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Peter Lawford (1923-1984) was an English actor. Although his film career spanned over 7 decades, Lawford was best known as a member of the “Rat Pack” and the brother-in-law of President John F. Kennedy and senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy. His IMDb page shows 122 acting credits from 1931 to 1990. This page will rank Peter Lawford movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings. This UMR page was requested by Søren and Flora.
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Best IMDb trivia on Peter Lawford
- Peter Sydney Ernest Lawford was born in London in 1923.
2. When Peter Lawford was child he fell through a French door and cut his right arm very badly; consequently, he never regained full use of his right arm and hand. Thus, he was turned down as unfit for military duty and did not serve during World War II.
3. Peter Lawford was a member of the “Clan” or “Rat Pack“, with Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Joey Bishop. The five would appear together in the films Ocean’s 11 (1960) and Sergeants 3 (1962). They also performed on stage and were quite successful with their informal Las Vegas stage act during the filming of the first movie.
4. Peter Lawford was a frequent and accomplished guest on the game show Password (1961), Lawford was the all-time champion at the “lightning round”, prompting 5 out of 5 correct guesses in only 12 seconds.
5. In the poignant photograph of John Kennedy Jr. saluting the casket of his assassinated father outside St. Matthews Cathedral (Washington) following funeral mass, Peter Lawford is standing between Ted Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy.
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Peter Lawford is # 867 on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list; these are the actors he appeared with.
1 CHRISTOPHER LEE One More Time (1970)
14 ERNEST BORGNINE The Oscar (1966)
21 SEAN CONNERY The Longest Day (1962)
31 ROGER MOORE Perfect Strangers (1945)
32 PETER O’TOOLE Rosebud (1975)
33 MORGAN FREEMAN A Man Called Adam (1966)
36 ROD STEIGER The Longest Day (1962)
41 MICHAEL HORDERN The Hour of 13 (1952)
48 JOHN CARRADINE The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
48 JOHN CARRADINE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
53 JOHN SAXON It Should Happen to You (1954)
57 ORSON WELLES Where Is Parsifal? (1988)
61 JACK PALANCE Angels’ Brigade (1979)
71 RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH Rosebud (1975)
75 DONALD PLEASENCE Where Is Parsifal? (1988)
79 BRUCE DERN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
94 PAUL NEWMAN Exodus (1960)
105 ROBERT MITCHUM Corvette K-225 (1943)
105 ROBERT MITCHUM The Longest Day (1962)
110 RODDY MCDOWELL The Longest Day (1962)
110 RODDY MCDOWELL The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
112 SHIRLEY MACLAINE Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
119 DEAN STOCKWELL Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
131 ROBERT VAUGHN Clay Pigeon (1971)
137 SHELLEY WINTERS Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
139 JAMES HONG Never So Few (1959)
146 MARTIN BALSAM Harlow (1965/I)
168 ROBERT WAGNER The Longest Day (1962)
170 LESLIE NIELSEN Harlow (1965/I)
172 MICKEY ROONEY A Yank at Eton (1942)
172 MICKEY ROONEY Girl Crazy (1943)
172 MICKEY ROONEY Lord Jeff (1938)
172 MICKEY ROONEY Skidoo (1968)
182 BURGESS MEREDITH Advise & Consent (1962)
182 BURGESS MEREDITH Clay Pigeon (1971)
182 BURGESS MEREDITH Skidoo (1968)
208 TELLY SAVALAS Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
218 GEORGE SEGAL The Longest Day (1962)
227 KEENAN WYNN Royal Wedding (1951)
227 KEENAN WYNN Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
230 JEFF COREY Clay Pigeon (1971)
232 ANGELA LANSBURY Harlow (1965/I)
232 ANGELA LANSBURY The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
232 ANGELA LANSBURY The Red Danube (1949)
241 AKIM TAMIROFF Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
243 HAL HOLBROOK They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
247 JOHN WOOD One More Time (1970)
264 JAMES GARNER They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
269 JOHN WAYNE The Longest Day (1962)
278 AUSTIN PENDLETON Skidoo (1968)
