times}}</ref> His body was cremated and his ashes were interred at the [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] in Hollywood. [[Vincent Price]] read the eulogy at his funeral.{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|p=448}}

== Legacy and honors ==
[[File:PeterLorre.jpg|left|thumb|Portrait of Peter Lorre by [[Yousuf Karsh]] (1946)]]
Lorre was inducted into the [[Grand Order of Water Rats]], the world's oldest theatrical fraternity, in 1942.<ref>{{harvnb|Youngkin|2005|p=312}}: "The Grand Order of Water Rats ... inducted Lorre into the oldest theatrical fraternity in the world the following day. Having developed a close friendship with the actor (Lockwood), and feeling that he would fit the requirements (two years' experience as a professional entertainer; no objections from any other Rat; fund-raising activities for charity), Lockwood proposed Lorre for membership in the elite charitable organization."</ref> Lorre was honored with a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6619 Hollywood Boulevard in February 1960.

Being [[Warner Bros. Cartoons|Warner Bros. cartoonists]]' favorite characterization, Lorre was regularly caricatured in numerous ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' animated film shorts, including ''[[Hollywood Steps Out]]'' (1941), ''[[Horton Hatches the Egg (film)|Horton Hatches the Egg]]'' (1942), ''[[Hair-Raising Hare]]'' (1946), and many more through the 1940s and 1950s.{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|pp=214, 451–453}} Future caricatures of Lorre have persisted in film and television for decades afterwards, including live-action and animated bit characters in numerous films and television programs.{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|pp=214, 451–453}} Vocal impressions of Lorre have been used to create the voices of cartoon characters such as [[Morocco Mole]] on ''[[The Secret Squirrel Show]]'' in the 1960s,{{sfn|Youngkin|2005|pp=214, 451–453}} [[Ren and Stimpy (characters)#Ren Höek|Ren Höek]] in ''[[The Ren & Stimpy Show]]'' in the 1990s,<ref name="NYTMeisler">{{cite news|first=Andy|last=Meisler|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/16/arts/television-ren-and-stimpy-s-triumphant-return.html|title=TELEVISION; Ren and Stimpy's Triumphant Return|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 16, 1992|access-date=October 27, 2009}}</ref> and [[Kamek]] the magician in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Re-VIEW: 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' – Simply a Delight |url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/re-view-super-mario-bros-movie-simply-delight |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Animation World Network |language=en}}</ref>

Actor Eugene Weingand, who was unrelated to Lorre, attempted in 1963 to trade on his slight resemblance to the actor by changing his name to "Peter Lorie", but his petition was rejected by the courts. After Lorre's death, however, he referred to himself as "Peter Lorre Jr.", claiming to be Lorre's son.<ref>{{harvnb|Youngkin|2005|p=443}}: "After the actor's death, however, he began passing himself off as Lorre's son, repeatedly contradicting his earlier testimony."</ref> He obtained a few small acting roles as a result, including a brief uncredited appearance as a cab driver in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Torn Curtain]]'' (1966) starring [[Paul Newman]] and [[Julie Andrews]].

[[Filk]] songwriter [[Tom Smith (filker)|Tom Smith]] (1988) wrote a tribute to Lorre's acting called "I Want to Be Peter Lorre", which was nominated for the "Best Tribute" [[Pegasus Award]] in 1992 and 2004, and which won the award for "Best Classic [[Filk Music|Filk]] Song" in 2006.<ref>[http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/peter-lorre.html Pegasus Awards − I Want To Be Peter Lorre]</ref>

[[Punk cabaret]] band [[The World/Inferno Friendship Society]]'s 2007 album ''[[Addicted to Bad Ideas: Peter Lorre's Twentieth Century]]'' is a concept album written as a tribute to Lorre, focusing on the transition from Weimar Germany to the [[Nazi Germany|Third Reich]], and Lorre's later career and death. The World/Inferno Friendship Society's lead singer [[Jack Terricloth]] describes Lorre as "a strangely charismatic, extremely creepy person, which I think most punk rockers can identify with ... It's the lure of the other. He's the underdog, the outsider."<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/arts/music/08worl.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1233371008-A5h/u2e3DLMa+7cq/HCPQg | work=The New York Times | first=Ben | last=Sisario | title=Addicted to Peter Lorre (That Voice, Those Eyes) |date=January 8, 2009}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Role
! scope="col"|Director
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1929
| ''[[The Missing Wife]]''
| Dentist's patient
| [[Karl Leiter]]
| Uncredited

