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Peter Lawford (1923–1984)


Born in London, England and son of a British World War I hero, Lawford had spent most of his childhood in Paris, France and began his acting career at a very young age. His parents were not married when their son was born. As a result of the scandal, The Lawfords fled to America. As a young child, the young Peter injured his arm by in his own words... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (118 titles)
1984 Where Is Parsifal?
Montague Chippendale
 
1977-1982 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Grant Baines / Harvey Winslow / Jesse / …
Crescendo/Three Feathers (1980) … Jesse
Cowboy/Substitute Wife (1979) … Harvey Winslow
Pilot (1977) … Grant Baines
 
1981 The Jeffersons (TV series)
Museum Guide
The House That George Built (1981) … Museum Guide (voice)
 
1981 Body and Soul
Big Man
 
1980 Gypsy Angels
 
1979 Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women (TV movie)
Gordon Duvall
 
1979 Supertrain (TV series)
Quentin Fuller
A Very Formal Heist (1979) … Quentin Fuller
 
1979 Highcliffe Manor (TV series)
Narrator
 
1979 The Love Boat (TV series)
Teddy Smith
 
1979 Angels' Brigade
Burke
 
1978 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Kenneth Kirk
Frozen Assets (1978) … Kenneth Kirk
 
1975 Rosebud
Lord Carter
 
1974 Born Free (TV series)
John Forbes
Pilot (1974) … John Forbes
 
1974 The Phantom of Hollywood (TV movie)
Roger Cross
 
1971-1973 The Doris Day Show (TV series)
Dr. Peter Lawrence
Hospital Benefit (1973) … Dr. Peter Lawrence
Anniversary Gift (1972) … Dr. Peter Lawrence
Jimmy the Gent (1972) … Dr. Peter Lawrence
Forgive and Forget (1972) … Dr. Peter Lawrence
Just a Miss Understanding (1972) … Dr. Peter Lawrence
 
1972 They Only Kill Their Masters
Campbell
 
1972 Bewitched (TV series)
Woolcott
Serena's Richcraft (1972) … Woolcott
 
1971 The Deadly Hunt (TV movie)
Mason
 
1971 Clay Pigeon
Government Agent
 
1971 The Virginian (TV series)
Ben Hunter
The Town Killer (1971) … Ben Hunter
 
1971 A Step Out of Line (TV movie)
Art Stoyer
 
1970 Togetherness
Prince Solomon Justiani
 
1969 The April Fools
Ted Gunther
 
1969 Hook, Line and Sinker
Dr. Scott Carter
 
1969 Quarta parete
Papá Baroni
 
1968 Skidoo
The Senator
 
1967 Dead Run
Stephen Daine
 
1967 I Spy (TV series)
Hackaby
Get Thee to a Nunnery (1967) … Hackaby
 
1967 How I Spent My Summer Vacation (TV movie)
Ned Pine
 
1966 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Carl Jackson
The Night of the Returning Dead (1966) … Carl Jackson
 
1966 A Man Called Adam
Manny
 
1966 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Larry Carter
Carnival Ends at Midnight (1966) … Larry Carter
 
1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Lt. Philip Cannon
March from Camp Tyler (1965) … Lt. Philip Cannon
 
1965/I Harlow
Paul Bern
 
1965 Sylvia
Frederic Summers
 
1965 Profiles in Courage (TV series)
Gen. Alexander Doniphan
 
1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Ernie Mullett
Crimson Witness (1965) … Ernie Mullett
 
1964 Dead Ringer
Tony Collins
 
1962 Advise & Consent
Senator Lafe Smith
 
1962 Sergeants 3
Sgt. Larry Barrett
 
1962 Theatre '62 (TV series)
 
1962 The Farmer's Daughter (TV movie)
Glen Morley
 
1961 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Lord Milbeck
English Sketch (1961) … Lord Milbeck
 
1960 Pepe
Peter Lawford
 
1959 Never So Few
Capt. Grey Travis
 
1959 Goodyear Theatre (TV series)
Maj. John Marshall
Point of Impact (1959) … Maj. John Marshall
 
1957-1959 The Thin Man (TV series)
Nick Charles
Bat McKidderick (1959) … Nick Charles
Cold Cargo (1959) … Nick Charles
Dear Dead Days (1959) … Nick Charles
 
1957 Climax! (TV series)
Tom Welles
Bait for the Tiger (1957) … Tom Welles
 
1956-1957 Studio 57 (TV series)
Bert
My Friends, the Birds (1956) … Bert
 
1957 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Lord Brinstead
Ruggles of Red Gap (1957) … Lord Brinstead
 
