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