|-
| 1931
| ''[[M (1931 film)|M]]''
| Hans Beckert
| [[Fritz Lang]]
|
|-
| 1931
| ''[[Monte Carlo Madness (1931 film)|Bomben auf Monte Carlo]]''
| Pawlitschek
| [[Hanns Schwarz]]
|
|-
| 1931
| ''[[The Trunks of Mr. O.F.|Die Koffer des Herrn O.F.]]''
| Redakteur Stix
| [[Alexis Granowsky]]
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[Five from the Jazz Band|Fünf von der Jazzband]]''
| Car thief
| [[Erich Engel]]
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[A Shot at Dawn|Schuß im Morgengrauen]]''
| Klotz
| [[Alfred Zeisler]]
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[Der Weisse Damon]]''
| Hunchback
| [[Kurt Gerron]]
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[Stupefiants (film)|Stupefiants]]''
| Hunchback
| [[Roger Le Bon]]
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[F.P.1 antwortet nicht]]''
| Bildreporter Johnny
| [[Karl Hartl]]
|
|-
| 1933
| ''[[Was Frauen Traumen]]''
| Otto Fuesslli
| [[Géza von Bolváry]]
|
|-
| 1933
| ''[[Les Requins du Petrole]]''
| rowspan="2" | Henry Pless
| [[Henri Decoin]]
|
|-
| 1933
| ''[[Unsichtbare Gegner]]''
| [[Rudolph Cartier]]
|
|-
| 1933
| ''[[High and Low (1933 film)|Du haut en bas]]''
| Beggar
| [[G. W. Pabst]]
|
|-
| 1934
| ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)|The Man Who Knew Too Much]]''
| Abbott
| [[Alfred Hitchcock]]
|
|-
| 1935
| ''[[Mad Love (1935 film)|Mad Love]]''
| Dr. Gogol
| [[Karl Freund]]
|
|-
| 1935
| ''[[Crime and Punishment (1935 American film)|Crime and Punishment]]''
| Roderick Raskolnikov
| [[Josef von Sternberg]]
|
|-
| 1936
| ''[[Secret Agent (1936 film)|Secret Agent]]''
| The General
| [[Alfred Hitchcock]]
|
|-
| 1936
| ''[[Crack-Up (1936 film)|Crack-Up]]''
| Colonel Gimpy
| [[Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker)|Malcolm St. Clair]]
|
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Nancy Steele Is Missing]]!''
| Professor Sturm
| [[George Marshall (director)|George Marshall]]<br>[[Otto Preminger]]
|
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Think Fast, Mr. Moto]]''
| [[Mr. Moto|Mr. Kentaro Moto]]
| [[Norman Foster (director)|Norman Foster]]
|
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Lancer Spy]]''
| Major Sigfried Gruning
| [[Gregory Ratoff]]
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Thank You, Mr. Moto (film)|Thank You, Mr. Moto]]''
| rowspan="3" | Mr. Kentaro Moto
| [[Norman Foster (director)|Norman Foster]]
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[Mr. Moto's Gamble]]''
| James Tinling
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[Mr. Moto Takes a Chance]]''
| [[Norman Foster (director)|Norman Foster]]
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[I'll Give a Million (1938 film)|I'll Give a Million]]''
| Louis 'The Dope' Monteau
| [[Walter Lang]]
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[Mysterious Mr. Moto]]''
| rowspan="4" | Mr. Kentaro Moto
| [[Norman Foster (director)|Norman Foster]]
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Mr. Moto's Last Warning]]''
| [[Norman Foster (director)|Norman Foster]]
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Mr. Moto in Danger Island]]''
| [[Herbert I. Leeds]]
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation]]''
| [[Norman Foster (director)|Norman Foster]]
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Strange Cargo (1940 film)|Strange Cargo]]''
| M'sieu Pig
| [[Frank Borzage]]
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[I Was an Adventuress]]''
| Polo
| [[Gregory Ratoff]]
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Island of Doomed Men]]''
| Stephen Danel
| [[Charles Barton (director)|Charles Barton]]
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Stranger on the Third Floor]]''
| The Stranger
| [[Boris Ingster]]
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[You'll Find Out]]''
| Fenninger
| [[Fred Fleck]]
|
|-
| 1941
| ''[[The Face Behind the Mask (1941 film)|The Face Behind the Mask]]''
| Jamos 'Johnny' Szabo
| [[Robert Florey]]
|
|-
| 1941
| ''[[Mr. District Attorney (1941 film)|Mr. District Attorney]]''
| Paul Hyde
| [[William Morgan (director)|William Morgan]]
|
|-
| 1941
| ''[[They Met in Bombay]]''
| Captain Chang
| [[Clarence Brown]]
|
|-
| 1941
| ''[[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]''
| Joel Cairo
| [[John Huston]]
|
|-
| 1942
| ''[[All Through the Night (film)|All Through the Night]]''
| Pepi
| [[Vincent Sherman]]
|
|-
| 1942
| ''[[Invisible Agent]]''
| Baron Ikito
| [[Edwin L. Marin]]
|
|-
| 1942
| ''[[The Boogie Man Will Get You]]''
| Dr. Arthur Lorencz
| [[Lew Landers]]
|
|-
| 1942
| ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''
| Signor Ugarte
| [[Michael Curtiz]]
|
|-
| 1943
| ''[[The Constant Nymph (1943 film)|The Constant Nymph]]''
| Fritz Bercovy
| [[Edmund Goulding]]
|
|-
| 1943
| ''[[Background to Danger]]''
| Nikolai Zaleshoff
| [[Raoul Walsh]]
|
|-
| 1943
| ''[[The Cross of Lorraine]]''
| Sergeant Berger
| [[Tay Garnett]]
|
|-
| 1944
| ''[[Passage to Marseille]]''
| Marius
| [[Michael Curtiz]]
|
|-
| 1944
| ''[[The Mask of Dimitrios]]''
| Cornelius Leyden
