Peter Lawford

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Born Peter Ernest Lawford, 7 September 1923-born Peter Aylen (born Peter Alexander Aylen, a lawyer and socialite who lived in the United States throughout his adult life.

He appeared in a number of well-known films from the 1940s to the 1960s, and starred in a number of highly acclaimed films.

He was more known for his off-screen work as a celebrity than for his acting; it was said that he was "famous for being famous" in later years.

Early life

He was born in 1923 and was the only child of Lieutenant General Sir Sydney Turing Barlow, KBE (1865–1953) and May Sommerville Bunny (1882–1972). At the time of Peter's birth, however, his mother was married to Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Vaughn Aylen D.S.O., one of Sir Sydney's police, though his father was married to Muriel Williams. May and Ernest Aylen were living apart at the time. May admitted to Aylen that the child was not his, not his, causing a double divorce. In September 1924, Sydney and May wed after their divorces were finalized and their son was one year old.

Through his uncle Ernest Lawford's wife (the daughter of the Scottish 14th Earl of Eglinton), as well as his aunt Ethel Turner Lawford (who married a son of the 1st Baron Avebury) Lawford's family was connected to the English aristocracy. Jessie Bruce Lawford, another of his father's relatives, was his second wife of Hon Hartley Williams, the second wife of the Hon Hartley Williams, senior puisne judge of the colony of Victoria, Australia. Rupert Bunny, an Australian artist, was a distant cousin who shared his mother.

He spent his early childhood in France and was never properly trained because of his family's travels. Rather, he was educated by governesses and tutors, and his training included tennis and ballet lessons.

"He had no homework at the start," his mother said. When he was older, he had Spanish, German, and music as part of his studies. He read only selected books: English fairy tales, English and French classics; no crime stories were read. I knew he was unfit for any other profession than art, so I cut Latin, Algebra, high mathematics, and substituted dramatics instead."

Lawford "attended several services in cathedrals, synagogues, and for some time was an usher in a Christian Science Sunday School due to his tutors' varying national and religious backgrounds."

He made his acting debut in the English film Poor Old Bill around 1930, aged seven. In A Gentleman of Paris (1931), he appeared in an uncredited film.

When it went through a glass door at the age of 14, Lawford sustained a serious right arm injury in an accident. His forearm and hand were severely impaired by irreversible nerve damage, which he later learned to conceal. He was unable to pursue a military career as his parents had hoped because of the injury. Rather, Lawford pursued a career as an actor, resulting in one of his aunts refusing to give him her considerable fortune as she had expected.

Personal life

His first marriage, which took place in 1954, was to socialite Patricia Kennedy, a younger brother of John F. Kennedy, who was then a Democratic senator from Massachusetts. They had four children: Christopher Lawford, a writer and author, (1955-1976), and their daughter Sydney Maleia Lawford (b. Victoria Francis Lawford (b. 1956) Victoria Francis Lawford (b. (b. 1958) and Robin Elizabeth Lawford (b. 1961 (and again):

On April 23, 1960, Lawford became a resident of the United States. He was planning for this in the run-up to his brother-in-law's election. Lawford, as well as other members of the "Rat Pack," campaigned for Kennedy and the Democratic Party. At this point, Sinatra had dubbed him "Brother-in-Lawford." In February 1966, Lawford and Patricia Kennedy divorced.

Lawford had been originally portrayed as Alan A. Dale in the film Robin and the 7 Hoods, but Bing Crosby took over following a break in Frank Sinatra's marriage with Lawford. During a 1962 West Coast trip, Lawford's brother-in-law, President Kennedy, had a planned visit to Sinatra's home. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, who had long been concerned about Sinatra's rumoured links with underworld actors, urged the president to rethink his plans and remain at Crosby's house, which (it was retained) would ensure better protection for the president. Sinatra had made extensive preparations for the forthcoming and eagerly awaited presidential visit, including the building of a helipad that was later destroyed in a fit of rage. Sinatra was outraged, claiming that Lawford had failed to intervene for the Kennedys on his behalf, and had barred him from the Rat Pack.

The friendship between Sinatra and Lawford was long-running. They only spoke when Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped on December 8, 1963, and they needed Lawford's brother-in-law Robert F. Kennedy, then attorney general, to help him. Sinatra never endorsed another Democratic candidate, except Pat Brown, who unsuccessfully re-election as governor of California in 1966 and Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey's bid for the presidency in the 1968 United States presidential election. In Lawford's role, Crosby, a hard-headed Republican, was cast.

