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Peter Lorre
Hungarian and American actor (1904–1964)
This article is about the American actor. For the British politician, see Peter Laurie. For the Irish golfer, see Peter Lawrie.
The native form of this personal name is Löwenstein László. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
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| Born | László Löwenstein (1904-06-26)June 26, 1904 Rózsahegy, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | March 23, 1964(1964-03-23) (aged 59) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1929–1964 |
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| Children | 1 |
Peter Lorre (German:[ˈpeːtɐˈlɔʁə]; born László Löwenstein, Hungarian:[ˈlaːsloːˈløːvɛ(n)ʃtɒjn]; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hung
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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 roles with sinister overtones. Though he deprecated his art as “face-making,” Lorre took his work seriously and lamented Hollywood’s use of his tricks but not his talent. His globular eyes and diffident whine have inspired comic impersonations and been widely caricatured in commercials (Kellogg’s “Booberry”), cartoons (Ren and Stimpy, and literature
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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 bank clerk, and after stage training in Vienna, Austria, made his acting debut at age 17 in 1922 in Zurich, Switzerland. He traveled for several years acting on stage throughout his home region, Vienna, Berlin, and Zurich, including working with Bertolt Brecht, until Fritz Lang cast him in a starring role as the psychopathic child killer in the German film M (1931).
After several more films in Germany, including a couple roles for which he learned to speak French, Lorre left as the Nazis came to power, going first to Paris where he made one film, then London where Alfred Hitchcock cast him as a creepy villain in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), where he learned his lines phonetically, and finally arrived in Hollywood
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