Peter Lawford
Birthday: 7 September 1923, London, England, UK
Birth Name: Peter Sydney Ernest Aylen
Height: 183 cm
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 wh ...Show More
[on his disillusionment with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he made his first films] Metro was really a Show more
[on his disillusionment with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he made his first films] Metro was really a star-builder, no doubt about that. You were wrapped in cotton wool. I was encouraged to emulate Robert Taylor, who came to the studio every day of his life in a pinstripe suit and pressed shirt with a pin through the collar. They were very high on pins through the collar. Hide
[on turning down a role opposite Bette Davis] It's a spot I wouldn't have given to my dry cleaner.
[on turning down a role opposite Bette Davis] It's a spot I wouldn't have given to my dry cleaner.
[on his character in Good News (1947)] Tommy was exactly what I was not -- a typical American young Show more
[on his character in Good News (1947)] Tommy was exactly what I was not -- a typical American young man. He also was a football captain and I had never played football. He was conceited and a wolf and I swear I was neither. Hide
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Peter Lawford'S roles
David Stone
Lord Lovat
