The Patsy (Paramount, 1964). Director: Jerry Lewis; assistant director: Ralph Axness; producer: Ernest D. Glucksman; screenplay: Jerry Lewis and Bill Richman; cinematography: Wallace Kelley; 100 min. Cast: Jerry Lewis, Ina Balin, Everett Sloane, Phil Harris, Keenan Wynn, Peter Lorre (Morgan Heywood), John Carradine, Hans Conreid, Phil Foster, Richard Deacon, Neil Hamilton, Jerry Dumphy, Jerry Dexter, Scatman Crothers, Del Moore, Nancy Kulp, Fritz Feld, Benny Rubin, Jerome Cowan, Ned Wynn, Henry Slate; guest stars: Rhonda Fleming, Hedda Hopper, George Raft, The Step Brothers, Mel Torme, Ed Wynn.
RADIO
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Funkstunde Berlin, “Die Seufzerbrücke” (“The Bridge of Sighs”) (Funk-Stunde A.G. Berlin, Oct. 5, 1930). Cast: Julius Kuthan, Eugen Rex, Josef Burgwinkel, Peter Lorre (counselor), Käte König, Cäcilie Lvovsky, and others.
Funkstunde Berlin, “Blaubart” (“Bluebeard”) (Funk-Stunde A.G. Berlin, May 25, 1931). Cast: Leo Reuss, Jenny Marba, Cäcilie Lvovsky, Arthur Hell, Julius Kuthan, Peter Lorre (Alvarez, a courtier), Alice Hechy, and others.
Funkstunde Berlin / Radio Wien, “Fortunios Lied” (“Fortunio’s Song”) (Funk-Stunde A.G. Berlin, Dec. 12, 1931). Cast: Peter Lorre (Fortunio, attorney and notary of the Supreme Court in Paris), Cäcilie Lvovsky, Joseph Schmidt, Dolly Haas, Marianne Thalau, Elsa Glass-Sant, Helene Weigel, and others.
Funkstunde Berlin, “Vert-Vert” (Funk-Stunde A.G. Berlin, Jan. 14, 1932). Cast: Bozena Bradsky, Blandine Ebinger, Margret Pfahl, Else Stutz-Budde, Leo Reuss, Cäcilie Lvovsky, Peter Lorre (Bellecour, a singer), and others.
Funkstunde Berlin, “Das Notwendige und das Überflüssige” (“The Necessary and the Unnecessary”) (Funk-Stunde A.G. Berlin, Jan. 20, 1932). Cast: Arthur Kraussneck, Roma Bahn, Paul Wagner, Karl Kraus, Leo Reuss, Cäcilie Lvovsky, Peter Lorre (Schnell, a swindler), and others.
Funkstunde Berlin, “Die heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe” (“St. Joan of the Stockyards) (Funk-Stunde A.G. Berlin, April 11, 1932). Cast: Fritz Kortner, Carola Neher, Helene Weigel, Peter Lorre (Sullivan Slift and Graham), Ernst Busch, Paul Bildt, Otto Kronburger, Friedrich Gnass, and others.
The Fleischmann Yeast Hour (NBC, May 7, 1936). 60 min. Rudy Vallee, host. Guests: Hildegard Halliday, Peter Lorre (Dr. Mallaire, “The Creation of Dr. Mallaire”), Jean Hersholt, David Oliver, Todd Duncan, Howard University Glee Club.
The Lux Radio Theater, “Trilby” (CBS, Sept. 21, 1936). 60 min. Cecil B. DeMille, host. Guests: Walt Disney, Grace Moore, Peter Lorre (Svengali), Ralph Forbes, Vernon Steele, Ralph Kellard, Grace Hampton, John Deering, Richard Abbott.
The Royal Gelatin Hour (NBC, Nov. 5, 1936). 60 min. Rudy Vallee, host. Guests: Peter Lorre (Alexis Nadova, “Prelude to Murder”), Olivia de Havilland, Eddie Conrad, Swing Kids Quartet, Shelia Barrett, Tom Howard, George Shelton.
The MGM Radio Movie Club (WHN, Nov. 20, 1936). 30 min. George Know, host. Guests: Peter Lorre, Volney Pfeifer.
