WHAT I READ OF HIS DEATH..HE DIED HORRIBLY...FIRST HE WENT INTO A 4 DAY COMA .. THEN HE CAME OUT OF THE COMA AND HE ROSED UP IN HIS BED THEN BLOOD SQUIRTED FROM HIS MOUTH NOSE AND EARS ..THEN HE FELLED BACK ON THE BED AND DIED...THATS SAD AND A BAD WAY TO GO
When he was a little boy, his mother used to dress him in girls' clothes. It's one thing if you're transsexual and want to do that, but it's another thing to have your own mother do it. I think it messed him up a bit.
I had never heard of this actor not until I saw the Rat Pack movie. Movie about Frank Sinatra's life. I had no idea he was english or that he was married to one of the Kennedy's.
@bobstheking Peter Lawford a class act? What were you smoking? More like skid row bum who turned on his own kid to drugs. Even the Kennedys ran as far away from his as they could.
@bobstheking This is about Lawford, don't try to change the subject or moralize. I've never asked you for your approval or your entertainment dollars so buzz right back into memorializing this boob if you want.
@spagandtuna Lawford was an interesting, entertaining personality; I'm just curious about your contribution to life, other than having "tuna" as part of your user-name. I ask this with all due respect.
@bobstheking You don't ask anything with "all due respect" you deceitful little turd. You tried to take a harmless moniker and make something bad about it. But you'd be wasting your time, dolt. I've provided social services on behalf of the truly unfortunate for over twenty years. Lawford was a miserable, characterologically impaired drunk and scumbag who squandered every advantage while poisoning his own kids with drugs. Fortunately, he deservedly ended up on skid row.
@spagandtuna Weighing 190 lbs, I'm hardly little. But how could you know that These "truly unfortunate:", were not somehow flawed in their character and deserving of your services. And if Lawford ended up "fortunately" in skid row, Would he not, at long last, deserve your compassion. I understand he was incontinent at the end. Would that get your approval?
@bobstheking He would get a professional service but no one I mean no one
would be lining up to sing praises for him, and I haven't even started on what a no talent pretty boy douchebag of an actor he was. Why don't you give up the ghost and let this idiot just disappear at long last?
@spagandtuna Oh. let's see, lawford was ass-raped by an uncle at about age 10; His mom dressed him like a girl, (with pictures!), he was spanked ,by his mom till his early teens.. Had no formal schooling at all. As a child actor, his mom demanded his employers give her a job looking after him because he was queer.
@bobstheking Sure, and the proof of this is the shithead he became as an adult. I'm not going to argue with your account of his woes, I'm only saying he didn't really rise above because I contend his output was shit from jump and that he went as far as he could on looks and phony charm. What's the big deal? DID HE RISE ABOVE??? Nope.
@spagandtuna He was friends and part of Sinatra's group and even survived seducing Sinatra's wife Ava Gardner. He was like a brother to JFK and Maryiln Monroe. & I'd say having good looks and good friends & I think ,real charm, is a sign of Good favor from the Deity. How do you feel about Hitler? Even he had some redeeming qualities. I think Lawford did OK
@bobstheking You use terms "friends" and "like a brother" very inappropriately. He was simply a bag man between FS and the Ks and when he was no longer useful (after the Bing Crosby thing) he was cast out because both sides knew what a prick he was. The Kennedys were stuck with him a bit longer because of the marriage but eventually he was persona non gratis with them too. I didn't even know about the Gardner thing. The more one hears the lower one's opinion of this trash gets. CTD
@spagandtuna Lawford was the father of JFK's nieces & nephew. & if you know the K's & if you knew Sinatra jealous rage, you can count him as an a very close friend of Sinatra & Kennedy, regardless of the Crosby aspect . Sinatra & Kennedy were like brothers. "bagman" means a money go-between. All that groups life fell apart when 2 of Lawford's brothers in law got their heads blown off. That might've put an inhuman stress on anybody.
@bobstheking Hello, is anybody out there? After the Crosby fiasco, Sinatra never talked to that bum again. And Lawford was lucky that's all he did. The daeth opf the two Kennedys had nothing to do with Lawford's out status with them. It was no doubt his behavior which was below EVEN THEIR standards. Never forget this piece of shit turned on his own kid(s?)
