Peter Lawford
Known for Acting · 140 credits
- Born
- 1923-09-07
- Died
- 1984-12-24
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Peter Sydney Vaughn Aylen · Peter Sydney Ernest Lawford
Biography
Peter Sydney Ernest Lawford (né Aylen; 7 September 1923 – 24 December 1984) was an English-American actor.
He was a member of the "Rat Pack" and the brother-in-law of U.S. president John F. Kennedy and senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy. From the 1940s to the 1960s, he was a well-known celebrity and starred in a number of highly acclaimed films. In later years, he was noted more for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than for his acting; it was said that he became "famous for being famous".
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Known For
TV Shows (40)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self - Guest Host
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
The Love Boat
1977
as Teddy Smith
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Ernie Mullett
The Wild Wild West
1965
Climax!
1954
as Tom Welles
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Kenneth Kirk
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
Bewitched
1964
as Harrison Woolcott
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Virginian
1962
as Ben Hunter
Run for Your Life
1965
as Larry Carter
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self / Self - Singer / Self - Guest / Self - The Thin Man
The Jeffersons
1975
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Charles 'Charlie' Ffolliot Raymond
The Doris Day Show
1968
as Dr. Peter Lawrence
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
The Patty Duke Show
1963
MGM Parade
1955
The Thin Man
1957
as Nick Charles
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
The Pet Set
1971
as Self
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Gen. Alexander Doniphan
Supertrain
1979
as Quentin Fuller
Born Free
1974
as John Forbes
The Jimmy Durante Show
1954
as Self
Dear Phoebe
1954
as Bill Hastings
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Judy Garland Show
1963
as Self
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
1968
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as John
Marilyn and the Mob
2026
as archive footage
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
1970
Rogues Gallery
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Rat Pack
1999
as (archive footage)
Movies (100)
The Longest Day
1962
as Lord Lovat
Ocean's Eleven
1960
as Jimmy Foster
Little Women
1949
as Theodore "Laurie" Laurence
Thunder Birds
1942
as English Cadet (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
1974
as Self - Host / Narrator
Exodus
1960
as Maj. Caldwell
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
as David Stone
Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Pilot (uncredited)
Sahara
1943
as British Soldier (uncredited)
Never So Few
1959
as Capt. Grey Travis, Doctor
The Oscar
1966
as Steve Marks
The April Fools
1969
as Ted Gunther
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
as Pierrot (uncredited)
Easter Parade
1948
as Jonathan Harrow III
Junior Army
1942
as Cadet Wilbur
Fantasy Island
1977
as Grant Baines
It Should Happen to You
1954
as Evan Adams III
Kangaroo
1952
as Richard Connor
It Happened in Brooklyn
1947
as Jamie Shellgrove
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972
as Lee Campbell
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
as Porky (segment "Number Please") (voice) (uncredited)
Hook, Line and Sinker
1969
as Dr. Scott Carter
Royal Wedding
1951
as John Brindale
James Dean Remembered
1974
as Self - Host
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968
as Justin Young
Rosebud
1975
as Lord Carter
Advise & Consent
1962
as Senator Lafe Smith
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
as Young Sailor at Bar
Dead Ringer
1964
as Tony Collins
Body and Soul
1981
as Big Man
A Man Called Adam
1966
as Manny
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
as John Ashwood II as a Young Man
Sylvia
1965
as Frederic Summers
Pepe
1960
as Peter Lawford
Two Sisters from Boston
1946
as Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Jr.
Harlow
1965
as Paul Bern
Gable: The King Remembered
1975
as Himself - Host / Narrator
Cluny Brown
1946
as Andrew Carmel
Skidoo
1968
as The Senator
Above Suspicion
1943
as Student (Uncredited)
Sincerely, Willis Wade
1956
as Willis Wayde
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Slapstick Star
The Red Danube
1949
as Major John 'Twingo' McPhimister
Julia Misbehaves
1948
as Ritchie Lorgan
On an Island with You
1948
as Lawrence Kingslee
Mrs. Parkington
1944
as Lord Thornley
The Purple V
1943
as Roger
Sergeants 3
1962
as Larry Barrett
The Canterville Ghost
1944
as Anthony de Canterville
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Please Believe Me
1950
as Jeremy Taylor
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
as Roger Cross
Made in Heaven
1956
as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
Salt & Pepper
1968
as Christopher Pepper
Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa
1968
as Self
Good News
1947
as Tommy Marlowe
One More Time
1970
as Christopher Pepper / Lord Sydney Pepper
Rogue's March
1953
as Capt. Dion Lenbridge
Son of Lassie
1945
as Joe Carraclough
Immortal Sergeant
1943
as Soldier
The Sky's the Limit
1943
as Naval Commander (uncredited)
Angels' Brigade
1979
as Burke
A Yank at Eton
1942
as Ronnie Kenvil
Where Is Parsifal?
1984
as Montague Chippendale
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Corvette K-225
1943
as Naval Officer
Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women
1979
as Gordon Duvall
Just This Once
1952
as Mark MacLene IV
Eagle Squadron
1942
as Pilot
Sid & Judy
2019
as Self (archive photos)
Clay Pigeon
1971
as Government Agent
Pilot #5
1943
as British Soldier
Lord Jeff
1938
as Benny Potter
London Blackout Murders
1943
as Percy - Soldier on Train (uncredited)
Dean Martin: The One and Only
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Farmer's Daughter
1962
as Glen Morley
A Step Out of Line
1971
as Art Stoyer
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
1967
as Ned Pine
The Deadly Hunt
1971
as Mason
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
2005
as Self (Archive Footage)
Assignment in Brittany
1943
as Navigator (uncredited)
The Man from Down Under
1943
as Mr. Jones
The Hour of 13
1952
as Nicholas Revel
You for Me
1952
as Tony Brown
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
1971
as Ellery Queen
Tom and Jerry
1955
as Tom Macy
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
1962
as Self - Host
Someone to Remember
1943
as Joe Downes
The West Side Kid
1943
as Jerry Winston
Dead Run
1967
as Stephen Daine
Faces of November
1964
as Self (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
1975
as Host - Self
The Kennedy Dynasty
2023
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Sharon Tate: Murdered Innocence
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947
as John S. Penrose
Poor Old Bill
1931
as Horace
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Fourth Wall
1969
as Papá Baroni
Togetherness
1970
as Prince Solomon
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra
1959
as Self - Singer
About Peter Lawford
Peter Sydney Ernest Lawford (né Aylen; 7 September 1923 – 24 December 1984) was an English-American actor. He was a member of the "Rat Pack" and the brother-in-law of U.S. president John F. Kennedy and senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy. From the 1940s to the 1960s, he was a well-known celebrity and starred in a number of highly acclaimed films. In later years, he was noted more for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than for his acting; it was said that he became "famous for being famous". Description above from the Wikipedia… With 140 credits spanning from 1931 to 2026, Peter Lawford has appeared in 100 films and 40 TV shows.
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- The Longest Day (1962) — as Lord Lovat
- Ocean's Eleven (1960) — as Jimmy Foster
- Little Women (1949) — as Theodore "Laurie" Laurence
- Thunder Birds (1942) — as English Cadet (uncredited)
- That's Entertainment! (1974) — as Self - Host / Narrator
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