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Peter Lorre

1904 - 1964

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Peter Lorre (German: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈlɔʁə]; born Ladislav Löwenstein, Hungarian: [ˈlaːsloː ˈløːvɛ(n)ʃtɒjn]; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Slovak 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, where he worked first on the stage, then in film, in Berlin during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Lorre caused an international sensation in the Weimar Republic–era film M (1931). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Lorre has received more than 5,319,352 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Peter Lorre is the 870th most popular actor (down from 782nd in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 119th in 2019) and the most popular Slovak Actor.

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  • 59.75

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  • 46

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  • 3.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter Lorre ranks 870 out of 13,578. Before him are Christiane F., Britt Ekland, Dominique Sanda, Lilli Palmer, Helen Hunt, and Silvana Armenulić. After him are Marty Feldman, Frank Langella, Michael Dudikoff, Andy Lau, Sara Montiel, and Chris Cooper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Peter Lorre ranks 59. Before him are Charles J. Pedersen, Serge Lifar, Donald O. Hebb, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, Moshé Feldenkrais, and Josef Bühler. After him are Henri Cartan, Rudolf Arnheim, Leopold Trepper, Elyesa Bazna, Ralph Bellamy, and Arnold Gehlen. Among people deceased in 1964, Peter Lorre ranks 35. Before him are Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois, Paulino Alcántara, Douglas McGregor, Heinrich Neuhaus, Andriy Melnyk, and Sam Cooke. After him are Princess Auguste of Bavaria, Sigfrid Edström, Hugo Koblet, Halide Edib Adıvar, Pedro Petrone, and Cole Porter.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Peter Lorre ranks 36 out of 418. Before him are Gyula Andrássy the Younger (1860), Edita Gruberová (1946), Richard Réti (1889), Andrej Babiš (1954), Lajos Batthyány (1807), and Pál Maléter (1917). After him are Michal Kováč (1930), Milan Hodža (1878), Lucia Popp (1939), Matthew III Csák (1260), Joseph Petzval (1807), and Ferdinand Daučík (1910).

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Among ACTORS In Slovakia

Among actors born in Slovakia, Peter Lorre ranks 1. After him are Frederick Stafford (1928), Lya De Putti (1897), Emília Vášáryová (1942), Magdaléna Vášáryová (1948), Charles Korvin (1907), Barbora Bobuľová (1974), Barbara Nedeljáková (1979), and Alexandra Borbély (1986).

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Television and Movie Roles

M
Hans Beckert
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
May 11th 19318.1 / 10
Casablanca
Ugarte
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Jan 15th 19438.2 / 10
The Maltese Falcon
Joel Cairo
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
Oct 18th 19417.706 / 10