@bobstheking CONCL And you like Hitler's so called "redeeming qualities" too? Figures. Me, I would have deskinned him and put him into a vat of hot salty water at first site. I'm that perceptive re character. Sorry you can't hang.....
@spagandtuna. Did you know that Hitler refrained from bombing british cities despite being bombed for 5 months by the RAF? He was also quite brave in ww1. I doubt you would've survived an encounter with him.Yes, even Hitler had some good qualities.
@bobstheking This is where you put yourself into the gutter. If there was any period in which Hitler refrained from bombing British cities, you should know humanitarianism would have had nothing to do with it. Perhaps you are still regretting Hitler's all time strategic blunder, that is, attacking Russia when he should have been solidifying his gains in Western E. Not a religious person me, but that had to have some divine connection. Please let's not speak of Hitler scum.
@spagandtuna Sure, but Hitler did'nt smoke, drink.He did like littlle cakes and amphetamines.Was queer but persecuted queers. Was a Rothschild, but hated jews... Most of all, instead of phoney money making wars, He strived to end the sources of war for all time.
@bobstheking You have to have a point in there somewhere. From your tone, it sounds like you feel Hitler had some redeeming qualities, and like you said, he "[strove] to end [war] for all time." Have you considered requesting an increase in medication? Go get evaluated.
@bobstheking Jeez, no, but now that you mention it... The only thing I care to take issue with was your assumption that Lawford lived it up until he died. No, he was a miserable s.o.b. who did what he did in an attempt to blot out his obvious self-contempt. He could have lived nobly but chose to live like a hedonistic, empty, bum. And so shall he be remembered. But if you stop writing back, I can go back to forgeting that this shitstain ever lived.
@spagandtuna I love the Kennedy's but they were a tough bunch themselves and were tough on Peter. Very difficult family to marry into. From what I've heard he was a nice guy. Jack and Bobby liked him.
@calalilygirl What about he turned his own kid on to drugs did you not understand. In the end he was an irresponsible drunk who threw away every advantage and he had many.
@spagandtuna His wife Pat was reportedly an alcoholic herself. The Lawford children seem to have turned out okay. I've seen the son on television many times. I am not misunderstanding a thing. The father Joe Kennedy was no saint. Peter was a talented actor who did not have enough opportunities to express his talents.
"I saw your brother-in-law, Senator Jack..." Obviously this episode predates the 1960 presidential election. I love the little glimpses of history you get casually dropped into these old episodes of What's My Line.
I loved Peter Lawford ... he was the most handsome , nicest , classiest guy...
onstageagain 2 weeks ago
Love that smile! What an extremely handsome fellow!
ladypictureshow66 2 months ago
Amazed how he can pick up an accent, french or english.
meelusine 2 months ago
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The health of Jack and Peter being good was a reference from the host to their sexual activity.
sidrahsiddiqui 4 months ago
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sidrahsiddiqui 4 months ago
What year was this appearance, I gather it was sometime in the mid to late fifties, because of the reference to Senator Kennedy
wilburbonzo 4 months ago
Yes, Yes thanks for posting!
Themetuk 5 months ago
WHAT I READ OF HIS DEATH..HE DIED HORRIBLY...FIRST HE WENT INTO A 4 DAY COMA .. THEN HE CAME OUT OF THE COMA AND HE ROSED UP IN HIS BED THEN BLOOD SQUIRTED FROM HIS MOUTH NOSE AND EARS ..THEN HE FELLED BACK ON THE BED AND DIED...THATS SAD AND A BAD WAY TO GO
mineurbizness 6 months ago
those dimples!
meloveicecream24 7 months ago
He is very attractive!
heula1 8 months ago
@rocketytank-lawford was a drunken slob that frank sinatra hated because he could have carried himself nobly-but he didn't
melollylolly 1 year ago
@melollylolly no he hated him because of the whole kennedy situation, get it right if ur gonna lash out...