Hollywood Hotel (CBS, March 5, 1937). 60 min. Louella Parsons, host; Fred MacMurray, MC; Frances Langford. Guests: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Victor McLaglen, June Lang, Peter Lorre (Prof. Sturm, Nancy Steele Is Missing), Warden Lewis Lawes of Sing Sing Prison.
Hollywood Hotel (CBS, Oct. 8, 1937). 60 min. Louella Parsons, host; Frances Langford, Jerry Cooper, Anne Jamison, Igor Gorin, Ken Murray. Guests: Dolores del Rio, Peter Lorre (Major Gruning, Lancer Spy), Gregory Ratoff, George Sanders, Sig Rumann.
The Royal Gelatin Hour (NBC, Jan. 20, 1938). 60 min. Rudy Vallee, host. Guests: Peter Lorre (photographer, “Picture Man”), Lila Lee, George Barnes, Playboys Vocal Group, Tommy Riggs, Val and Ernie Stanton.
Carthay Circle Theatre Broadcast, premiere of Marie Antoinette (NBC-Blue, July 8, 1938). 30 min. Cary Wilson, host; Don Wilson, interviewer. Guests: Judy Garland, Peter Lorre, Robert Young, Pete Smith, Fanny Brice, Hanley Stafford, Adrian, Florence Rice, Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, Basil Rathbone, James Stewart, Paul Muni, L.B. Mayer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Helen Hayes, and others.
Camel Caravan (CBS, Oct. 24, 1938). 30 min. Eddie Cantor, host; Sid Fields. Guest: Peter Lorre. As “Mr. Moto,” Lorre investigates the disappearance of Cantor’s guest Martha Raye.
The Lifebuoy Program (CBS, Dec. 27, 1938). 30 min. Al Jolson, host; Harry Einstein (“Parkyakarkus”), Martha Raye. Guest: Peter Lorre.
The Royal Gelatin Hour (NBC, Aug. 10, 1939). 60 min. Rudy Vallee, host. Guests: Joe Cook, Peter Lorre (Kosky, “The Execution of Kosky”; Mr. Moto, mystery sketch), Lou Holtz, Carmen Miranda.
George Jessel’s Celebrity Program (NBC, Aug. 16, 1939). 30 min. George Jessel, host. Guests: Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Peter Lorre (Mr. Moto, mystery sketch), Frank Crummit.
The Texaco Star Theater (CBS, Oct. 4, 1939). 30 min. Ken Murray, host (in Hollywood); Kenny Baker, Frances Langford, Irene Ryan. Guest: Peter Lorre (Mr. Moto, mystery sketch).
Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge (NBC, Sept. 25, 1940). 60 min. Kay Kyser, host; Kollege of Musical Knowledge orchestra. Guests: Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi.
The Jell-O Program, “Murder at the Racquet Club” (NBC, March 9, 1941). 30 min. Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson (“Rochester”), Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Phil Harris. Guests: Peter Lorre, Charles Farrell, Charles Butterworth, The Guadalajara Trio.
Three Ring Time (NBC-Blue, March 6, 1942). 30 min. Milton Berle, host; Shirley Ross, Crosby Orchestra. Guests: Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi.
Towards the Century of the Common Man (NBC, June 14, 1942). 30 min. Guests: Charles Boyer, Ronald Colman, Joseph Calleia, Ray Collins, Melville Cooper, Donald Dixon, Peter Lorre, Thomas Mitchell, Alla Nazimova, George Faulkner, Maria Ouspenskaya, Stephen Vincent Benet, Robert Armbruster, Kurt Weil, President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “The Murders in the Morgue” (NBC-Blue, Nov. 29, 1942). 30 min. Raymond Edward Johnson (“Raymond”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Franz Webber).
The Philip Morris Playhouse, “Crime and Punishment” (CBS, Dec. 11, 1942). 30 min. Charles Martin, host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Raskolnikov), Anne Rutherford.
Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “The Man Who Returned from the Dead” (NBC-Blue, Dec. 13, 1942). 30 min. Raymond Edward Johnson (“Raymond”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Nobel Prize winner).
