Peter Lorre

Peter LORRE (1904, Germany - 1964, USA) started his acting career in Vienna in 1921. Playing the lead of a psychopathic childmurderer in Fritz Lang's 'M' made him a movie star worldwide. After 1936 Lorre lived in Hollywood. Starring as supporting actor in films like The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca and Arsenic and Old Lace established his reputation as one of the best actors of his time. In 1950 Lorre returned to Germany to direct Der Verlorene, which failed shortly after its release. Disappointed and discouraged Lorre moved back to Hollywood where he played characteristically melancholy parts in numerous B-pictures until his death in 1964.