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Peter Lee Lawrence (born Karl Hyrenbach, 21 February 1944 – 20 April 1974) was a German actor and a citizen of France. He enjoyed brief fame as a prolific leading man of
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before dying at the age of 30.


Biography

Lawrence lived in
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s under the name Pierre Clément. His first notable film role was a small, uncredited, but important appearance as the brother-in-law of
Lee Van Cleef Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 film and television roles in a career spanning nearly 40 years, but is best known as a star of spaghetti Westerns, particularly t ...
in ''
For a Few Dollars More ''For a Few Dollars More'' () is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as bounty hunters and Gian Maria Volonté as the primary villain. Klaus Kinski plays a supporting role as a se ...
''. From then on he went on to star in 16 more Spaghetti Westerns from 1967 to 1973. He was also credited in several of these films as Arthur Grant. Some of these films were hits in Europe including '' Killer Caliber .32'' (1967), '' Day of Violence'' (1967), ''
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'' (1967), '' The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid'' (1967), ''
Killer Adios ''Killer Adios'' (also known as ''Killer Goodbye'', ''Winchester Justice'' and ''Winchester One of One Thousand'') is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Primo Zeglio. Cast * Peter Lee Lawrence: Jess Bryan * Rosalba Neri: Fanny Endes ...
'' (1968). He was a particularly popular actor in
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. In 1971, Lawrence had a supporting role in ''
Black Beauty ''Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse'' is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was written from a horse as main character's perspective. She wrote it in the last years of her life, during which s ...
''. He continued acting until his death. He had 30 film credits in his nine-year career. He played Carlos on '' Los Caballeros del Botón de Ancla'' (1974), his last credited appearance.


Death

He met actress
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during the filming of '' Dove si spara di più'' in 1967, and they married two years later on 30 July 1969, remaining married until his death. In 1972 Lawrence began suffering from headaches. Once filming finished on '' Los Caballeros del Botón de Ancla'', he was admitted to the Foundation Jimenez Diaz Hospital in Madrid, where he was operated on. The surgery was a success, but the biopsy report revealed it was
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. He moved to Zurich, where he began both chemo and radium treatment. On 25 March 1974 Lawrence was admitted to the Villa Stuart Clinic in Rome with severe stomach pains. He died on 20 April 1974, at 3:10 in the morning, from a
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.


Filmography

* ''
For a Few Dollars More ''For a Few Dollars More'' () is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as bounty hunters and Gian Maria Volonté as the primary villain. Klaus Kinski plays a supporting role as a se ...
'' (1965) - Mortimer's Brother-in-Law (uncredited) * ''
Fury of Johnny Kid ''Fury of Johnny Kid'' (, , also known as ''Ultimate Gunfighter'') is a 1967 Italian-Spanish film directed by Gianni Puccini. The Italian and Spanish versions of the film have different endings. The film is a Spaghetti Western version of William ...
'' (1967) - Johnny Mounters * ''
I'll Kill Him and Return Alone ''I'll Kill Him and Return Alone'' (''The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid''; ''A Few Bullets More''; ) is a 1967 Spanish drama-Western film directed by Julio Buchs, written by Lucio Fulci, composed by Gianni Ferrio and starring Peter Lee Lawrence, ...
'' (1967) - William 'Billy the Kid' Bonney * '' Killer Caliber .32'' (1967) - Silver * '' Day of Violence'' (1967) - Johs Lee * ''
Killer Adios ''Killer Adios'' (also known as ''Killer Goodbye'', ''Winchester Justice'' and ''Winchester One of One Thousand'') is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Primo Zeglio. Cast * Peter Lee Lawrence: Jess Bryan * Rosalba Neri: Fanny Endes ...
'' (1968) - Jess Bryan * '' Hell in Normandy Testa di sbarco per otto implacabili'' (1968) - Lt. Strobel * ''
Pistol for a Hundred Coffins ''Pistol for a Hundred Coffins'' (, (''The Taste of Hate''), also known as ''A Gun for One Hundred Graves'' and ''Vengeance'') is a 1968 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Peter Lee Lawrence ...
'' (1968) - Jim Slade * ''
Uno a uno, sin piedad ''One by One'' () is a 1968 western film directed by Rafael R. Marchent, scored by Elsio Mancuso and starring Peter Lee Lawrence, William Bogart, Dianik Zurakowska, Eduardo Fajardo, Cris Huerta and Sidney Chaplin. Cast Release ''One By On ...
'' (1968) - Bill 'Chico' Grayson * '' Death on High Mountain'' (1969) - Loring Vandervelt * ''Tiempos de Chicago'' (1969) - Erik * '' Garringo'' (1969) - Johnny * ''La furia dei Khyber'' (1970) - Sergeant Cullen * ''
Manos torpes ''Awkward Hands'' () is a 1970 Spanish western film directed by Rafael Romero Marchent, written by Santiago Moncada and Joaquín Romero Hernández, and starring Peter Lee Lawrence, Alberto de Mendoza and Pilar Velázquez Pilar Velázquez (bo ...
'' (1970) - Peter Cushmich * '' Sabata the Killer'' (1970) - Peter * '' More Dollars for the MacGregors'' (1970) - Robert McGregor / Blondie * ''
Black Beauty ''Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse'' is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was written from a horse as main character's perspective. She wrote it in the last years of her life, during which s ...
'' (1971) - Gervaise * '' Four Gunmen of the Holy Trinity'' (1971) - George * '' Raise Your Hands, Dead Man, You're Under Arrest'' (1971) - Sando Kid * '' Un dólar de recompensa'' (1972) - Danny Lom * ''Tarzán y el arco iris'' (1972) - Richard * ''Arizona Kid'' (1972) - Garringo / Arizona * '' Long Arm of the Godfather'' (1972) - Vincenzo - 'Raffica' * ''Il mio corpo con rabbia'' (1972) - Paolo * ''Amore e morte nel giardino degli dei'' (1972) - Manfredi * '' God in Heaven... Arizona on Earth'' (1972) - Garringo/Arizona * ''Mia moglie, un corpo per l'amore'' (1973) - Marco Santi * ''Giorni d'amore sul filo di una lama'' (1973) - Stefano Bruni * ''Il bacio di una morta'' (1974) - Andrea Valverde * ''Los caballeros del botón de ancla'' (1974) - Carlos Corbián (final film role)


References


External links

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Spaghetti Western Database Entry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lawrence, Peter Lee 1944 births 1974 deaths German male film actors People from Lindau Male Spaghetti Western actors 20th-century German male actors Male actors from Bavaria Male actors from Nice, France Male actors from Rome Deaths from glioblastoma