Peter Lorre Is The Villain In The Stranger On The Third Floor. Directed by Boris Ingster, Stranger on the Third Floor is a ...

Actor Peter Lorre, the Carpathian mountain boy who became a professional ogre, sleepy-voiced comedian, and bon vivant, died Monday of an apparent stroke in his tiny Hollywood apartment.

After his groundbreaking performance in 'M', Peter Lorre was typecast as a villain. But he never created two-dimensional characters, says Geoffrey Macnab ...

Peter Lorre, 59, Hungarian-born actor whose deceptively mild manner and low-pitched voice made him one of motion pictures' favorite villains, died in Hollywod March 23 of a stroke.

The star of “The Friend” has the loping stride of Robert Mitchum and the droopy, melancholy eyes of Peter Lorre.