How old was Peter Lorre in the movie Arsenic and Old Lace?
Peter Lorre was 39 in Arsenic and Old Lace when he played the character 'Dr. Einstein'.
That was over 80 years ago in 1944.
In 1964 he died aged just 59, starring in 105 films in his career, 55 of those after Arsenic and Old Lace was first released. If he were alive today he would be 119.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In Arsenic and Old Lace, I think Peter Lorre looks:
Did you know?
- Director Frank Capra has worked with Peter Lorre just once in his career.
- Peter Lorre's first movie was as 'Patient of a Dentist' in The Missing Wife, released in 1929 when he was 23
- Arsenic and Old Lace scores 7.65 out of 10 on TMDB.
