"Peter was the most inventive actor I've ever known. He was a great scholar, an accomplished dramatic actor and a masterful comedian. [...] Peter liked to make pictures which entertained people, not critics. He didn't have any pretensions about conveying messages to the world."
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Vincent Price quoted in "Movie Villain Peter Lorre Found Dead in His Hollywood Apartment", Los Angeles Times (March 24, 1964)
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Peter Lorre
1904 – 1964
US-amerikanisch-österreichischer Filmschauspieler, Drehbuchautor und Filmregisseur
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