Arch Oboler’s Plays, “An Exercise in Horror: A Peculiar Comedy” (Mutual, May 24, 1945). 30 min. Arch Oboler, host. Cast: Peter Lorre, Bruce Elliott, Theodor Von Ells, Will Wright, Bill Christie, George Sorrell, Frances Pasco, Victor Rodman, Harry Lang, Frank Martin, Winifred Wolf, Lisa Golm, Jan Morgan, Bill Shaw.
Suspense, “Nobody Loves Me” (CBS, Aug. 30, 1945). 30 min. Joseph Kearns (“The Man in Black”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Joe Reeze), Wally Maher, Joseph Kearns, Bill Johnstone.
The Baby Snooks Show (CBS, Sept. 23, 1945). 30 min. Hanley Stafford, Leone Ledoux, Bob Graham. Guests: Robert Benchley, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet.
Pabst Blue Ribbon Town (CBS, March 8, 1946). 30 min. Danny Kaye, host; Georgia Gibbs, David Terry. Guests: Peter Lorre, Butterfly McQueen. Kaye rents Lorre’s house.
The Lucky Strike Program, “I Stand Condemned” (NBC, March 24, 1946). 30 min. Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Don Wilson, Eddie Anderson (“Rochester”). Guest: Peter Lorre.
Mail Call, #189 (AFRS, April 3, 1946). 30 min. Hal Peary (“The Great Gildersleeve”), host. Guests: Lina Romay, Bob Mitchell Choir, Peter Lorre, Harry Gibson, Mel Blanc. Gildy vs. Lorre as skipper of the “Mail Call” boat.
Birdseye Open House (NBC, May 9, 1946). 30 min. Dinah Shore, host; Harry Von Zell, Frank Nelson. Guest: Peter Lorre (zombie sketch).
The Drene Show (NBC, June 20, 1946). 30 min. Rudy Vallee, host; Pinky Lee, Marvin Miller, June Foray. Guest: Peter Lorre (Dr. Lorre, “Young Dr. Vallee”).
Chesterfield Supper Club (NBC, Oct. 21, 1946). 15 min. Perry Como, host. Guest: Peter Lorre.
The Eddie Cantor Show (NBC, Dec. 26, 1946). 30 min. Eddie Cantor, host; Margaret Whiting, Harry von Zell, Bert Gordon (“the Mad Russian”). Guest: Peter Lorre. Cantor hires Lorre as his business manager.
The Kate Smith Show (CBS, Feb. 9, 1947). 30 min. Kate Smith, host; Ted Collins. Guest: Peter Lorre (Brown, “The Painting”).
The Campbell Room (CBS, Feb. 23, 1947). 30 min. Hildegard Loretta Sell, host; Arnold Stang. Guests: Peter Lorre (psychiatrist sketch), Elliott Roosevelt, Faye Emerson.
Kraft Music Hall (NBC, Feb. 27, 1947). 30 min. Eddie Duchin, Eddie Foy, hosts; Mills Brothers, Melena Miller. Guest: Peter Lorre. Foy and Duchin visit Lorre’s sanitarium.
Hollywood’s Open House (NBC, March 9, 1947). 30 min. Jim Ameche, host. Guests: Peter Lorre (“The Tell-Tale Heart”), Peter Donald.
The Pepsodent Show (NBC, May 13, 1947). 30 min. Bob Hope, host; Barbara Jo Allen (“Vera Vague”), Jerry Colonna, Desi Arnaz and his Orchestra. Guests: Peter Lorre (Hope’s version of Inner Sanctum Mysteries), Martha Tildon.
The Benny Goodman–Victor Borge Show (NBC, June 2, 1947). 30 min. Victor Borge, Benny Goodman, hosts. Guest: Peter Lorre (Ghost, “Borge’s Ancestral Ghost”; Itchy Hyde, “Till the Shrouds Roll By”).
Mail Call, #252 (AFRS, June 25, 1947; released July 8, 1947). 30 min. Cathy Downs, host. Guests: Lina Romay, Andy Russell, Rise Stevens, Hal Peary (“The Great Gildersleeve”), Peter Lorre, Mel Blanc, Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.
Mystery in the Air (NBC, July 3–Sept. 25, 1947). 30 min. Episodes include
“The Tell-Tale Heart” (July 3, 1947). Harry Morgan (“Voice of Mystery”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (murderer), Bob Bruce, Lois Corbett, Jack Douglas, Michael Roy, Bob Andersen, Lyle Bond.
