Lawrence graduated from West Point in 1943, and served as a First Lieutenant and then Captain in the United States Fifth Army in World War II.
[3] After splitting with Geiger in 1946 and resigning his commission in 1947, Lawrence took jobs with RKO Pictures and NBC News and served as vice-president in charge of Eastern operations for Jerry Fairbanks Productions.
In 1965, Lawrence decided to bring the Marvel Comics characters to TV through an animated series to be produced by Grantray-Lawrence.
Grantray-Lawrence also did sub-contracted work on Top Cat, The Jetsons, The Dick Tracy Show, and The Famous Adventures of Mr.
In 1971, Lawrence helped his wife Marjorie open The Pillowry, the first store to make handmade pillows from Oriental rug fragments.