297 HENRY FONDA Advise & Consent (1962)
297 HENRY FONDA Immortal Sergeant (1943)
297 HENRY FONDA The Longest Day (1962)
299 RICHARD BURTON The Longest Day (1962)
305 JOSEPH COTTEN The Oscar (1966)
321 GEORGE SANDERS Paris After Dark (1943)
321 GEORGE SANDERS The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
341 CHARLES BRONSON Never So Few (1959)
342 EDDIE ALBERT Eagle Squadron (1942)
342 EDDIE ALBERT The Longest Day (1962)
344 MAKO Never So Few (1959)
365 CATHERINE DENEUVE The April Fools (1969)
366 ISABELLE HUPPERT Rosebud (1975)
375 TERI GARR Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
389 PETER CUSHING One More Time (1970)
391 LLOYD BRIDGES Sahara (1943/I)
400 KIM CATTRALL Rosebud (1975)
408 GRAHAM STARK Salt and Pepper (1968)
431 HENRY SILVA Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
431 HENRY SILVA Sergeants 3 (1962)
435 ROBERT STACK Eagle Squadron (1942)
439 RICHARD ROUNDTREE Gypsy Angels (1980)
465 STUART WHITMAN The Longest Day (1962)
470 MEL FERRER The Longest Day (1962)
474 TONY CURTIS Pepe (1960)
474 TONY CURTIS Where Is Parsifal? (1988)
479 VIVECA LINDFORS Sylvia (1965)
487 MARCEL DALIO Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
487 MARCEL DALIO Paris After Dark (1943)
502 JACK LEMMON It Should Happen to You (1954)
502 JACK LEMMON Pepe (1960)
502 JACK LEMMON The April Fools (1969)
512 KEYE LUKE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
517 ELKE SOMMER The Oscar (1966)
537 KATHLEEN FREEMAN Hook, Line and Sinker (1969)
543 ANGIE DICKINSON Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
570 CLIFF ROBERTSON Corvette K-225 (1943)
583 GEORGE TAKEI NEVER SO FEW (1959)
591 JEAN-PIERRE AUMONT Assignment in Brittany (1943)
595 SLIM PICKENS Skidoo (1968)
598 PHILIPPE LEROY Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
613 BRODERICK CRAWFORD The Oscar (1966)
613 BRODERICK CRAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
619 JOHN LE MESURIER Salt and Pepper (1968)
629 ALLAN CUTHBERTSON ONE MORE TIME (1970)
631 GEORGE COULOURIS Assignment in Brittany (1943)
634 DEBBIE REYNOLDS Pepe (1960)
639 ALEXANDER KNOX The Longest Day (1962)
646 ELIZABETH TAYLOR Julia Misbehaves (1948)
646 ELIZABETH TAYLOR Little Women (1949)
646 ELIZABETH TAYLOR The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
650 ROLAND CULVER The Hour of 13 (1952)
653 LESLIE PHILLIPS The Longest Day (1962)
658 ALEXANDRA STEWART Exodus (1960)
672 WALTER PIDGEON Advise & Consent (1962)
672 WALTER PIDGEON Julia Misbehaves (1948)
672 WALTER PIDGEON Mrs. Miniver (1942)
672 WALTER PIDGEON Mrs. Parkington (1944)
672 WALTER PIDGEON The Red Danube (1949)
672 WALTER PIDGEON Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
687 FRANK SINATRA It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)
687 FRANK SINATRA Never So Few (1959)
687 FRANK SINATRA Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
687 FRANK SINATRA Pepe (1960)
687 FRANK SINATRA Sergeants 3 (1962)
698 ALDO RAY Sylvia (1965)
698 ALDO RAY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
699 RALPH RICHARDSON Exodus (1960)
701 FRANK FINLAY The Longest Day (1962)
712 SALLY KELLERMAN The April Fools (1969)
717 ROBERT RYAN The Longest Day (1962)
717 ROBERT RYAN The Sky’s the Limit (1943)
734 JAMES WHITMORE Please Believe Me (1950)
746 RICHARD JOHNSON Never So Few (1959)
770 MADELINE KAHN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
781 EDWARD ANDREWS ADVISE & CONSENT (1962)
782 EDWARD G. ROBINSON Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
782 EDWARD G. ROBINSON Pepe (1960)
784 CESAR ROMERO Julia Misbehaves (1948)
784 CESAR ROMERO Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
784 CESAR ROMERO Pepe (1960)
784 CESAR ROMERO Skidoo (1968)
785 JAMES BROWN CORVETTE K-225 (1943)
801 BETTE DAVIS Dead Ringer (1964)
827 GEORGE HAMILTON Togetherness (1970)
846 MARTIN BENSON EXODUS (1960)
857 JOHN CRAWFORD Exodus (1960)
857 JOHN CRAWFORD The Longest Day (1962)
858 GERT FROBE The Longest Day (1962)
866 PERCY HERBERT One More Time (1970)
869 RICHARD ANDERSON Just This Once (1952)
890 SAM KYDD THE HOUR OF 13 (1952)
897 WOLFGANG PREISS Dead Run (1967)
897 WOLFGANG PREISS The Longest Day (1962)
941 CURT JURGENS The Longest Day (1962)
955 RAF VALLONE Harlow (1965/I)
955 RAF VALLONE Rosebud (1975)
959 MICHAEL MEDWIN The Longest Day (1962)
964 STEPHEN BOYD The Oscar (1966)
