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My Take
Peter Lawford was the very picture of mid-century Hollywood glamour and its hidden rot. English-born, he became a Rat Pack fixture alongside Sinatra and Dean Martin and married into the Kennedy clan as JFK's brother-in-law. That access put him at the centre of an era, yet his later years, dogged by addiction until his death in 1984, are a sobering counterweight to the charm. I find him a fascinating cautionary figure: proximity to power and fame is intoxicating but corrosive. The Walk of Fame star captures the rise; the harder story is everything that came after.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Peter Lawford
- Name (Japanese)
- ピーター・ローフォード
- Reading
- ぴーたー・ろーふぉーど
- Born
- September 7, 1923 – December 24, 1984
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Boar
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film producer / film actor / television actor / manufacturer / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.