| [[Jean Negulesco]]
|
|-
| 1944
| ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace (film)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]''
| Dr. Einstein
| [[Frank Capra]]
|
|-
| 1944
| ''[[The Conspirators (1944 film)|The Conspirators]]''
| Jan Bernazsky
| [[Jean Negulesco]]
|
|-
| 1944
| ''[[Hollywood Canteen (film)|Hollywood Canteen]]''
| Himself
| [[Delmer Daves]]
|
|-
| 1945
| ''[[Hotel Berlin]]''
| Johannes Koenig
| [[Peter Godfrey (director)|Peter Godfrey]]
|
|-
| 1945
| ''[[Confidential Agent]]''
| Contreras
| [[Herman Shumlin]]
|
|-
| 1946
| ''[[Three Strangers]]''
| Johnny West
| [[Jean Negulesco]]
|
|-
| 1946
| ''[[Black Angel (1946 film)|Black Angel]]''
| Marko
| [[Roy William Neill]]
|
|-
| 1946
| ''[[The Chase (1946 film)|The Chase]]''
| Gino
| [[Arthur Ripley]]
|
|-
| 1946
| ''[[The Verdict (1946 film)|The Verdict]]''
| Victor Emmric
| [[Don Siegel]]
|
|-
| 1946
| ''[[The Beast with Five Fingers]]''
| Hilary Cummins
| [[Robert Florey]]
|
|-
| 1947
| ''[[My Favorite Brunette]]''
| Kismet
| [[Elliott Nugent]]
|
|-
| 1948
| ''[[Casbah (film)|Casbah]]''
| Slimane
| [[John Berry (film director)|John Berry]]
|
|-
| 1949
| ''[[Rope of Sand]]''
| Toady
| [[William Dieterle]]
|
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Quicksand (1950 film)|Quicksand]]''
| Nick
| [[Irving Pichel]]
|
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Double Confession]]''
| Paynter
| [[Ken Annakin]]
|
|-
| 1951
| ''[[The Lost One]]''
| Dr. Karl Rohte, a.k.a. Dr. Karl Neumeister
| Peter Lorre
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Beat the Devil (film)|Beat the Devil]]''
| Julius O'Hara
| [[John Huston]]
|
|-
| 1954
| ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]''
| Conseil
| [[Richard Fleischer]]
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Meet Me in Las Vegas]]''
| Himself
| [[Roy Rowland (film director)|Roy Rowland]]
| Uncredited cameo
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Congo Crossing]]''
| Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas
| [[Joseph Pevney]]
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in Eighty Days]]''
| Japanese Steward on the S.S. Carnatic
| [[Michael Anderson (director)|Michael Anderson]]
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[The Buster Keaton Story]]''
| Kurt Bergner
| [[Sidney Sheldon]]
|
|-
| 1957
| ''Collector's Item: The Left Fist of David''
| Mr. Munsey
|
| Short film
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Silk Stockings (1957 film)|Silk Stockings]]''
| Brankov
| [[Rouben Mamoulian]]
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[The Story of Mankind (film)|The Story of Mankind]]''
| [[Nero]]
| [[Irwin Allen]]
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[The Sad Sack]]''
| Abdul
| [[George Marshall (director)|George Marshall]]
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Hell Ship Mutiny]]''
| Commissioner Lamoret
| [[Elmo Williams]]
|
|-
| 1959
| ''[[The Big Circus]]''
| Skeeter
| [[Joseph M. Newman]]
|
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Scent of Mystery]]''
| Smiley
| [[Jack Cardiff]]
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]''
| Commodore Lucius Emery
| [[Irwin Allen]]
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Tales of Terror]]''
| Montresor
| [[Roger Corman]]
| Featured in the segment "The Black Cat"
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Five Weeks in a Balloon (film)|Five Weeks in a Balloon]]''
| Ahmed
| [[Irwin Allen]]
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[The Raven (1963 film)|The Raven]]''
| Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
| [[Roger Corman]]
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[The Comedy of Terrors]]''
| Felix Gillie
| [[Jacques Tourneur]]
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Muscle Beach Party]]''
| Mr. Strangdour
| [[William Asher]]
| Posthumous release
|-
| 1964
| ''[[The Patsy (1964 film)|The Patsy]]''
| Morgan Heywood
| [[Jerry Lewis]]
| Posthumous release, final film role
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Climax!]]''
| [[Le Chiffre]]
| S1:E3 "[[Casino Royale (Climax!)|Casino Royale]]"
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Climax!]]''
| [[Mr. Vorhees]]
| S2:E10 "[[A Promise to Murder]]"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
| Tomas Salgado
| Season 3 Episode 10: "[[The Diplomatic Corpse (Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode)|The Diplomatic Corpse]]"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
| Carlos
| Season 5 Episode 15: "[[Man from the South]]"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Wagon Train]]''
| Alexander Portlass
| Season 3 Episode 23: "[[The Alexander Portlass Story]]"
|-
|1960|| ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' || Victor Laurier || S3:E5, "Incident of the Slavemaster"
|-
|1962|| ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' || Peter Lorre || S3:E6, "Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing"
|-
|1963|| ''[[The Jack Benny Show]]'' || Peter Lorre || S13:E17, "The Peter Lorre and ''[[Joanie Sommers]]'' Show"
|}

