Peter Rawley, a longtime ICM talent agent who repped Richard Dreyfuss, Richard Gere and Faye Dunaway and also was head of European production for MGM and a successful indie producer, died January 3. He was 85
His passing was confirmed by his wife of 33 years, filmmaker Betty Kaplan, who did not give a cause of death.Working in Los Angeles and London, Rawley played a key role in expanding ICM’s operations worldwide, building businesses directly or through affiliates in China, Latin America, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and elsewhere in Europe.
Rawley was born in 1938 in London and earned his B.A. and master’s degrees from Oxford University. After producing theater, he joined CMA in 1966, where he became Managing Director of the London office and then Head of European Operations., starring Sean Connery. The first film about an airline hijacking, it later released by 20th Century Fox asThen Hollywood called. In 1978, he returned to ICM as EVP and Head of International Operations.
Rawley participated in many seminars, most recently in Australia and at the Bombay Film Festival, and was an adviser to the Moscow International Film Festival and on the U.S. Committee of the British Film Office. In 1992, he was honored by King Juan Carlos of Spain and is an Officer of the Civil Order of Merit.
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