Peter Lorre

Born: 1904-06-26

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.


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Casablanca

as Ugarte
Released: 1943-01-15

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover,...

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The Maltese Falcon

as Joel Cairo
Released: 1941-10-18

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a...

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M

as Hans Beckert
Released: 1931-05-11

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes...

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

as Conseil
Released: 1954-12-23

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the...

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Beat the Devil

as Julius O'Hara
Released: 1953-11-26

A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.

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The Raven

as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
Released: 1963-01-25

A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.

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Around the World in Eighty Days

as Steward
Released: 1956-10-17

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the...

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The Man Who Knew Too Much

as Abbott
Released: 1934-12-01

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination...

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Arsenic and Old Lace

as Dr. Einstein
Released: 1944-09-01

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes...

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The Chase

as Gino
Released: 1946-11-16

Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with...

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Mad Love

as Doctor Gogol
Released: 1935-07-12

An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's...

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Black Angel

as Marko
Released: 1946-08-02

A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin team up...

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Quicksand

as Nick Dramoshag
Released: 1950-03-24

Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde...

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Hollywood Canteen

as Self
Released: 1944-12-15

Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and...

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Comm. Lucius Emery
Released: 1961-07-12

The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.

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Tales of Terror

as Montresor ("The Black Cat")
Released: 1962-07-04

Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited,...

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Three Strangers

as Johnny West
Released: 1946-01-28

On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy...

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My Favorite Brunette

as Kismet
Released: 1947-03-19

Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private...

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Stranger on the Third Floor

as The Stranger
Released: 1940-08-16

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence"...

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The Mask of Dimitrios

as Cornelius Leyden
Released: 1944-06-23

A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose...

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Confidential Agent

as Contreras
Released: 1945-11-02

During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and...

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Invisible Agent

as Baron Ikito
Released: 1942-08-07

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.

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The Patsy

as Morgan Heywood
Released: 1964-06-24

When a star comedian dies, his comedy team decides to train a 'nobody' to play the Star in a big...

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Silk Stockings

as Brankov, Commisar
Released: 1957-06-28

After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer...

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The Comedy of Terrors

as Felix Gillie
Released: 1964-01-22

An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's...

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Strange Cargo

as M'sieu Pig
Released: 1940-03-01

Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.

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Secret Agent

as The General
Released: 1936-05-31

After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War...

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Casino Royale

as Le Chiffre
Released: 1954-10-21

American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his...

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They Met in Bombay

as Captain Chang
Released: 1941-06-27

A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in...

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All Through the Night

as Pepi
Released: 1942-01-10

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

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The Beast with Five Fingers

as Hilary Cummins
Released: 1947-02-08

Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased...

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Background to Danger

as Nikolai Zaleshoff
Released: 1943-07-03

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

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Passage to Marseille

as Marius
Released: 1944-03-11

A freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.

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Meet Me in Las Vegas

as uncredited
Released: 1956-03-09

Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he...

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Mysterious Mr. Moto

as Mr. Moto
Released: 1938-09-17

The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.

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Muscle Beach Party

as Mr. Strangdour
Released: 1964-03-25

Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable...

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The Verdict

as Victor Emmric
Released: 1946-11-23

After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard...

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Casbah

as Slimane
Released: 1948-04-01

Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself...

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The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1968-01-01

Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels,...

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The Eternal Jew

as Hans Beckert (archive footage)
Released: 1940-11-28

A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage...

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The Face Behind the Mask

as Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
Released: 1941-01-16

In this low-budget thriller, Peter Lorre plays Janos Szabo, an immigrant from Hungary who is a...

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The Constant Nymph

as Fritz Bercovy
Released: 1943-06-23

The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the...

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Island of Doomed Men

as Stephen Danel
Released: 1940-05-20

An undercover agent wrongly punished for murder is paroled to a remote tropical island with a...

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Hotel Berlin

as Johannes Koenig
Released: 1945-03-02

An assortment of diverse characters gather at the Hotel Berlin in World War II Germany as the...

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The Story of Mankind

as Nero
Released: 1957-11-08

The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.