==Notes==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

=== Bibliography ===
* {{cite book|first= Gary|last=Svehla|title=Peter Lorre|series=Midnight Marquee Actors Series|year=1999|publisher=Midnight Marquee Press|isbn=1-887664-30-0}}
* {{cite book|last=Thomas|first=Sarah|year=2015|title=Peter Lorre: Face Maker: Constructing Stardom and Performance in Hollywood and Europe|publisher=[[Berghahn Books]]|isbn= 978-0-85745-441-6}}
*{{cite book |last1=Youngkin |first1=Stephen |title=The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre |date=2005 |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-7185-2 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/3570}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last= Alistair |first= Rupert |title= The Name Below the Title : 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age |chapter= Peter Lorre |pages= 157–160 |date= 2018 |edition= First |type= softcover |publisher= Independently published |location= Great Britain |isbn = 978-1-7200-3837-5}}

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306193947/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba182acb2 Peter Lorre] at the [[British Film Institute]]{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
* [https://www.peterlorrecompanion.com The Peter Lorre Companion]
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=132 Photographs of Peter Lorre]
* [https://www.mediathek.at/atom/1BC36A2B-1BA-000A7-00000D5C-1BC2C6C6// Peter Lorre] (in German) from the online-archive of the [[Österreichische Mediathek|Österreichischen Mediathek]]

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