Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Celebrity Grave: "Maltese Falcon" Actor Peter Lorre 1964

 
Peter Lorre (26 June 1904 – 23 March 1964) was an Austrian-American actor frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner.

 
He made 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 in The Maltese Falcon, and as the star of the successful Mr. Moto detective series.

 
Lorre had suffered for years from chronic gallbladder troubles, for which doctors had prescribed morphine. Lorre became trapped between the constant pain and addiction to morphine to ease the problem. It was during the period of the Moto films that Lorre struggled and overcame this problem.

 
Overweight and never fully recovered from his addiction to morphine, Lorre suffered many personal and career disappointments in his later years. He died in 1964 of a stroke. Lorre's body was cremated and his ashes interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood. Vincent Price read the eulogy at his funeral.

 

Mystery Classics 100 Movie PackM - 2 Disc Special Edition - (The Criterion Collection)The Lost One: A Life of Peter LorreThe Verdict (1946)The Man Who Knew Too Much (Enhanced Edition) 1934Silver Screen Legends: Peter Lorre (4 DVD Set)The Peter Lorre CompanionM (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]Black Angel (Universal Noir Collection)M - Criterion CollectionMad Love (1935) & The Devil Doll (1936The Humprey Bogart Collection: The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, Treasure of the Sierra Madre [3 VHS Boxed Set]The Maltese Falcon - 1943 Radio Production starring Humphrey BogartThe Maltese Falcon [Blu-ray]Maltese FalconTales of Terror/Twice Told Tales (Midnite Movies Double Feature)Tales of Terror (Edgar Allan Poe's)

The Films of Peter Lorre

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