966 JIM BACKUS Angels’ Brigade (1979)
970 YVONNE DE CARLO Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
975 LEE GRANT Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
988 OSSIE DAVIS A Man Called Adam (1966)
996 CLAUDE DAUPHIN Rosebud (1975)
HM (638) HAROLD GOODWIN THE LONGEST DAY (1962)
HM (728) LEO GENN The Longest Day (1962)
HM (746) ROSSANO BRAZZI Little Women (1949)
HM (806) CHARLES BOYER Cluny Brown (1946)
HM (806) CHARLES BOYER Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
HM (806) CHARLES BOYER The April Fools (1969)
HM (814) KENNETH MORE The Longest Day (1962)
HM (830) NORMAN ROSSINGTON THE LONGEST DAY (1962)
HM (863) EDMOND O’BRIEN Sylvia (1965)
HM (863) EDMOND O’BRIEN The Longest Day (1962)
HM (863) EDMOND O’BRIEN They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
HM (905) GEOFFREY BAYLDON THE LONGEST DAY (1962)
HM (921) JOHN MEILLON THE LONGEST DAY (1962)
HM (927) HUGH GRIFFITH Exodus (1960)
Peter actually appeared with 46 Oscar winners in pictures.
ART CARNEY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
BARRY FITZGERALD Corvette K-225 (1943)
BETTE DAVIS Dead Ringer (1964)
BING CROSBY Pepe (1960)
BRODERICK CRAWFORD The Oscar (1966)
BRODERICK CRAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
CHARLES COBURN Lord Jeff (1938)
CHARLES COBURN Pepe (1960)
CHARLES LAUGHTON Advise & Consent (1962)
CHARLES LAUGHTON The Canterville Ghost (1944)
CHARLES LAUGHTON The Man from Down Under (1943)
CLIFF ROBERTSON Corvette K-225 (1943)
DONALD CRISP SON OF LASSIE (1945)
DONALD CRISP THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN (1944)
DONNA REED Pepe (1960)
DONNA REED The Man from Down Under (1943)
DONNA REED The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
EDMOND O’BRIEN Sylvia (1965)
EDMOND O’BRIEN The Longest Day (1962)
EDMOND O’BRIEN They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
EDMUND GWENN A Yank at Eton (1942)
ELIZABETH TAYLOR Julia Misbehaves (1948)
ELIZABETH TAYLOR Little Women (1949)
ELIZABETH TAYLOR The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
ERNEST BORGNINE The Oscar (1966)
ETHEL BARRYMORE The Red Danube (1949)
EVA MARIE SAINT Exodus (1960)
FRANK SINATRA It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)
FRANK SINATRA Never So Few (1959)
FRANK SINATRA Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
FRANK SINATRA Pepe (1960)
FRANK SINATRA Sergeants 3 (1962)
FREDRIC MARCH The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
GALE SONDERGAARD LORD JEFF (1938)
GEORGE SANDERS Paris After Dark (1943)
GEORGE SANDERS The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
GIG YOUNG You for Me (1952)
GLORIA GRAHAME It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)
GREER GARSON Julia Misbehaves (1948)
GREER GARSON Mrs. Miniver (1942)
GREER GARSON Mrs. Parkington (1944)
HENRY FONDA Advise & Consent (1962)
HENRY FONDA Immortal Sergeant (1943)
HENRY FONDA The Longest Day (1962)
HUGH GRIFFITH Exodus (1960)
HUMPHREY BOGART Sahara (1943/I)
JACK LEMMON It Should Happen to You (1954)
JACK LEMMON Pepe (1960)
JACK LEMMON The April Fools (1969)
JACK PALANCE Angels’ Brigade (1979)
JENNIFER JONES Cluny Brown (1946)
JOAN CRAWFORD Above Suspicion (1943)
JOHN WAYNE The Longest Day (1962)
JUDY HOLLIDAY It Should Happen to You (1954)
KARL MALDEN Dead Ringer (1964)
LEE GRANT Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
MARY ASTOR Little Women (1949)
MORGAN FREEMAN A Man Called Adam (1966)
PAUL NEWMAN Exodus (1960)
RED BUTTONS Harlow (1965/I)
RED BUTTONS The Longest Day (1962)
ROD STEIGER The Longest Day (1962)
SEAN CONNERY The Longest Day (1962)
SHELLEY WINTERS Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
SHIRLEY JONES Pepe (1960)
SHIRLEY MACLAINE Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
TERESA WRIGHT Mrs. Miniver (1942)
THOMAS MITCHELL Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
THOMAS MITCHELL IMMORTAL SERGEANT (1943)
WALTER BRENNAN The Oscar (1966)
Although I am a big fan of the Rat Pack, I am extremely familiar with Peter Lawford’s film career both with and without his friends. I have seen 24 Peter Lawford movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is The Longest Day.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Exodus.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Vacation From Marriage.