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Five Weeks in a Balloon

as Ahmed
Released: 1962-08-22

Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon....

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Crime and Punishment

as Roderick Raskolnikov
Released: 1935-11-22

A man is haunted by a murder he's committed.

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The Sad Sack

as Abdul
Released: 1957-11-27

Private Meredith Bixby is so out of step in the Army that his six weeks of planned basic...

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Operation Undersea

as Self
Released: 1954-12-08

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Crack-Up

as Colonel Gimpy
Released: 1936-12-14

Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.

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The Cross of Lorraine

as Sergeant Berger
Released: 1943-11-12

French soldiers (Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly) surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a...

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I Was an Adventuress

as Polo
Released: 1940-05-10

Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her...

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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

as Mr. Moto
Released: 1939-07-07

Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of...

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Lancer Spy

as Maj. Sigfried Gruning
Released: 1937-10-08

An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a...

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I'll Give a Million

as Louie 'The Dope' Monteau
Released: 1938-07-27

After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out...

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You'll Find Out

as Professor Karl Fenninger
Released: 1940-11-22

The manager of Kay Kyser’s band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky...

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Mr. Moto's Gamble

as Kentaro Moto
Released: 1938-04-07

Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into...

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The Conspirators

as Jan Bernazsky
Released: 1944-10-24

A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.

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Rope of Sand

as Toady
Released: 1949-08-03

Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking...

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Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2009-01-01

Eight hundred German filmmakers (cast and crew) fled the Nazis in the 1930s. The film uses...

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The Lost One

as Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister
Released: 1951-09-07

A German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been...

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Double Confession

as Paynter
Released: 1950-04-30

The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He...

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The Horror of It All

as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (archive footage)
Released: 1983-02-23

A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who...

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Mr. Moto's Last Warning

as Mr. Kentaro Moto
Released: 1939-01-20

A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered...

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Creepy Classics

as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo - (archive footage)
Released: 1987-10-01

A compilation of trailers for various horror and sci-fi films, narrated and hosted by Vincent Price.

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Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

as Doctor Gogol (archive footage)
Released: 2014-08-01

Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat,...

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Congo Crossing

as Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas
Released: 1956-07-01

Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign...

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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

as uncredited
Released: 1989-01-01

Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most...

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Thank You, Mr. Moto

as Mr. Moto
Released: 1937-12-24

Mr. Moto Heads to China on a quest for seven ancient scrolls that reveal the location of Genghis...

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Hell Ship Mutiny

as Lamoret
Released: 1957-12-06

A ship's captain in the South Seas battles a villainous pearl trader who uses island natives as...

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Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

as Mr. Moto
Released: 1938-06-11

In the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a...

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The Last Tycoon

as Pete Zavras
Released: 1957-03-14

Based off the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same title, a movie producer is slowly working...

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The Dinosaur and the Baby

as Hans Beckert (archive footage)
Released: 1967-03-15

An hour-long discussion between Fritz Lang and Jean-Luc Godard in which they discuss a variety...

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Mr. District Attorney

as Paul Hyde
Released: 1941-03-27

An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.

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The Big Circus

as Skeeter
Released: 1959-07-05

A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of...

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Mr. Moto in Danger Island

as Kentaro Moto
Released: 1939-04-07

In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel...

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Nancy Steele Is Missing!

as Professor Sturm
Released: 1937-03-12

After being in jail for seventeen years a crook is met by the girl he kidnapped as a baby. She...

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The Boogie Man Will Get You

as Dr. Arthur Lorentz
Released: 1942-10-22

A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants...

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F.P.1 Doesn't Answer

as Bildreporter Johnny
Released: 1932-12-22

F.P.1 is a huge airplane landing dock in the Atlantic where pilots making the transatlantic...

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Think Fast, Mr. Moto

as Kentaro Moto
Released: 1937-07-23

When his import/export business infiltrated by international diamond smugglers, Mr. Moto must...

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The Disneyland Story

as uncredited
Released: 1954-10-27

Walt Disney presents a preview for both his upcoming park called Disneyland and several episodes...

