Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford was a British-American actor. He was a member of the "Rat Pack" and the brother-in-law of US 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. Lawford's first leading role came in Son of Lassie (1945), a big hit. He then starred in Two Sisters from Boston (1946) which was also very popular. He won a Modern Screen magazine readers' poll as the most popular actor in Hollywood of 1946. Lawford made My Brother Talks to Horses (1947), It Happened in Brooklyn (1947), which also starred Frank Sinatra, On an Island with You (1948)  with Esther Williams', Easter Parade (1948) with Fred Astaire and Judy Garland, Julia Misbehaves (1948), Little Women (1949) with Elizabeth Taylor, Please Believe Me (1950) with Deborah Kerr.  Royal Wedding (1951) with Jane Powell and Fred Astaire and Just This Once (1952) with Janet Leigh.

Lawford's first film after Metro released him and several other players from their contracts was the comedy It Should Happen to You (1954), wherein he starred alongside Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon.