- Films
- 42
- Avg rating
- 6.36
- Peak run
- 1944’46
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Peter by the numbers
Average
6.36
27 rated films
Vote weighted
6.42
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±1.11
rating spread
Career
44y
1938 to 1981
Total votes
149K
across every film
Best
7.7
Advise & Consent
Worst
6.5
Ocean's Eleven
Newest first
Filmography
| 1981 | Body and Soul | Big Man | · | 489 |
| 1979 | Angels' Brigade | Burke | 2.3 | 2,194 |
| 1975 | Rosebud | Lord Carter | 5.2 | 1,218 |
| 1972 | They Only Kill Their Masters | Lee Campbell | 6.2 | 1,450 |
| 1970 | One More Time | Christopher Pepper | · | 623 |
| 1969 | The April Fools | Ted Gunther | 6.1 | 1,839 |
| 1969 | Hook, Line and Sinker | Scott Carter | 5.4 | 1,073 |
| 1968 | Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell | Justin Young | 6.8 | 2,204 |
| 1968 | Salt and Pepper | Christopher Pepper | · | 908 |
| 1968 | Skidoo | The Senator | 4.7 | 2,079 |
| 1966 | A Man Called Adam | Manny | · | 880 |
| 1965 | Harlow | Paul Bern | 5.5 | 1,282 |
| 1965 | Sylvia | Frederic Summers | · | 473 |
| 1963 | Dead Ringer | Tony Collins | 7.3 | 7,482 |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent | Sen. Lafe Smith | 7.7 | 8,196 |
| 1962 | Sergeants 3 | Sgt. Larry Barrett | 5.9 | 1,463 |
| 1960 |  Exodus | Maj. Caldwell | 6.7 | 13,093 |
| 1960 |  Ocean's Eleven | Jimmy Foster | 6.5 | 26,453 |
| 1959 | Never So Few | Capt. Grey Travis | 5.8 | 3,768 |
| 1954 | It Should Happen to You | Evan Adams III | 7.2 | 5,285 |
Better together?
Peter Lawford's regulars
- Sammy Davis Jr.Co-star · 4 films · 6.20 avg▼−0.10
- Frank SinatraCo-star · 4 films · 6.18 avg▼−0.24
- Janet LeighCo-star · 3 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.72
- June AllysonCo-star · 3 films · 6.95 avg▲+0.44
- Angela LansburyCo-star · 3 films · 6.50 avg▼−0.08
- Jimmy DuranteCo-star · 3 films · 6.20 avg▼−0.16
- Don WeisDirector and actor · 2 films
- Charles WaltersDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.54
- Lewis MilestoneDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.50 avg▼−0.11
- Otto PremingerDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.95 avg▼−0.59
- John SturgesDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.85 avg▼−0.66
- Gordon DouglasDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.50 avg▼−0.81
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Peter Lawford
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