“Leiningen vs. the Ants” (July 10, 1947). Harry Morgan (“Voice of Mystery”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Leiningen), Edwin Cooper, Hans Conried, Jack Moyles.
“The Touch of Your Hand” (July 17, 1947). Harry Morgan (“Voice of Mystery”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Francois Blanchard), John Brown, Hans Conried, Jack Edwards Jr., Barbara Eiler, Alan Reed.
“The Interruption” (July 24, 1947). Harry Morgan (“Voice of Mystery”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Spencer Goddard), Mary Lansing, Russell Thorson, Herb Vigran. Guest: Agnes Moorehead.
“Nobody Loves Me” (July 31, 1947). Harry Morgan (“Voice of Mystery”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Joe Reeze), Lurene Tuttle, Conrad Binyon, Ruth Perrott, Frank Nelson, Cyrus Kendall, Horace Willard, Irvin Lee.
“The Marvelous Barastro” (Aug. 7, 1947). Harry Morgan (“Voice of Mystery”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Gregor Barastro), John Brown, Barbara Eiler, Howard Culver, Jane Morgan, Russell Thorson.
“The Lodger” (Aug. 14, 1947). Harry Morgan (“Voice of Mystery”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Mr. Sleuth / The Avenger), Barbara Eiler, Eric Snowden, Raymond Lawrence, Rolfe Sidan, Conrad Binyon. Guest: Agnes Moorehead.
“The Horla” (Aug. 21, 1947). Harry Morgan (“Voice of Mystery”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (narrator), Peggy Webber, Lurene Tuttle, Ken Christie, Ben Wright, Howard Culver, Jack Edwards Jr.
“Beyond Good and Evil” (Aug. 28, 1947). Harry Morgan (“Voice of Mystery”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Philip Gentry), Peggy Webber, John Brown, Howard Culver, Jack Edwards Jr., Russell Thorson.
“The Mask of Medusa” (Sept. 4, 1947). Harry Morgan (“Voice of Mystery”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (murderer), Peggy Webber, Lucille Meredith, Stanley Waxman, Russell Thorson, Ben Wright, Phyllis Christine Morris.
“The Queen of Spades” (Sept. 11, 1947). Harry Morgan (“Voice of Mystery”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Lieutenant Hermann), Lurene Tuttle, Peggy Webber, Ben Wright, Louis Van Rooten, Stanley Waxman, Jack Edwards Jr., Rolfe Sidan.
“The Black Cat” (Sept. 18, 1947). Harry Morgan (“Voice of Mystery”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Charles), Lurene Tuttle, Jerry Hausner, Howard Culver, Russell Thorson, Jack Edwards Jr.
“Crime and Punishment” (Sept. 25, 1947). Harry Morgan (“Voice of Mystery”), host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Roderick Raskolnikov), Peggy Webber, Joe Kearns, Ben Wright, Louis Van Rooten, Gloria Ann Simpson, Herbert Butterfield.
Hollywood Fights Back (ABC, Oct. 26, 1947). 30 min. Charles Boyer, host. Guests: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Lauren Bacall, Joseph Cotton, Peter Lorre, June Havoc, John Huston, Danny Kaye, Marsha Hunt, Walter Wanger, Cornel Wilde, Melvyn Douglas, and others.
Hollywood Fights Back (ABC, Nov. 2, 1947). 30 min. Guests: Frederic March, Myrna Loy, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Florence Eldridge, Lauren Bacall, Anne Revere, Burt Lancaster, Danny Kaye, Evelyn Keyes, Paul Henreid, June Havoc, Peter Lorre, and others.
Philco Radio Time (NBC-Blue, Nov. 12, 1947). 30 min. Bing Crosby, host; the Rhythmaires. Guests: Peter Lorre (psychiatrist sketch), Kay Thompson, Williams Brothers.
The Camel Screen Guild Players, “Casbah” (CBS, May 24, 1948). 30 min. Michael Roy, announcer. Cast: Tony Martin, Marta Toren, Peter Lorre (Inspector Slimane), Yvonne DeCarlo.
Command Performance, #328 (AFRS, summer 1948; released June 22, 1948). 30 min. Betty Rhodes, host. Guests: Sara Berner, Lenny Sherman, Joey Preston, Bud Widmon, Peter Lorre, AFRS Orchestra.
Spotlight Revue (CBS, Dec. 10, 1948). 30 min. Spike Jones, host, and the City Slickers, Dorothy Shay, Doodles Weaver, George Rock. Guest: Peter Lorre (doctor sketch).