DINOLOVER6717 1 year ago
@DINOLOVER6717 No....he was correct.....the kennedy thing didn't help either
TeenCretin 4 months ago
@melollylolly Frank hated him for awhile because he went out with Ava Gardner.True.
ilovety65 1 year ago
@ilovety65 Frank could write people off at the drop of a hat. As nice as he was to some he could hate with just as much vengeance.
calalilygirl 4 months ago
Peter Lawford AND Arlene Francis in the same room - I defy ANYONE to find more CHARM in any one place ANYWHERE!
Very nice to see Mr. Lawford - hopefully at a good time in his life at that time 'havin' a larf'
...and ALWAYS brilliant to watch Miss Francis.
Thank you Very Much for posting this!
P.S. Agree with the previous posters regarding the "French Windows" and the Cockney - deft touches!
macraeman 1 year ago
This show had the whole Rat Pack on at one time or another.
Ahoymichael 1 year ago
@Ahoymichael can you upload one of the times?
lou1606 1 year ago
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Peter COULD sing. So he has something to do with music.
Goedhartbros 1 year ago
That is Eammon Andrews? This is Your Life guy! Wow!
Subject: apostrophe frickin laser beams
Anagram: Peters Posh kin - as claim - forbear
RaleighDawlishRaynar 1 year ago
What is My Line? Apt! Peter.
Subject: lean forward
Anagram: "Lawford" near!
RaleighDawlishRaynar 1 year ago
He was a bisexual alcoholic drug addict.
JuanMacready 1 year ago
Oh don't be a cad! lol
murdock162002 1 year ago
i love him!
bimvietnam 1 year ago
Jack Kennedy's pimp. So accomplished, so charming, so many opportunities. Died a drunk, broke.
freestuffffff 1 year ago
a underated actor
CK1223 1 year ago
WAW french is my mothertongue and he speaks perfect french !
girl43 2 years ago
@girl43 - i've been trying to google translate! can you tell me what he saying??
makemeupkizzy 1 year ago
@makemeupkizzy
He mainly says "quelques fois" = "sometimes" and "pas tout le temps, j'ai dit" = "I said : not all of the time" =)
Lovely french accent ;-)
girl43 1 year ago
@girl43 - Thank you so much! my ''guess spelling'' was waaay off...
makemeupkizzy 1 year ago
Interesting comments so far. I share his last name but that's about it.
jefflawford 2 years ago
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Perhaps the mystery panel could of guessed who it was if Peter stated, "I am responsible for the untimely death of Marilyn Monroe.
CloserExamination 2 years ago
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maureen ohara said that peter lawford was gay
melollylolly 2 years ago
When he was a little boy, his mother used to dress him in girls' clothes. It's one thing if you're transsexual and want to do that, but it's another thing to have your own mother do it. I think it messed him up a bit.
xander7ful 2 years ago
Peter was in the sequel to Lassie come home, Son of Lassie. he played Jim ( roddy mcdowell's part) at 17. He was in the royal force in the movie.
Tazal 2 years ago
I had never heard of this actor not until I saw the Rat Pack movie. Movie about Frank Sinatra's life. I had no idea he was english or that he was married to one of the Kennedy's.
tich302001 2 years ago
My Dad knew him.He used to work as a painter at the Carlyle Hotel, and Mr. Lawford used to stay there at the Presidential Suite.
The poor guy would drink everything that he could find.
witchman67 2 years ago
I love the tie straighten when he first sits down. Such a Rat Pack thing to do. Such a sexy man.
rocketyank 2 years ago 9
@rocketyank He did that as part of his phoney front. The lush brought nothing else to the table.
spagandtuna 1 year ago
Peter Lawford was an amazing talent. I don't think he ever had roles that were good enough for him.
I had a huge crush on him when I was a little girl in the 1970s. I didn't even know he was President Kennedy's Brother in law!