1956 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Willis Wayde
Sincerely, Willis Wade (1956) … Willis Wayde
 
1954-1956 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Once Upon a Crime (1956)
Decision at Sea (1954)
At the Natchez Inn (1954)
 
1955 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Tom Macy
Tom and Jerry (1955) … Tom Macy
 
1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Charlie Raymond
The Long Shot (1955) … Charlie Raymond
 
1955 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Stephen
Stephen and Publius Cyrus (1955) … Stephen
 
1954-1955 Dear Phoebe (TV series)
Bill Hastings / Phoebe Goodheart
Episode #1.32 (1955) … Bill Hastings
Fire the Boss (1955) … Bill Hastings
 
1953-1954 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Jerry Mason / Randy Evans
The Mason-Dixon Line (1954) … Jerry Mason
For Value Received (1954) … Randy Evans
The Son-in-Law (1953)
 
1954 It Should Happen to You
Evan Adams III
 
1953 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
John
Woman's World (1953) … John
 
1953 Rogue's March
Capt. Dion Lenbridge/Pvt. Harry Simms
 
1952 You for Me
Tony Brown
 
1952 Kangaroo
Richard Connor
 
1952 Just This Once
Mark MacLene IV
 
1950 Please Believe Me
Jeremy Taylor
 
1949 The Red Danube
Major John 'Twingo' McPhimister
 
1948 Julia Misbehaves
Ritchie Lorgan
 
1948 Easter Parade
Jonathan Harrow III
 
1948 On an Island with You
Lt. Lawrence Y. Kingslee
 
1947 Good News
Tommy Marlowe
 
1947 It Happened in Brooklyn
Jamie Shellgrove
 
1947 My Brother Talks to Horses
John S. Penrose
 
1946 Cluny Brown
Andrew Carmel
 
1946 Two Sisters from Boston
Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Jr.
 
1945 Vacation from Marriage
Introduction - USA Version (uncredited)
 
1945 Ziegfeld Follies
Porky ('Number Please') (voice) (uncredited)
 
1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray
David Stone
 
1944 Mrs. Parkington
Lord Thornley
 
1944 The White Cliffs of Dover
John Ashwood II as a Young Man
 
1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain
Young Oxford Celebrant (uncredited)
 
1943 Girl Crazy
Student (uncredited)
 
1943 Flesh and Fantasy
Pierrot (uncredited)
 
1943 Paris After Dark
Frenchman (uncredited)
 
1943 Corvette K-225
Naval Officer (uncredited)
 
1943 Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Young Sailor at Bar (uncredited)
 
1943/I Sahara
British Soldier (uncredited)
 
1943 West Side Kid
Jerry Winston
 
1943 Someone to Remember
Joe Downes
 
1943 The Man from Down Under
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
 
1943 The Sky's the Limit
Naval Commander (uncredited)
 
1943 Pilot #5
British Soldier (uncredited)
 
1943 Above Suspicion
Student (uncredited)
 
1943 The Purple V
Roger
 
1943 Assignment in Brittany
Navigator (uncredited)
 
1943 London Blackout Murders
Percy - Soldier on Train (uncredited)
 
1943 Immortal Sergeant
Soldier (uncredited)
 
1942 Random Harvest
Soldier (uncredited)
 
1942 Junior Army
Cadet Wilbur
 
1942 Thunder Birds [Soldiers of the Air]
English Cadet (uncredited)
 
1942 A Yank at Eton
Ronnie Kenvil
 
1942 Eagle Squadron
Pilot
 
1942 Mrs. Miniver
Pilot (uncredited)
 
1938 Lord Jeff
Benny Potter
 
1931 A Gentleman of Paris
Child (uncredited)
 
1931 Poor Old Bill
Horace
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (11 titles)
2007 Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane (video documentary short) (performer: "Ev'ry Night at Seven")
 
1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars (TV mini-series documentary)
The Lion in Winter (1992) (performer: "Varsity Drag" - uncredited)
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary) (performer: "The Varsity Drag" 1927 - uncredited, "The French Lesson" 1947 - uncredited)
 
1972 Bewitched (TV series)
Serena's Richcraft (1972) (performer: "Fly Me to the Moon" - uncredited)
 
1968 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Episode dated 12 August 1968 (1968) (performer: "Blues Skies")
 
1960 Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley (TV special) (performer: "Shall We Dance" - uncredited)
 
1958 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Episode #2.21 (1958) (performer: "Two Lost Souls" - uncredited, " We're Gonna Be in High Society" - uncredited, "Money Isn't Everything" - uncredited)
 
