Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford
Birth Name: Peter Sidney Ernest Aylen Lawford
Born: Sep 7, 1923
London, England, UK
Career: 1931-1984
Countries: USA
Genre/Type: Action
Comedy
Drama
Crime
Romance
Peter Lawford was a bushy-browed, slender, aristocratic, good-looking British leading man in Hollywood films. At age eight he appeared in the film Poor Old Bill (1931); seven years later he visited Hollywood and appeared in a supporting role as a Cockney boy in Lord Jeff (1938). In 1942 he began regularly appearing onscreen, first in minor supporting roles; by the late 1940s he was a breezy romantic star, and his studio promised him (incorrectly) that he would be the "new Ronald Colman." His clipped British accent, poise, looks, and charm made him popular with teenage girls and young women, but he outgrew his typecast parts by the mid '50s and spent several years working on TV, starring in the series Dear Phoebe and The Thin Man. Off screen he was known as a jet-setter playboy; a member of Frank Sinatra's "Rat Pack," he married Patricia Kennedy and became President John F. Kennedy's brother-in-law. From the 1960s he appeared mainly in character roles; his production company, Chrislaw, made several feature films, and he was credited as executive producer of three films, two in co-producer partnership with Sammy Davis Jr. In 1971-72 he was a regular on the TV sitcom The Doris Day Show. He divorced Kennedy in 1966 and later married the daughter of comedian Dan Rowan. He rarely acted onscreen after the mid-'70s.

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Filmography

Movie/Film Released Rating Role Buy
Where Is Parsifal? 1984 Actor [Starring]
Body and Soul 1981 Actor [Starring]
The Jeffersons: The House That George Built 1981 Voice [Starring]
Angel's Brigade 1979 Actor [Starring]
Island of Sister Theresa 1979 Actor [Starring]
Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women 1979 Actor [Starring]
Fantasy Island 1977 Actor [Starring]
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood 1976 Actor [Starring]
Gable: The King Remembered 1975 Participant [Starring]
Rosebud 1975 Actor [Starring]
That's Entertainment! 1974 Archival Appearance
The Phantom of Hollywood 1974 Actor [Starring]
Bewitched: Serena's Richcraft 1972 Actor [Starring]
They Only Kill Their Masters 1972 Actor [Starring]
Clay Pigeon 1971 Actor [Starring]
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You 1971 Actor [Starring]
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According to Peter Lawford's biography, Frank initially snubbed him because it was rumored that Peter was messing around with Ava Gardner even though Frank and Ava were not together at the time. The second time he was snubbed (which was mor...
No, Jean Kennedy was not married to Peter Lawford. Patricia Kennedy was married to Peter Lawford. She was a sister of John F., Robert F., And Edward M. Kennedy.
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