HickoryRose 2 years ago 2
He was a great talent and unfortunately underrrated
calalilygirl 2 years ago 6
Ahhh he is SO amazing!!!! *swoons*
tealdreamer91 2 years ago
Don't forget. Member of the rat pack
jens2450 2 years ago
FRENCH
cheyenne86 2 years ago
class act, super charming.
bobstheking 2 years ago
@bobstheking Peter Lawford a class act? What were you smoking? More like skid row bum who turned on his own kid to drugs. Even the Kennedys ran as far away from his as they could.
spagandtuna 1 year ago
@spagandtuna Tell me about your perfect life, huh?
bobstheking 1 year ago
@bobstheking This is about Lawford, don't try to change the subject or moralize. I've never asked you for your approval or your entertainment dollars so buzz right back into memorializing this boob if you want.
spagandtuna 1 year ago
@spagandtuna Lawford was an interesting, entertaining personality; I'm just curious about your contribution to life, other than having "tuna" as part of your user-name. I ask this with all due respect.
bobstheking 1 year ago
@bobstheking You don't ask anything with "all due respect" you deceitful little turd. You tried to take a harmless moniker and make something bad about it. But you'd be wasting your time, dolt. I've provided social services on behalf of the truly unfortunate for over twenty years. Lawford was a miserable, characterologically impaired drunk and scumbag who squandered every advantage while poisoning his own kids with drugs. Fortunately, he deservedly ended up on skid row.
spagandtuna 1 year ago
@spagandtuna Weighing 190 lbs, I'm hardly little. But how could you know that These "truly unfortunate:", were not somehow flawed in their character and deserving of your services. And if Lawford ended up "fortunately" in skid row, Would he not, at long last, deserve your compassion. I understand he was incontinent at the end. Would that get your approval?
bobstheking 1 year ago
@bobstheking He would get a professional service but no one I mean no one
would be lining up to sing praises for him, and I haven't even started on what a no talent pretty boy douchebag of an actor he was. Why don't you give up the ghost and let this idiot just disappear at long last?
spagandtuna 1 year ago
@spagandtuna Oh. let's see, lawford was ass-raped by an uncle at about age 10; His mom dressed him like a girl, (with pictures!), he was spanked ,by his mom till his early teens.. Had no formal schooling at all. As a child actor, his mom demanded his employers give her a job looking after him because he was queer.
bobstheking 1 year ago
@bobstheking Sure, and the proof of this is the shithead he became as an adult. I'm not going to argue with your account of his woes, I'm only saying he didn't really rise above because I contend his output was shit from jump and that he went as far as he could on looks and phony charm. What's the big deal? DID HE RISE ABOVE??? Nope.
spagandtuna 1 year ago
@spagandtuna He was friends and part of Sinatra's group and even survived seducing Sinatra's wife Ava Gardner. He was like a brother to JFK and Maryiln Monroe. & I'd say having good looks and good friends & I think ,real charm, is a sign of Good favor from the Deity. How do you feel about Hitler? Even he had some redeeming qualities. I think Lawford did OK
bobstheking 1 year ago
@bobstheking You use terms "friends" and "like a brother" very inappropriately. He was simply a bag man between FS and the Ks and when he was no longer useful (after the Bing Crosby thing) he was cast out because both sides knew what a prick he was. The Kennedys were stuck with him a bit longer because of the marriage but eventually he was persona non gratis with them too. I didn't even know about the Gardner thing. The more one hears the lower one's opinion of this trash gets. CTD
spagandtuna 1 year ago
@spagandtuna Lawford was the father of JFK's nieces & nephew. & if you know the K's & if you knew Sinatra jealous rage, you can count him as an a very close friend of Sinatra & Kennedy, regardless of the Crosby aspect . Sinatra & Kennedy were like brothers. "bagman" means a money go-between. All that groups life fell apart when 2 of Lawford's brothers in law got their heads blown off. That might've put an inhuman stress on anybody.
bobstheking 1 year ago
@bobstheking Hello, is anybody out there? After the Crosby fiasco, Sinatra never talked to that bum again. And Lawford was lucky that's all he did. The daeth opf the two Kennedys had nothing to do with Lawford's out status with them. It was no doubt his behavior which was below EVEN THEIR standards. Never forget this piece of shit turned on his own kid(s?)
