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Eugene Weingand (1 April 1934 – 30 November 1986) was an American actor, known, misleadingly, as Peter Lorre Jr.

Biography

Weingand was born in Karlsruhe, Germany as Eugen Weingand and immigrated to the US at age of 20. Because of his resemblance to Peter Lorre he began calling himself Peter Lorie Jr. (sic). In 1963 he applied to have his name legally changed to Peter Lorie Jr., but Peter Lorre objected, as did American International Pictures, which had Lorre under contract. After a hearing in which the judge denied Weingand's petition, by deciding he was merely trying to cash in on the name, Weingand was barred from using the name Peter Lorie Jr. without Lorre's permission. After Lorre's death a few months later, Weingand began calling himself Peter Lorre Jr. and claimed to be the son of the actor. Under this name, he made a handful of film and TV appearances in the 1960s and 70s.[1] including The Cat Creature, scripted by Robert Bloch. He had an uncredited appearance in the Alfred Hitchcock movie Torn Curtain as a taxi driver.[2]

He also was the voice of Booberry in a breakfast cereal television advertisement for the breakfast cereal of the same name.[3]

He died in Houston, Texas, USA.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	Torn Curtain	Taxi Driver	uncredited
1969	Mission Impossible	Servant "Kadi"	2.05 + 2.06 "The Slave"
1973	The Cat Creature	Pawnbroker
1973	Frasier, the Sensuous Lion	Boscov
1975	Sons of Sassoun		final film role

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