Theater U.S.A. (NBC-Blue, Jan. 13, 1949). 30 min. Vinton Freeley, host. Guests: Mary McCarthy, Rudy Vallee, Peter Lorre (Marc, “If Men Played Cards as Women Do”), Roland Young, Mischa Auer, Andrea Segovia.
The Henry Morgan Show (NBC, March 20, 1949). 30 min. Henry Morgan, host; Arnold Stang, Lisa Kurt, Patsy Kelly. Guests: Peter Lorre (Der Pfeifer, “Der Pfeifer”), Fred Allen, Victor Moore.
We, the People (CBS, March 22, 1949). 30 min. Dan Seymour, host. Guests: Peter Lorre, Spyros Skouras, George Hackenschmidt, Lois Hunt, Stan Rochinski.
Skippy Hollywood Theater, “Mr. God Johnson” (synd., April 5, 1949). 30 min. Les Mitchell, host. Cast: Peter Lorre (“God” Johnson), Fred Howard, Earl Lee, Gwen Dellano, Herb Butterfield, Charlie Lund.
The Martin and Lewis Show (NBC, May 8, 1949). 30 min. Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, hosts; Paul McMichael, Roger Price, Ed Herlihy, Dick Stabile and his Orchestra. Guest: Peter Lorre. Lorre suggests the boys do a disc jockey program instead of a mystery series.
Dokumentationsband Zeitfunk (Hessischer Rundfunk [Frankfurt], Sept. 18, 1951). 7 min. Martin Jente von Lossow, interview
with Peter Lorre and Egon Jameson at the premiere of Der Verlorene in Frankfurt.
Echo des Tages (Westdeutscher Rundfunk [Cologne], Sept. 20, 1951). 6 min. Hans Jesse, 2-part interview with Peter Lorre about his role as an “eternal bad guy in films,” Der Verlorene, and the situation of German films.
The Big Show (NBC, March 9, 1952). 90 min. Tallulah Bankhead, host. Guests: Richard Eastland, Phil Foster, Joe Frisco, Peter Lorre (“The Cask of Amontillado,” sequel to “Who Did What to Fadalia,” “Writer Meets the Readers”), Ethel Merman, Shepperd Strudwick.
The Philip Morris Playhouse, “We Strangers” (CBS, July 13, 1952). 30 min. Art Ballinger, announcer. Cast: Peter Lorre (ballet instructor), Carroll Conroy.
The Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway, “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes” (CBS, Aug. 19, 1953). 30 min. Charles Martin, producer, host. Cast: Peter Lorre (John Triton), Everett Sloane, Jewel Lane, Ed Begley, Mandel Cramer.
Nightmare (Mutual, Oct. 1, 1953–Sept. 29, 1954); 30 min. Episodes include
“Coincidence”
“Fear of Heights”
“The Chance of a Ghost”
“The Hybrid”
“The Leech”
“The Purple Cloud”
“Food for Thought” (Dec. 10, 1953)
“The Frightened Frenchman” (Dec. 31, 1953)
“The Invaders” (Jan. 13, 1954) “Hollow Footsteps” (Feb. 3, 1954)
“The Strange Voyage of Capt. Mundsen” (March 17, 1954)
“The Softer Voice” (April 28, 1954)
“Quorum for Death” (May 5, 1954)
“The Lucky Stretch” (May 12, 1954)
“The Brain Wash” (June 16, 1954)
“Dig the Grave Deep” (June 23, 1954)
“The Last Laugh” (June 30, 1954)
“Desert in the Sky” (July 14, 1954)
“The Face” (July 21, 1954)
“The Hammer Killer” (July 28, 1954)
“Forget Me Not” (Aug. 4, 1954)
“The Abyss” (Aug. 11, 1954)
“The Alien” (Aug. 18, 1954)
“If I Should Die Before I Wake” (Aug. 25, 1954)
“The Coils of Fear” (Sept. 1, 1954)
“Bread and Butter” (Sept. 8, 1954)
“The Rose Has Thorns” (Sept. 15, 1954)
“Grave for Rent” (Sept. 22, 1954)
“H Hour” (Sept. 29, 1954)
Stage Struck (CBS, March 14, 1954). 60 min. Mike Wallace, host. Guests: Noel Coward, Vernon Duke, Kirk Douglas, Maria Riva, Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre, Clive Brooks, Kaye Ballard, Jack Whiting, Charles Goldner, Jeanmaire. Howard Barnes interviews Lorre in Jamaica during filming of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.
House Party (CBS, Dec. 6, 1954). 30 min. Art Linkletter, host. Guest: Peter Lorre.
