 Peter Lorre, born László Löwenstein
in Rosenburg, Hungary, actually ran off from home and joined
a traveling Vienna acting troupe when he was only 17 years
of age. During his 7-year stint with the troupe, young Peter
became a student of the very famous psychoanalyst Sigmund
Freud. He also was cast in Fritz Lang's "M" as
the psychopathic child killer (Peter Kürten). His work
in the film was so incredible, that the then rising Nazi
party used his image in "M," unwittingly, on their
famous Anti-Semitic poster for their infamous propaganda
film, "The Eternal Jew."
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Maltese Falcon" where he played Joel Cairo. Others
remember him from the very famous "Alfred Hitchcock
Presents" episode, co-starring Steve McQueen, where
a deranged killer goes around the country with his collection
of pinky-fingers from his victims. But, did you know that
Peter Lorre was the very first James Bond Villain? Did you
also know that his famous accent was the inspiration for
the cartoon character Ren from "Ren and Stimpy?"
But it was his befriending of the famous Spooky Trio, Boris
Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Vincent
Price, that earned him eternal praise from society.
Their friendship lasted their whole lives as they usually
co-starred in each others movies, old time radio shows, and television
shows. According to Vincent Price,
during Bela Lugosi's funeral, where Lugosi was clad in his
famous Dracula costume, when Peter Lorre gazed upon 'Dracula'/Bela,
he leaned over to Price and said "Do you think we should
drive a stake through his heart just in case?" Indeed,
Lorre was just saying it in jest, probably to better cope
with his grief due to the loss of his very dear friend.
It was Vincent Price that
read the eulogy at Peter Lorre's funeral in 1964.
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The collection that follows represents Lorre's great appearances
on various old time radio shows. This disks also including
his famed 1947 summer series, Mystery
in the Air. See also: Mystery Playhouse
For more radio horror personalities, see also: Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Vincent Price .
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