In October 1971, Lawford married Mary Rowan, the daughter of comedian Dan Rowan, in his second marriage. In January 1975, Rowan and Lawford married two years later and divorced. Deborah Gould, a young actress who had been in contact with him for three weeks, married him in June 1976. Two months after marrying and divorced in 1977, Lawford and Gould became separated. Lawford then moved to the Sierra Towers, where he spent the next few years on the 30th floor. Lawford's fourth and final wife, Patricia Seaton, was discovered in July 1984, just months before his death.

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Career

Lawford was on vacation in Hollywood when he was noticed by a talent scout in 1938. He was screen tested and made his Hollywood debut in Lord Jeff, starring Freddie Bartholomew.

The Lawfords in Florida were discovered during World War II's outbreak. They discovered they had been trapped for a few days. They were in Britain, and Britain was at war. Their assets were frozen. Peter, who was 16 years old at the time, worked in parking garages. When he saved enough money for the fare, he went back to Hollywood, where he nourished himself as a theatre usher before beginning to get film work.

The onset of World War II saw an increase in British war reports and Lawford found himself in need of military service, although usually in uncredited roles. In Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Eagle Squadron (1942), both as pilots, he may have been seen.

In A Yank at Eton (1942), starring Mickey Rooney, in which Lawford played a snobbish bully, his first decent role in a major film production. It had been a hit at the box office.

Lawford served in Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air (1942), and Junior Army (1942) (starring Bartholomew), a soldier in Random Harvest (1942), and a navigator in London Blackout Murders (1943) (directed by George Sherman). He was billed in The Purple V (1943).

He was a student at MGM (1943), a naval commander in Above Suspicion (1943), and an Australian in The Man From Down Under (1943). He appeared in Someone to Remember (1943) and The West Side Kid (1943), the latter being directed by Sherman.

In Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) and Corvette K-225 (1943), Lawford served as a soldier and sailor in Sahara (1943). He was a Frenchman in Paris After Dark (1943) and Flesh and Fantasy (1943), and he appeared in MGM's Girl Crazy (1943) and Mark Twain's Adventures (1944).

Lawford's career took a step forward when he committed to MGM in June 1943. The studio signed him with a specific memory in mind, the White Cliffs of Dover (1944), in which he served as a young soldier in the Second World War.

Lawford appeared in The Canterville Ghost (1944) and Mrs. Parkington (1944), where she appeared as a suitor of Greer Garson.

In The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), MGM gave him another prominent role.

Son of Lassie (1945), a big hit, was Lawford's first leading role.

Lawford was placed in a Kathryn Grayson-June Allyson play, Two Sisters from Boston (1946), which was extremely popular. Ernst Lubitsch used him at Fox in Cluny Brown (1946), where he was billed after Charles Boyer and Jennifer Jones.

He was named the most popular actor in Hollywood of 1946 by a Modern Screen magazine readers' poll. A week ago, his fan mail soared to thousands of letters. Lawford was recognized as a new romantic lead on the MGM lot with actors like Clark Gable and James Stewart out of war.

My Brother Talks to Horses (1947) with Jackie Butch Jenkins, an early Fred Zinnemann experiment that was a big disappointment. He was reunited with Grayson in It Happened in Brooklyn (1947), which also starred Frank Sinatra. Lawford received rave reviews for his role in the film, but Sinatra's were lukewarm.

Later in life, lawford admitted that the first musical number he performed in the film Good News (1947), which he costarred in alongside Allyson, was the most frightening experience of his career. He gained acclaim as a performer by using an American accent in his role.

He was Esther Williams' leading man in On an Island with You (1948), as well as Fred Astaire and Judy Garland in Easter Parade (1948), a huge success, and Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon in Julia Misbehaves (1948), which was also popular.

Laurie Taylor appeared in MGM's version of Little Women (1949), alongside Allen and Elizabeth Taylor. In the anti-Communist The Red Danube (1949), he was listed beneath Pidgeon and Ethel Barrymore, and he was one of Deborah Kerr's top men in Please Believe Me (1950).

Jane Powell was Jane Powell's love affair in Royal Wedding (1951) with Fred Astaire and co-starred Janet Leigh in Just This Once (1952), both well-known.

A melodrama shot in Australia with Mauley O'Hara was borrowed by 20th Century Fox for Kangaroo (1952).