Suspense, “Till Death Do Us Part” (CBS, Dec. 15, 1942). 30 min. Joseph Kearns (“The Man in Black”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Prof. Irwin Kraft), Alice Frost, David Gothard, Mercedes McCambridge.
Stage Door Canteen (CBS, Dec. 17, 1942). 30 min. Bert Lytell, host. Guests: Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Peter Lorre (“Footnote for Tomorrow”), Grace Moore, Jane Cowl.
Al Jolson Colgate Show (CBS, Dec. 22, 1942). 30 min. Al Jolson, host; Monte Woolly, Carol Bruce. Guest: Peter Lorre.
Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “Dig My Grave” (NBC-Blue, Dec. 27, 1942). 30 min. Raymond Edward Johnson (“Raymond”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre.
The Texaco Star Theater (CBS, Jan. 3, 1943). 30 min. Fred Allen, host; Portland Hoffa. Guests: Peter Lorre (Mr. Moto, “The Missing Shot or Who Killed Balsam Beamish?”), Lois January.
The Kate Smith Show (CBS, Jan. 8, 1943). 30 min. Kate Smith, host; Ted Collins, Henny Youngman. Guests: Peter Lorre (“The Cask of Amontillado”), Jean Muir, Blaine Cordner.
Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “The Bell Tolls Death” (NBC-Blue, Jan. 17, 1943). 30 min. Raymond Edward Johnson (“Raymond”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre.
Suspense, “The Devil’s Saint” (CBS, Jan. 19, 1943). 30 min. Joseph Kearns (“The Man in Black”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Count Stefan Kohari).
Radio Reader’s Digest, “Education for Death” (CBS, Jan. 31, 1943). 30 min. Conrad Nagel, narrator. Guest: Peter Lorre.
Stage Door Canteen (CBS, Feb. 4, 1943). 30 min. Bert Lytell, host. Guests: Peter Lorre, Phil Baker, Jane Froman, Beatrice Kay.
The Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Show (NBC, Feb. 11, 1943). 30 min. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, hosts. Guest: Peter Lorre. Abbott and Costello visit Lorre’s country home.
Treasury Star Parade, “Thirty for One” (va
rious stations, Feb. 23–Oct. 13, 1943). 15 min. Cast: Peter Lorre, Joseph Schildkraut.
The Day of Reckoning, “The People vs. Benito Mussolini,” part 2 of 5-part series (NBC, March 6, 1943). 30 min. Martin Gabel, host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Mephisto), Edmund Gwenn.
Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “The Black Seagull” (NBC-Blue, March 7, 1943). 30 min. Raymond Edward Johnson (“Raymond”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Richard Blake).
Suspense, “Moment of Darkness” (CBS, April 20, 1943). 30 min. Joseph Kearns (“The Man in Black”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (George Ravell / Flaumond), Wendy Barrie, George Zucco, Hans Conried.
The Camel Comedy Caravan (CBS, April 30, 1943). 45 min. Jack Carson, host; Connie Haynes, Herb Shriner. Guests: Peter Lorre (Grogan, “Pamela Stumpf, Girl Paperhanger”; all-night radio show sketch), Susan Hayward. Carson and Hayward take shelter in Lorre’s house when rain interrupts their picnic.
The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater, “The Maltese Falcon” (CBS, Sept. 20, 1943). 30 min. Truman Bradley, announcer. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre (Joel Cairo).
Duffy’s Tavern (NBC-Blue, Oct. 19, 1943). 30 min. Ed Gardner, host; Florence Halop, Charlie Cantor, Eddie Green, Johnny Johnston, Paul Weston and His Orchestra. Guests: Peter Lorre (“The Missing Salami Sandwich”), Mrs. Carbett Wells and Raffles the Myna Bird.
The Amos ‘n’ Andy Show, “The Locked Trunk’s Secret” (NBC, Nov. 5, 1943). 30 min. Freeman Gosden (“Amos”), Charles Correll (“Andy”). Guest: Peter Lorre.
Suspense, “Back for Christmas” (CBS, Dec. 23, 1943). 30 min. Joseph Kearns (“The Man in Black”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Hubert Schumacher), John McIntire.
The Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Show (NBC, Jan. 13, 1944). 30 min. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, hosts; Connie Haines. Guest: Peter Lorre. Abbott and Costello visit Lorre’s sanitarium.
The Frank Sinatra Show (CBS, March 22, 1944). 30 min. Frank Sinatra, host; Bert Wheeler. Guests: Peter Lorre, Phil Silvers.
The Kate Smith Hour (CBS, June 2, 1944). 55 min. Kate Smith, host; Ted Collins, Harry Savoy, Count Basie. Guests: Peter Lorre, Lt. Comdr. James Crowley.
The Texaco Star Theater (CBS, June 4, 1944). 30 min. Fred Allen, host; Portland Hoffa, Mighty Allen Art Players, Hi Lo, Jack and a Dame. Guest: Peter Lorre (Mr. Moto, “More Murder on the Fred Allen Program”).
Stars for Humanity (NBC-Blue, June 8, 1944). 60 min. Guests: Eddie Cantor, Milton Berle, Jan Peerce, Paul Robeson, Peter Lorre, Bidu Sayao, and others.
You Asked for It (NBC, June 9, 1944). 30 min. Ben Grower, host; Larry Adler, Carmen Cavallero, Lew Lehr, Clem McCarthy, Lulu Bates. Guests: Peter Lorre (Claude, “Villainous Villain Plays a Poor but Honest Hero”), Helen Jepson, Leo Durocher.
Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “Death Is a Joker” (CBS, June 10, 1944). 30 min. Raymond Edward Johnson (“Raymond”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Charles), Berry Kroger, Myron McCormick.
Creeps by Night (NBC-Blue, June 13, 1944). 30 min. Boris Karloff, host. Cast: Peter Lorre.
Stage Door Canteen (CBS, June 16, 1944). 30 min. Bert Lytell, host. Guests: Peter Lorre, Fred Waring, Jane Froman, Edward Martin (governor of Pennsylvania).
Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “The Mind Reader” (CBS, June 17, 1944). 30 min. Raymond Edward Johnson (“Raymond”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre.
Lights of New York (Mutual, June 19, 1944). 30 min. Guests: Peter Lorre, Joy Hodges, Allen Drake, Louis Sobol.
Broadway Showtime (CBS, June 19, 1944). 30 min. Johnny Morgan, host; Vic Anthony. Guest: Peter Lorre.
Suspense, “Of Maestro and Man” (CBS, July 20, 1944). 30 min. Joseph Kearns (“The Man in Black”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (the Maestro), Richard Conti, John McIntire.
G.I. Journal, #53 (AFRS, July 21, 1944; released Aug. 1944). 30 min. Bing Crosby, guest “Editor-in-Chief.” Guests: Ransom Sherman, Mel Blanc, Peter Lorre, Lynn Bari, The Music Maids. Lorre places an ad for a missing body in the G.I. Journal.
Creeps by Night, “Beyond the Grave” (NBC-Blue, Aug. 8, 1944). 30 min. “Mr. X,” host. Cast: Peter Lorre.
Stage Door Canteen (CBS, Aug. 11, 1944). 30 min. Bert Lytell, host. Guests: Peter Lorre, Mildred Bailey, Johnny Burke.
Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “One Foot in the Grave” (CBS, Sept. 16, 1944). 30 min. Raymond Edward Johnson (“Raymond”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre.
Grace Notes, Louisville, KY, local program (WAVE, Oct. 23, 1944). 30 min. Natalie Potter, host. Guest: Peter Lorre.
Birdseye Open House (NBC, Nov. 23, 1944). 30 min. Dinah Shore, host. Guests: Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet.