The Amos ‘n’ Andy Music Hall (CBS, Dec. 16, 1954). 30 min. Freeman Gosden (“Amos”), Charles Correll (“Andy”). Guest: Peter Lorre.
The Dennis Day Show (Feb. 13, 1955). 30 min. Dennis Day, host. Guests: Peter Lorre, Carol Richards.
The Hy Gardner Show (BBC, 1956; never aired). Hy Gardner, host. Guest: Peter Lorre.
Easy as ABC, “O is for Old Wives’ Tales” (CBS, April 27, 1958). 25 min. Guests: Alfred Hitchcock, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Julienne Marie.
Assignment (CBC, May 29–31, 1962); 15 min. Elwood Glover, host. Guest: Peter Lorre. Three-part interview.
Sandy Lesberg’s World (WBFM, Sept. 20, 1962). 30 min. Sandy Lesberg, host. Guest: Peter Lorre.
Treasury of Terror! (pilot episode, synd., 1963). 15 min. Peter Lorre, host, narrator.
The Barry Gray Show (WOR, Jan. 26, 1963). 120 min. Barry Gray, host. Guests: Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff.
Hollywood Profiles (1963). 3 min. Dick Strout, host. Guest: Peter Lorre.
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The Texaco Star Theater (NBC, March 15, 1949). 60 min. Milton Berle, host. Guests: Peter Lorre (“The Man with the Head of Glass”; Dr. X, “Cabinet of Dr. X”), Joan Roberts, Phil Regan, Stewart Morgan Dancers, McNulty Family.
The Arrow Show (NBC, March 24, 1949). 30 min. Jack Gilford, Joey Faye, Jack Diamond, Danny Dayton. Guests: Peter Lorre (babysitter sketch), Mack Triplets, Betty George, Mavis Nims.
Cavalcade of Stars (DuMont, June 4, 1949). 60 min. Jack Carter, host. Guests: Joan Edwards, Peter Lorre (“The Tell-Tale Heart,” mad doctor sketch), McCarthy and Farrell, Arnaut Brothers’ bird act, The Fontaines.
Variety (BBC, Aug. 27, 1949). 60 min. Charles Heslop, host. Guests: Georgie Wood, Dolly Harmer, The Ballet Montmarte, Kathleen Moody, Rob Murray, Eric Robinson and his Orchestra, Peter Lorre (“The Man with the Head of Glass”).
The Texaco Star Theater (NBC, March 18, 1952). 60 min. Milton Berle, host. Guests: Peter Lorre, Connie Haines, Snooky Lansen.
Celebrity Time (CBS, March 23, 1952). 30 min. Conrad Nagel, host. Guests: Peter Lorre, Patricia Morrison.
Lux Video Theater, “Taste” (CBS, March 31, 1952). 30 min. Cast: Peter Lorre (Richard Pratt).
Ford Festival (NBC, April 3, 1952). 30 min. James Melton, host. Leonard Stone. Guests: Peter Lorre (knife salesman, “Room for Two”), Francis Craig.
What’s My Line? (CBS, May 4, 1952). 30 min. John Daly, host. Panel: Dorothy Kilgallen, Bennett Cerf, Arlene Francis, Hal Block. Mystery Guest: Peter Lorre.
Suspense, “The Tortured Hand” (CBS, Dec. 16, 1952). 30 min. Cast: Peter Lorre (Count Laszlo Kolalyi), Christiane Selsmann, Will Kuluva, Paul Dehelly.
The All-Star Revue (NBC, Jan. 17, 1953). 60 min. Cast: Martha Raye, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Charyl Sue Fong.
The Dave Garroway Show (NBC, Oct. 9, 1953). 30 min. Dave Garroway, host. Guests: Patsy Kelly, Peter Lorre.
The Paul Winchell–Jerry Mahoney Show (NBC, Nov. 22, 1953). 30 min. Paul Winchell, host. Guest: Peter Lorre (espionage sketch).
The U.S. Steel Hour, “The Vanishing Point” (ABC, Dec. 22, 1953). 60 min. Cast: Viveca Lindfors, Peter Lorre, Claude Dauphin.
The Red Skelton Show (CBS, June 15, 1954). 30 min. Red Skelton, host. Guests: Peter Lorre (mad scientist sketch), Lon Chaney Jr.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, “The Pipe” (CBS, Sept. 24, 1954). 30 min. Cast: Peter Lorre (Lestrova), Michael Pate, Lowell Gilmore, Anthony Eustrel, Trevor Ward, Kay Kuter.