He was top billed in some lower budgeted films: You for Me (1953), a comedy, and Rogue's March (1953), a war film. He was let go by the studio after he was released from his place.

It Should Happen to You (1954), wherein he appeared alongside Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon, was Lawford's first film after Metro released him and several other actors from their contracts.

He concentrated on television, and appeared on programs such as GM Electric Theater, Schlitz Playhouse, and The Ford Television Theatre.

Patricia Kennedy, the niece of Senator John F. Kennedy, was married by Lawford in 1954. Lawford will become a devoted senator.

Lawford appeared on a television sitcom called Dear Phoebe (1954-55), but the program only lasted 32 episodes.

When it came to an end, he revived guest appearances on shows such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Screen Designer Presents, Schlitz Playhouse, Playhouse 90, Producers' Showcase (a spin on Ruggles of Red Gap) has been seen on several episodes of Studio 57, Climax! The Goodyear Theatre and the Goodyear Theatre.

Lawford appeared in The Thin Man (1957–59) with Phyllis Kirk, an NBC series based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett. For 72 episodes, it was the most popular running experience.

Sinatra invited Lawford to join the "Rat Pack" in 1959, as well as his appearance in Never So Few (1959).

In Oceans 11 (1960), Peter Lawford and Sinatra appeared. Lawford was first alerted of the basic story of the film by director Gilbert Kay, who had heard of it from a gas station attendant. In 1958, law enforcement regained the privileges, with William Holden in the lead. Sinatra became interested in the idea, and a number of writers contributed to it.

Lawford played a British soldier in Otto Preminger's acclaimed Israeli-set drama Exodus (1960) and had a cameo in Pepe (1960). He became a United States citizen in 1960 and helped with his brother-in-law's resounding presidential election.

He produced the Rat Pack in Sergeants 3 (1962) and did a TV version of The Farmer's Daughter (1962) with Lee Remick (1962) and was reunited with the Rat Pack in Sergeants 3.

In Advise & Consent (1962) for Preminger and was Lord Lovat in The Longest Day (1962), a war film with a star-studded cast, Lawford appeared as a senator.

Lawford and his son Christopher Ebbins formed Chris Law Productions in 1961, which was named after Peter's son Christopher. It has agreed to produce three films and two TV series for $10 million as a result of a three-year contract with United Artists. William Asher was supposed to be the executive producer. Their first project was supposed to be a reimagining of the old silent film The Great Train Robbery. The film was not made; nevertheless, they did produce the 1963 action film Johnny Cool starring Henry Silva and Elizabeth Montgomery.

Bette Davis' leading man in Dead Ringer (1964) and guest on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Portraits in Courage (as General Alexander Doniphan), Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre and Run for Your Life.

He went on to produce Billie (1965) and appeared in two Carroll Baker films, playing her fiancé both times: Sylvia (1965) and Harlow (1965).

By now, Lawford had fallen out with Sinatra, who starred him in Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) with Bing Crosby, but Davis remained loyal and gave Lawford a supporting role in A Man Called Adam (1966). In 1966, he and Patricia Kennedy divorced.

He appeared on shows including The Wild West, I Spy, and How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1967).

Lawford went to Europe to appear in Dead Run (1967) and The Fourth Wall (1968). He appeared on television comedy and game shows as a popular guest star.

He made a film starring himself and Davis, Salt and Pepper (1968), and appeared in Skidoo (1968) with Jerry Lewis and The April Fools (1969).

Salt and Pepper was enough for Lawford to raise funds for a sequel, One More Time (1970), directed by Lewis. George Hamilton was a fan of Togetherness (1970) and guest starred on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. He would marry Rowan's daughter Mary in 1971.

A Step Out of Line (1971), Clay Pigeon (1971), and The Deadly Hunt (1971) were three of Lawford's later films. He was the lead actor in Ellery Queen's Don't Look Behind You and guest starred on Bewitched and The Virginian. In 1971, he appeared as Ben Hunter on "The Men From Shiloh" (rebranded name for The Virginian) in the episode "The Town Killer." He appeared in The Doris Day Show (1971–72) and even directed an episode.

He returned to MGM for They Only Kill Their Masters (1972), which brought him together with a number of former MGM contract players.

Lawford appeared in The Phantom of Hollywood (1974), the pilot for Born Free, Rosebud (1975), The Love Boat, The Devil's Brigade, Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women (1979), Body and Soul (1981), and episodes of The Jeffersons.

Where Is Parsifal? was his last work as Montague Chippendale. (1983) a.k.a.

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