How old was Peter Lorre in the movie The Maltese Falcon?

Peter Lorre was 36 in The Maltese Falcon when he played the character 'Joel Cairo'.

That was over 83 years ago in 1941.

In 1964 he died aged just 59, starring in 105 films in his career, 66 of those after The Maltese Falcon was first released. If he were alive today he would be 119.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Maltese Falcon, I think Peter Lorre looks:

Did you know?

  • Director John Huston has worked with Peter Lorre a total of 3 times 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
  • The Maltese Falcon scores 7.77 out of 10 on TMDB.

Peter Lorre's other movies