Favourite Peter Lawford Movies:
Royal Wedding
Easter Parade
Son of Lassie
The White Cliffs of Dover
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oceans 11
The Longest Day
Little Women
The Canterville Ghost
It Happened in Brooklyn
It Should Happen to You
Other Peter Lawford Movies I Have Seen:
Mrs. Parkington
Julia Misbehaves
Two Sisters From Boston
Pepe
On An Island with You
Good News
Cluny Brown
Sergeants 3
Never So Few
A Yank at Eton
Lord Jeff
The Red Danube
Vacation From Marriage
HI BRUCE: Thanks for the feedback.I have seen a number of the Lawford films in your tables but the only two that I can actually remember him in are Rogue’s March and The Hour of 13, and indeed top marks to you for being able to track down grosses for those two obscure films.
They actually bring back special nostalgic memories for me because (1) I vividly recall watching Rogue’s March as the 2nd feature to Jimmy Stewart’s western The Naked Spur way back in 1953 (2) The Hour of 13 left a great impression on me as it is a creepy thriller about a Jack the Ripper type serial killer and I was only 11 when I saw it.
However, according to Wiki, in today’s money Rogue’s March lost for MGM approx $4 million and Hour of 13 lost for the same studio $2.3 million. Your own figures illustrate perfectly that they were low grossers.
No financial problems for Peter personally though! No doubt partially because of his VIP connections he is said to have been worth $45 million in today’s money at the time of his death in 1984 and reportedly very much enjoyed his money when he was alive.
DOWNFALL OF A GOLDEN BOY by Julia Kuttner
“IN THE Sixties actor Peter Lawford was famed for being the only Brit in the Rat Pack. he ran around with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jnr and Joey Bishop. A decade earlier he had married into the Kennedy dynasty, the closest thing the US has to royalty, and to the rest of the showbusiness gang he was often referred to as Mr Fix-It, as he could merge entertainment with political power.
Peter and Frank Sinatra first worked together on the film It happened In Brooklyn and though they became friends often fell out. When Frank and Ava Gardner divorced and Sinatra heard Lawford had been seen sharing dinner with her he refused to speak to Peter for seven years. After Lawford failed to get JFK to stay at Sinatra’s Palm Springs house – the president believed it to be unsuitable as a mafia boss had used it a few days earlier – Frank cut Peter off again, tellingly only calling Lawford when he wanted the FBI to intervene when his son was kidnapped.
After JFK’s death Lawford’s support system was collapsing and it was a turning point into a long downward spiral. Doctors told him he would die if he didn’t stop drinking but it took another 20 years before he succumbed on Christmas eve 1984.”
ADDITIONAL TRIVIA – JFK added insult to injury in his rejection of Frankie by going instead to stay with Bob Hope. I never took much interest in Lawford’s big screen career but followed him in the TV series The Thin Man from 1959 to 1961. He was no William Powell but benefitted from a more superior Nora in Phyllis Kirk
Hey Bob…thanks for your thoughts on Peter Lawford. Thanks for all the background on Peter Lawford…he was certainly flying with the eagles for awhile. Good summary of the ups and downs of the Lawford/Sinatra relationship. His film career took a back seat to his personal life….though I do like him in Ocean’s Eleven. Thanks for sharing this info….and now I go to school.
“It’s hard to know what Peter Lawford could have accomplished as an actor — he never had a difficult or dramatically challenging role. However, he played all his middle-of-the-road parts with ease, grace and an understated British charm. …..his career is curious — unlike many great stars, he never gave a bad performance, but he never gave a single moment on screen that made audiences sit up and say, “Good, well done.”” – Rating The Movie Stars Book (1983)
Four Star Peter Lawford Movie Performances
1947’s Good News
1949’s Little Women
Joel’s wise words ring true many times.