1956 The Jimmy Durante Show (TV series)
Episode #2.23 (1956) (performer: "The Second Boy From The Right" - uncredited)
 
1953 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Episode #6.9 (1953) (performer: "It's So Nice to Have a Girl Around the House")
 
1948 Easter Parade (performer: "A Fella with an Umbrella" - uncredited)
 
1947 Good News (performer: "Be a Ladies' Man" - uncredited, "Lucky in Love" - uncredited, "The French Lesson" - uncredited, "Varsity Drag" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
1970 One More Time (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1968 Salt and Pepper (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1965 Billie (executive producer)
 
1963 Johnny Cool (executive producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1972 The Doris Day Show (TV series)
Debt of Honor (1972)
 
Show ShowSelf (75 titles)
1973-1979 The (New) $25,000 Pyramid (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 June 1979 (1979) … Himself
Episode dated 7 June 1979 (1979) … Himself
Episode dated 6 June 1979 (1979) … Himself
Episode dated 5 June 1979 (1979) … Himself
Episode dated 4 June 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1977 Gregory Peck: A Living Biography (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1976 Battle of the Network Stars (TV special)
Himself
 
1975 Celebrity Sweepstakes (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 4 August 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1969-1975 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 28 April 1975 (1975) … Himself
Episode dated 4 June 1973 (1973) … Himself
Episode dated 30 April 1973 (1973) … Himself
Episode dated 14 August 1972 (1972) … Himself
Episode dated 10 July 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1975 Gable: The King Remembered (TV documentary)
Himself - Host/Narrator
 
1975 In Search of Howard Hughes (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1975 Elizabeth Taylor - An Intimate Portrait (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1975 Don Adams' Screen Test (TV series)
 
1974 ABC Late Night (TV series)
Himself - Host / Narrator
Memories of a Gentle Giant (1974) … Narrator
Phyllis Diller's 102nd Birthday Party (1974) … Himself - Host
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Himself - Co-Host/Narrator - Clip from 1947 version of 'Good News' (also archive footage)
 
1974 The 46th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Cinematography
 
1974 James Dean Remembered (TV special documentary)
Himself - Host/Narrator
 
1974 Just One More Time (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1973 All-Star Baffle (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 3 September 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1973 Peyton Place Revisited (TV special)
Himself - Host
 
1972 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Himself
Judy: Impressions of Garland (1972) … Himself
 
1963-1972 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Panelist
Episode dated 23 October 1972 (1972) … Himself
Episode dated 3 December 1971 (1971) … Himself
Episode dated 2 December 1971 (1971) … Himself
Episode dated 1 December 1971 (1971) … Himself
Episode dated 30 November 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1972 The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 21 March 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1971 The Virginia Graham Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 October 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Pet Set (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 July 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 Dinah's Place (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 23 March 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1968-1971 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Performer
Episode #4.23 (1971) … Himself - Guest Performer
Episode #4.21 (1971) … Himself
Episode #4.12 (1970) … Himself
Episode #3.18 (1970) … Himself - Guest Performer
Episode #3.12 (1969) … Himself - Guest Performer
 
1971 Monday Night Quarterback (TV movie)
Himself
 
1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Himself
I Love You, Billy Baker: Part 2 (1970) … Himself
I Love You, Billy Baker: Part 1 (1970) … Himself
 
1969-1970 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host
Episode dated 5 October 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 10 July 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 19 June 1970 (1970) … Himself - Guest Host
Episode dated 10 October 1969 (1969) … Himself - Guest Host
 
1970 The Art Linkletter Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 4 August 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 4 August 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Real Tom Kennedy Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 14 July 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 It Takes Two (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 May 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1966-1969 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Singer / Himself - Sketch Actor
Episode #7.4 (1969) … Himself - Singer
Episode #5.23 (1968) … Himself - Sketch Actor
Episode #4.12 (1966) … Himself - Singer
 
1969 Letters to Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 October 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Playboy After Dark (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.8 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 The Joan Rivers Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 3 January 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.64 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.8 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.7 (1968) … Himself
Episode #2.97 (1968) … Himself
 
1966-1968 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself - Actor / Himself - Co-Host
Episode dated 12 August 1968 (1968) … Himself - Co-Host
Episode dated 26 December 1966 (1966) … Himself - Actor
 
1968 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.27 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 Personality (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 March 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa (TV movie)
Himself
 
1968 Talking Pictures (TV movie)
Himself
 
1949-1967 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Actor Audience Bow / Himself - Audience Bow
Episode #20.38 (1967) … Himself - Audience Bow
Episode #7.4 (1953) … Himself
Episode #3.3 (1949) … Himself - Actor Audience Bow
 
