Peter Lorre (born László Löwenstein; 26 June 1904 – 23 March 1964) was an Austro-Hungarian-American actor. In Austria, he began his stage career in Vienna before moving to Germany where he had his breakthrough, first on the stage, then in film in Berlin in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Lorre caused an international sensation in the German film M (1931), directed by Fritz Lang, in which he portrayed a serial killer who preys on little girls. Read more on Wikipedia.
Born Name: | László Löwenstein |
Born: | Jun 26, 1904 in Rózsahegy, Austria-Hungary [now Ruzomberok, Slovakia |
Died: | Mar 23, 1964 |