Lorre, Peter (Lowenstein, Ladislav)

(1904-64)

   American actor, of Hungarian origin. Born in Rozsahegy, Hungary, he moved to Austria as a child. He acted on the Berlin stage and in Aims until the rise of Nazism. He went to England and later worked in Hollywood. He appeared in such films as M, The Man who Knew too Much, Mad Love, The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, Arsenic and Old Lace and The Beast with Five Fingers.