spagandtuna 1 year ago
@bobstheking CONCL And you like Hitler's so called "redeeming qualities" too? Figures. Me, I would have deskinned him and put him into a vat of hot salty water at first site. I'm that perceptive re character. Sorry you can't hang.....
spagandtuna 1 year ago
@spagandtuna. Did you know that Hitler refrained from bombing british cities despite being bombed for 5 months by the RAF? He was also quite brave in ww1. I doubt you would've survived an encounter with him.Yes, even Hitler had some good qualities.
bobstheking 1 year ago
@bobstheking This is where you put yourself into the gutter. If there was any period in which Hitler refrained from bombing British cities, you should know humanitarianism would have had nothing to do with it. Perhaps you are still regretting Hitler's all time strategic blunder, that is, attacking Russia when he should have been solidifying his gains in Western E. Not a religious person me, but that had to have some divine connection. Please let's not speak of Hitler scum.
spagandtuna 1 year ago
@spagandtuna Sure, but Hitler did'nt smoke, drink.He did like littlle cakes and amphetamines.Was queer but persecuted queers. Was a Rothschild, but hated jews... Most of all, instead of phoney money making wars, He strived to end the sources of war for all time.
bobstheking 1 year ago
@bobstheking You have to have a point in there somewhere. From your tone, it sounds like you feel Hitler had some redeeming qualities, and like you said, he "[strove] to end [war] for all time." Have you considered requesting an increase in medication? Go get evaluated.
spagandtuna 1 year ago
@spagandtuna You mean am I bent on suicide? What's so great about living. And
humanity? We're dumb animals.Slaves to genocidal self proclaimed godlings.
Like Lawford, gonna live till I die.
bobstheking 1 year ago
@bobstheking Jeez, no, but now that you mention it... The only thing I care to take issue with was your assumption that Lawford lived it up until he died. No, he was a miserable s.o.b. who did what he did in an attempt to blot out his obvious self-contempt. He could have lived nobly but chose to live like a hedonistic, empty, bum. And so shall he be remembered. But if you stop writing back, I can go back to forgeting that this shitstain ever lived.
spagandtuna 1 year ago
@spagandtuna I love the Kennedy's but they were a tough bunch themselves and were tough on Peter. Very difficult family to marry into. From what I've heard he was a nice guy. Jack and Bobby liked him.
calalilygirl 4 months ago
@calalilygirl What about he turned his own kid on to drugs did you not understand. In the end he was an irresponsible drunk who threw away every advantage and he had many.
spagandtuna 3 months ago
@spagandtuna His wife Pat was reportedly an alcoholic herself. The Lawford children seem to have turned out okay. I've seen the son on television many times. I am not misunderstanding a thing. The father Joe Kennedy was no saint. Peter was a talented actor who did not have enough opportunities to express his talents.
calalilygirl 3 months ago
His smile is a million bucks!! Well done.
mca1218 3 years ago 3
Peter was so cute. And those dimples LOL
londonlass100 3 years ago 9
He grew up speaking both French and English, not surprising he chose that language. Loved the mention of his brother-in-law, JFK.
rexthebarker 3 years ago 19
"Who opened the French windows?" LOL.
Mr. Lawford was a very handsome and charming man indeed. I love his Cockney "alright!"
Thanks for posting.
Muirmaiden 3 years ago 34
What a smile!
winkieandleah 3 years ago 7
ok wow that was along time ago i was born in 1992 i just injoy old tv shows movies etc
thank you
shaspassren 3 years ago 3
Does anybody what year this is from.
shaspassren 3 years ago 4
This originally aired May 12 1963
CatalinaSafari73 3 years ago 10
Nope. 5/13/56, per the IMDB. Peter Lind Hayes and Eamonn Andrews were panelists that night. Joey Bishop was on the 5/12/63 panel.
44032 2 years ago
You are correct. I did a bit more research and noticed that Peter Lawford was on What's My Line more than once.
CatalinaSafari73 2 years ago
"I saw your brother-in-law, Senator Jack..." Obviously this episode predates the 1960 presidential election. I love the little glimpses of history you get casually dropped into these old episodes of What's My Line.
ParkerAllen2 3 years ago 10