Mystery Playhouse (AFRS, early 1944–45). 30 min. Episodes hosted by Peter Lorre include Series unknown, “Dead Ringer”
The Big Town, “Murder Sees Red”
Mr. Dictrict Attorney, “Oil Swindlers”
Mr. District Attorney, “The Case of the Backstage Murder” (Feb. 3, 1943)
The Adventures of Nero Wolfe, “The Case of the Last Laugh Murder” (Feb. 1944)
The Adventures of the Thin Man, “Murder in the Record Shop” (April 1944)
Mollé Mystery Theater, “Criminal at Large” (April 11, 1944)
Creeps by Night, “Those Who Walk in Darkness” (April 11, 1944)
Hermit’s Cave, “Mr. Randall’s Discovery” (April 30, 1944)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, “The Adventure of the Superfluous Pearl” (May 22, 1944)
Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “Death Is a Joker” (June 10, 1944)
The Whistler, “The Doctor Prescribed Death” (June 11, 1944)
Creeps by Night, “The Six Who Did Not Die” (July 11, 1944)
Mr. and Mrs. North, “Gangster Douglas Grant” (July 12, 1944)
The Whistler, “The Last of the Devereaux” (July 23, 1944)
Mr. and Mrs. North, “Pam Keeps Out of Trouble” (Aug. 9, 1944)
The Whistler, “Beloved Fraud” (Oct. 30, 1944)
Mollé Mystery Theater, “Dilemma” (Nov. 21, 1944)
Mollé Mystery Theater, “Nightmare” (Nov. 28, 1944)
Mollé Mystery Theater, “A Crime to Fit the Punishment” (Dec. 5, 1944)
Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “Color Blind Formula” (Dec. 6, 1944)
The Big Town, “Death Stalks the Hunter” (Dec. 12, 1944)
Mollé Mystery Theater, “The Bottle Imp” (Dec. 12, 1944)
Mollé Mystery Theater, “The Man in the Velvet Hat” (Dec. 19, 1944)
Mollé Mystery Theater, “The Letter” (Dec. 26, 1944)
The Saint, “The Simon Templar Foundation” (Jan. 6, 1945)
Mr. And Mrs. North, “Frisbie Proves His Point” (Jan. 17, 1945)
Mollé Mystery Theater, “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper” (Feb. 27, 1945)
Mollé Mystery Theater, “The Man Who Murdered in Public” (March 6, 1945)
Mollé Mystery Theater, “The Cask of Amontillado” (April 24, 1945)
Mollé Mystery Theater, “Lady in the Morgue” (May 15, 1945)
G.I. Journal, #78 (AFRS, Jan. 19, 1945; released Feb. 1945). 30 min. Jack Haley, guest “Editor-in-Chief.” Guests: Peter Lorre, Jane Wyman, John Carradine, Mel Blanc, Connie Haines, Elvia Allman, the Pied Pipers. Haley visits Lorre and Carradine’s rest home.
Andrews Sisters’ Eight-to-the-Bar Ranch (NBC-Blue, Jan. 21, 1945). 30 min. Patty, Maxine, and Laverne Andrews, hosts; Gabby Hayes. Guests: Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Foy Willing and The Riders of the Purple Sage. Lorre and Greenstreet plan a Western murder-mystery film.
Let Yourself Go (CBS, Feb. 28, 1945). 30 min. Milton Berle, host. Guests: Peter Lorre, Joe Besser.
The Voice of Broadway (Mutual, March 1, 1945). 15 min. Dorothy Kilgallen, host. Guest: Peter Lorre.
Philco Radio Hall of Fame (NBC-Blue, March 4, 1945). 60 min. Beatrice Lillie, host; Paul Whiteman band. Guests: Bert Lahr, Peter Lorre (“The Tell-Tale Heart,” verse of “The Raven”), Jo Stafford, Artie Shaw.
Stage Door Canteen (CBS, March 9, 1945). 30 min. Bert Lytell, host. Guests: Peter Lorre, Hugh Herbert, Ilka Chase, Allan Jo
nes.
Which Is Which? (CBS, April 11, 1945). 30 min. Ken Murray, host. Guests: Bing Crosby, Peter Lorre, Frank McHugh.
The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater, “The Mask of Dimitrios” (CBS, April 16, 1945). 30 min. Truman Bradley, announcer. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre (Cornelius Leyden).
Command Performance, #171 (AFRS, April 19, 1945; released summer 1945). 30 min. Ken Carpenter, host. Guests: Martha Stewart, Jack Carson, Jack Oakie, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Carlos Ramirez, The Sportsmen. Stewart meets Lorre and Greenstreet and others, on Carson’s tour of Beverly Hills.
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