Peter Lorre (1904–1964) Actor.

Peter Lorre was born László Löwenstein in Rosenberg, Austria-Hungary (present-day Slovakia) in 1904. After enjoying a stage career in Vienna and Berlin, Lorre received international attention for his portrayal of a serial killer in Fritz Lang’s M (1931). Lorre eventually settled in Hollywood.

Movie poster for Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much, starring Peter Lorre (1934):