1966 Chain Letter (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 14 October 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.9 (1966) … Himself
 
1965 The Patty Duke Show (TV series)
Himself
 
1965 You Don't Say (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 15 February 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1957-1965 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 25 January 1965 (1965) … Himself
Episode dated 8 July 1963 (1963) … Himself
Episode dated 8 January 1962 (1962) … Himself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 16 January 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1953-1964 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist / Himself - Mystery Guest / Himself
Episode dated 26 July 1964 (1964) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 12 May 1963 (1963) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 27 January 1957 (1957) … Himself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 13 January 1957 (1957) … Himself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 3 June 1956 (1956) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1964 The Judy Garland Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.18 (1964) … Himself
 
1964 Faces of November (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1963 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.19 (1963) … Himself
 
1962 President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1960-1961 The Garry Moore Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host
Episode #4.13 (1961) … Himself
Episode #3.21 (1961) … Himself - Guest Host
Episode #3.13 (1960) … Himself
Episode #2.30 (1960) … Himself
 
1961 Summer on Ice (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1961 The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1961 The Jo Stafford Show (TV series)
Himself
The Age of Chivalry (1961) … Himself
 
1960 Special Gala to Support Kennedy Campaign (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1960 Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley (TV special)
Himself - Dancer
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Himself
Milton Berle Show (1959) … Himself
 
1959 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.2 (1959) … Himself
 
1958-1959 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.31 (1959) … Himself
Episode #3.2 (1958) … Himself
Episode #2.21 (1958) … Himself
Episode #2.14 (1958) … Himself
 
1956-1959 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself - The Thin Man / Himself / …
Episode #4.26 (1959) … Himself - Guest
NBC Fall Preview (1958) … Himself - The Thin Man
Episode #3.12 (1957) … Himself - The Thin Man
NBC Fall Preview (1957) … Himself - Guest
Episode #2.38 (1957) … Himself/Life Guard
 
1958 The Bob Cummings Show (TV series)
Himself
Bob Judges a Beauty Pageant (1958) … Himself
 
1958 The Frank Sinatra Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.28 (1958) … Himself
Episode #1.20 (1958) … Himself
 
1956 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show
Made in Heaven (1956) … Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show
 
1956 The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle (TV movie)
Himself
 
1955-1956 The Jimmy Durante Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Actor
Episode #2.29 (1956) … Himself - Actor
Episode #2.24 (1956) … Himself - Actor
Episode #2.23 (1956) … Himself
Episode #2.5 (1955) … Himself
Episode #2.4 (1955) … Himself
 
1956 Screen Snapshots 8859: Mr. Rhythm's Holiday (documentary short)
Himself - Studio Guest
 
1956 The Martha Raye Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.10 (1956) … Himself
 
1956 Inside Beverly Hills (TV movie)
Himself
 
1953-1954 The Name's the Same (TV series)
Himself - Celebrity Contestant / Himself - Contestant
Episode dated 29 June 1954 (1954) … Himself - Celebrity Contestant
Episode dated 14 July 1953 (1953) … Himself - Contestant
 
1953 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself - Actor
Episode #6.9 (1953) … Himself - Actor
 
1949 The Actor's Society Benefit Gala (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (20 titles)
2011 Paul Williams Still Alive (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Kennedys' Home Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane (video documentary short)
Lord John Brindale
 
1994-2002 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The Nightclub Years (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The Rat Pack (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1996 The Real Las Vegas (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The Celluloid Heroes (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 The JFK Assassination: The Jim Garrison Tapes (documentary)
Himself - In Rotunda in Front of LBJ (uncredited)
 
1992 Stalking the President: A History of American Assassins (documentary)
Himself - at Graveside of JFK
 
1991 JFK
Himself - at JFK Funeral, Behind Ted Kennedy (uncredited)
 
1989 11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1985 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
 
1970 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
 
1969 I due Kennedy (documentary)
Himself
 
1966 The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1964 Four Days in November (documentary)
Himself
 
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Radio episode: Family Theater of the Air, ep. Tom Summit; broadcast June 12, 1957.

Publicity Listings:

3 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | See more »

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on turning down a role opposite Bette Davis] It's a spot I wouldn't have given to my dry cleaner. See more »

Trivia:

In his 20s, he worked at a country club. A prestigious member of the club once complained to the management that Lawford was eating lunch and fraternizing with the black employees, and that he should be fired. This member was Joseph P. Kennedy, who years later became his father-in-law! See more »

Nickname:

Brother-in-Lawford dubbed by Frank Sinatra. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo