Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford, English-American actor (died 1984)

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Born: September 7, 1923
Died: December 24, 1984
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Birth year: 1923

About Peter Lawford

Peter Sydney Ernest Lawford was an English-American actor. Lawford's first featured role in a major film production was in A Yank at Eton (1942), starring Mickey Rooney, in which Lawford played a snobbish bully. In later years, he was noted more for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than for his acting; it was said that he became "famous for being famous". He won a Modern Screen magazine readers' poll as the most popular actor in Hollywood of 1946. First, as a handsome male prop for female stars in musicals" and "second male lead in supporting bigger stars, playing best friends, love rivals, etc." Lawford appeared in a Kathryn Grayson-June Allyson musical, Two Sisters from Boston (1946).

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Peter Lawford timeline

1942Lawford's first featured role in a major film production was in A Yank at Eton (1942), starring Mickey Rooney, in which Lawford played a snobbish bully.
1946He won a Modern Screen magazine readers' poll as the most popular actor in Hollywood of 1946.
1946First, as a handsome male prop for female stars in musicals" and "second male lead in supporting bigger stars, playing best friends, love rivals, etc." Lawford appeared in a Kathryn Grayson-June Allyson musical, Two Sisters from Boston (1946).

The world when Peter Lawford was born

Peter Lawford was born in 1923. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1923

#1 song"Yes! We Have No Bananas"
Top movieThe Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille)
Best-selling bookBlack Oxen – Gertrude Atherton

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst 24 Hours of Le Mans race
Top headlineTime magazine publishes its first issue
Technology milestoneFirst neon signs appear in the United States
Defining fadDance marathons
Notable inventionFrozen food process (Clarence Birdseye)
World population1.93 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding / Calvin Coolidge
Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
U.S. population111.9M

1923 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Peter Lawford's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1923	2026
Gas	$0.22	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,700	$435,000
Average income	$3,380	$67,500
Movie ticket	$0.15	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.02	$0.73
Population	111.9M	341 million

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