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Peter Lorre
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Actor Born: June 26, 1904 in Rozsahegy, Hungary Death: March 23, 1964 Biography:With the possible exception of "Edward G. Robinson", no actor has so often been the target of impressionists as the inimitable, Hungarian-born "Peter Lorre". Leaving his family home at the age of 17, Lorre sought out work as an actor, toiling as a bank clerk during down periods. He went the starving-artist route in Switzerland and Austria before settling in Germany, where he became a favorite of playwright "Bertolt Brecht". For most of his first seven years as a professional actor, Lorre employed his familiar repertoire of wide eyes, toothy grin, and nasal voice to invoke laughs rather than shudders. In fact, he was appearing in a stage comedy at the same time that he was filming his breakthrough picture "M" (1931), in which he was cast as a sniveling child murderer. When Hitler ascended to power in 1933, Lorre fled to Paris, and then to London, where he appeared in his first English-language film,... Full Biography
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