The Betty White Show (NBC, Oct. 7, 1954). 30 min. Betty White, host. Guests: Richard Arlen, Marie Windsor, Peter Lorre, Dan O’Herlihy.
Climax! “Casino Royale” (CBS, Oct. 21, 1954). 60 min. William Lundigan, host. Cast: Barry Nelson, Linda Christian, Peter Lorre (Le Chiffre), Michael Pate, Eugene Borden, Jean DeVal, Gene Roth, Kurt Katch.
Disneyland, “The Disneyland Story” (ABC, Oct. 27, 1954). 60 min. Walt Disney, host. Guests: James Mason, Kirk Douglas, Peter Lorre. Visit to the set of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.
I’ve Got a Secret (CBS, Jan. 5, 1955). 30 min. Gary Moore, host. Panel: Henry Morgan, Bill Cullen, Jayne Meadows, Faye Emerson. Guest: Peter Lorre.
The Best of Broadway, “Arsenic and Old Lace” (CBS, Jan. 5, 1955). 60 min. Cast: Helen Hayes, Billie Burke, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre (Dr. Hermann Einstein), Orson Bean, John Alexander, Bruce Gordon, Pat Breslin, Allan Tower, King Calder, Richard Bishop, Edward Everett Horton.
The Red Skelton Show (CBS, Jan. 18, 1955). 30 min. Red Skelton, host. Guest: Peter Lorre (haunted house sketch; Ralph Kramden, “The Honeymooners”).
Disneyland, “Monsters of the Deep” (ABC, Jan. 19, 1955). 60 min. Walt Disney, host. Guests: Kirk Douglas, Peter Lorre. Douglas and Lorre discuss the giant squid sequence in 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.
Producer’s Showcase, “Reunion in Vienna” (NBC, April 4, 1955). 90 min. Cast: Greer Garson, Brian Aherne, Robert Flemyng, Peter Lorre (Poffy), Cathleen Nesbitt, Lili Darvas, Herbert Berghof, George Vokvovec, Tamara Daykarhanova, Frederick Worlock, Nehemiah Persoff, Gene Saks, Boris Marshalov, Horace Cooper, Edith Meiser, Donald Marye.
Hollywood’s Best, Los Angeles, local program (KNBC, April 22, 1955). 30 min. Bob Paige, host. Guests: Peter
Lorre, Barbara Lawrence, Dinah Washington, Lester Horton Dancers.
The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre, “The Sure Cure” (synd., May 2, 1955). 30 min. Eddie Cantor, host. Cast: Peter Lorre (Ambrose Dodson), Vida Ann Borg, Nestor Paiva.
The George Gobel Show (NBC, June 18, 1955). 30 min. George Gobel, host. Guests: Peter Lorre (Department Chief, mystery sketch), Nat Pendleton.
Star Time Playhouse, “The Pipe” (CBS, Aug. 2, 1955). 30 min. Cast: Peter Lorre (Lestrova), Michael Pate, Lowell Gilmore, Anthony Eustrel, Trevor Ward, Kay Kuter. Repeat of Schlitz Playhouse of Stars episode, Sept. 24, 1954.
Studio 57, “Young Couples Only” (DuMont, copyright date Sept. 3, 1955; never aired). 30 min. Cast: Peter Lorre (Mr. Grober, the janitor), Barbara Hale, Bill Williams, Dani Nolan, Robert Quarry, Paul Bryar.
Climax! “A Promise to Murder” (CBS, Nov. 17, 1955). 60 min. William Lundigan, host. Cast: Louis Hayward, Peter Lorre (Maximilian Vorhees), Ann Harding.
The Red Skelton Show (CBS, Nov. 29, 1955). 30 min. Red Skelton, host. Guest: Peter Lorre (Phantom, “Phantom of the Ballet”).
The Rheingold Theatre, “The Blue Landscape” (NBC, Dec. 10, 1955). 30 min. Henry Fonda, host. Cast: Hillary Brooke, John Hubbard, Peter Lorre (Inspector Andre Mondeau), Walter Kingsford, Celia Lovsky, John Mylong, Irene Seidner.
Screen Director’s Playhouse, “No. 5 Checked Out” (NBC, Jan. 18, 1956). 30 min. Cast: Theresa Wright, Peter Lorre (Willy), William Talman, Ralph Moody.
Studio 57, “The Finishers” (DuMont, Jan. 29, 1956). 30 min. Cast: Peter Lorre (Heitzer), Carmen Mathews, Gordon Mills.
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