Peter Lorre

Birthday: 6/26/1904
Deathday: 3/23/1964
Place of birth: Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok), Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: László Löwenstein, Пітер Лорре, Петер Лорре, Πίτερ Λόρε, Питър Лори, Pīters Lorre

Biography

Peter Lorre (26 June 1904 – 23 March 1964) was an Austrian-American actor frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner. He caused an international sensation in 1931 with his portrayal of a serial killer who preys on little girls in the German film M. Later he became a popular featured player in Hollywood crime films and mysteries, notably alongside Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet, and as the star of the successful Mr. Moto detective series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Lorre, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.