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The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)
Released: 1979-03-23

Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.

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The Buster Keaton Story

as Kurt Bergner
Released: 1957-05-01

An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.

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Scent of Mystery

as Smiley
Released: 1960-01-12

An Englishman and a cabby try to save an heiress from murder in Spain.

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Five from the Jazzband

as Car Thief
Released: 1932-03-19

By pure chance, Jessie and his four jazz musicians are hired to play at the cabaret theatre...

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High and Low

as Beggar
Released: 1933-12-08

The intersecting lives of neighbors in a courtyard apartment building in Vienna,including a...

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Bombs Over Monte Carlo

as Pawlitschek
Released: 1931-08-31

The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders...

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The Thirteen Trunks of Mr. O.F.

as Redakteur Stix
Released: 1931-12-02

In the very oldfashioned town of Ostend suddenly 13 suitcases are delivered to the hotel, with a...

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Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

as Secret Agent
Released: 1943-01-01

A training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines.

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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2007-05-16

Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan -...

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Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1997-01-05

Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of...

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Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

as Mr. Jekyll (archive footage)
Released: 2007-03-10

Our intrepid adventurers Ace Zucco and Mike Flannigan from Terror in the Tropics return for...

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Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1996-11-01

Documentary overview of Peter Lorre's ascension to fame as a master purveyor of silky but...

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The White Demon

as Hunchback
Released: 1932-11-19

When Albers takes his drug-addicted opera star sister Gerda to a sanitarium, they both become...

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Stupéfiants

as The Hunchback
Released: 1932-12-16

When an up-and-coming singer's career is jeopardized by morphine addiction, her brother takes on...

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A Physical History of 'M'

as Hans Beckert (archive)
Released: 2015-04-14

This documentary traces the "physical history" of Fritz Lang’s M, from its production and...

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A Shot at Dawn

as Klotz
Released: 1932-07-17

A Berlin policeman tracks down a group of diamond thieves in the outskirts by posing as a gang...

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A Man's a Man

as uncredited
Released: 1931-12-31

About a civilian who is press-ganged into a machine-gunner's squadron and transformed into the...

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The Double Face of Peter Lorre

as Self (Archive Footage)
Released: 1984-09-05

Peter Lorre achieved international fame for his performance in the myth-making role in M. This...

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The Oil Sharks

as Henry Pless
Released: 1933-07-14

The plot revolves around an oil swindle in a South American country.

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Collector’s Item

as Mr. Munsey
Released: 1957-12-01

Mr. Prentiss is an appraiser at his firm, the House of Prentiss. He is about to go to Florida to...

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Moto Is Missing

as Mr. Moto (archive footage, various Moto films)
Released: 2007-02-13

Featurette about the demise, during the early 1940s, of the once-popular Mr. Moto B-films series...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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The Red Skelton Show

as King Zurium
First aired: 1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades,...

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The Red Skelton Show

as Mad Scientist
First aired: 1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades,...

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The Red Skelton Show

as Boris - Chief Spy
First aired: 1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades,...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Moyzisch
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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The Jack Benny Program

as Luverne Goodheart
First aired: 1950-10-28

Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular...

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77 Sunset Strip

as The Gypsy
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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Climax!

as Mr. Vorhees
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Le Chiffre
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Normie
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Mr. Ho
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Benny Kellerman
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Bambi Awards

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1948-01-01

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Frederick Bergen
First aired: 1963-10-10

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...

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Route 66

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-07

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Tomas Salgado / Carlos
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Abbott / The General (archive footage) (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Tomas Salgado
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Rawhide

as Victor Laurier
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Lux Video Theatre

as Richard Pratt
First aired: 1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...

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Checkmate

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-17

Checkmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot,...

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Suspense

as uncredited
First aired: 1949-01-06

Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to...

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Studio 57

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-09-21

Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont...

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Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color

as Self
First aired: 1954-10-27

Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1975-11-11

Based on extensive interviews, shot on 16mm in a series of static long takes, Filmemigration aus...

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