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Gregory Peck

Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema. After studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner, Peck began appearing in stage productions, acting in over 50 plays and three Broadway productions. He first gained critical success in The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), a John M. Stahl–directed drama which earned him his first Academy Award nomination. He starred in a series of successful films, including romantic-drama The Valley of Decision (1944), Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945), and family film The Yearling (1946). He encountered lukewarm commercial reviews at the end of the 1940s, his performances including The Paradine Case (1947) and The Great Sinner (1948). Peck reached global recognition in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing back-to-back in the book-to-film adaptation of Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) and biblical drama David and Bathsheba (1951). He starred alongside Ava Gardner in The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) and Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday (1953), which earned Peck a Golden Globe award. Other notable films in which he appeared include Moby Dick (1956, and its 1998 mini-series), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Cape Fear (1962, and its 1991 remake), The Omen (1976), and The Boys from Brazil (1978). Throughout his career, he often portrayed protagonists with "fiber" within a moral setting. Gentleman's Agreement (1947) centered on topics of antisemitism, while Peck's character in Twelve O'Clock High (1949) dealt with post-traumatic stress disorder during World War II. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), an adaptation of the modern classic of the same name which revolved around racial inequality, for which he received universal acclaim. In 1983, he starred opposite Christopher Plummer in The Scarlet and The Black as Hugh O'Flaherty, a Catholic priest who saved thousands of escaped Allied POWs and Jewish people in Rome during the Second World War. Peck was also active in politics, challenging the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 and was regarded as a political opponent by President Richard Nixon. President Lyndon B. Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. Peck died in his sleep from bronchopneumonia at the age of 87.


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Born:
Apr 5, 1916 In La Jolla, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
83
First Appeared:
In the movie Days of Glory 1944-06-16
Latest Project:
Movie Becoming Al Pacino 2022-02-06
Known For
Filmography
Movie Becoming Al Pacino Self (archive footage) 2022-02-06
Movie Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited) 2015-08-27
Movie Trumbo Joe Bradley (archive footage) (uncredited) 2015-10-27
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014-02-01
Series Talking Pictures Self (archive footage) 2013-01-05
Movie Fallout Self (archive footage) 2013-07-26
Movie Close Up Self (archive footage) 2012-09-30
Movie Gravity Himself (archive footage) 2006-01-01
Movie From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff Self / Narrator (voice) 2002-08-25
Movie Edith Head: The Paramount Years (archive footage) 2002-11-26
Movie Restoring Roman Holiday Joe Bradley (archive footage) 2002-11-26
Movie The Making of 'Cape Fear' Self 2001-09-18
Movie Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood Self (archive footage) 1999-01-23
Movie Fearful Symmetry Self 1998-01-01
Movie Ingrid Bergman Remembered Self (archive footage) 1996-04-06
Movie Sinatra: 80 Years My Way Presenter 1995-12-14
Series Baseball Various (voice) 1994-09-18
Movie The Portrait Gardner Church 1993-02-13
Movie The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue Mr. Ziegfeld (voice) 1993-11-26
Movie Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star Self (archive footage) 1991-03-10
Movie Other People's Money Andrew Jorgenson 1991-10-18
Movie Cape Fear Lee Heller 1991-11-13
Movie Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration Self 1990-02-04
Movie Old Gringo Ambrose Bierce 1989-09-13
Movie Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren Narrator 1989-12-01
Movie Amazing Grace and Chuck President 1987-05-22
Movie The Witching Hour (archive footage) 1985-11-04
Movie Terror in the Aisles Robert Thorn (Archive Footage) 1984-10-26
Movie The Scarlet and the Black Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty 1983-02-02
Movie Night of 100 Stars Self 1982-03-08
Movie The Sea Wolves Col. Lewis Pugh 1980-07-03
Movie The Boys from Brazil Dr. Josef Mengele 1978-10-05
Series The Kennedy Center Honors Self 1978-12-28
Movie MacArthur Douglas MacArthur 1977-07-15
Movie The Omen Robert Thorn 1976-06-25
Movie Billy Two Hats Arch Deans 1974-03-07
Movie Shoot Out Clay Lomax 1971-07-02
Movie I Walk the Line Sheriff Henry Tawes 1970-11-18
Movie Mackenna's Gold Marshal MacKenna 1969-03-18
Movie The Chairman John Hathaway 1969-06-25
Movie Marooned Charles Keith 1969-12-11
Movie The Movie Orgy Captain Ahab (archive footage) 1968-01-01
Movie The Stalking Moon Sam Varner 1968-12-25
Movie Africa Self - Narrator (voice) 1967-09-10
Movie Arabesque Prof. David Pollock 1966-05-04
Movie Uncertain Verification (archive footage) 1965-04-30
Movie Mirage David Stillwell 1965-10-29
Movie Behold a Pale Horse Manuel Artiguez 1964-08-14
Movie Cape Fear Sam Bowden 1962-04-12
Series The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self 1962-10-01
Movie How the West Was Won Cleve Van Valen 1962-11-02
Movie To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus Finch 1962-12-20
Movie The Guns of Navarone Capt. Keith Mallory 1961-04-27
Movie Pork Chop Hill Lt. Joe Clemons 1959-05-29
Movie Beloved Infidel F. Scott Fitzgerald 1959-11-17
Movie On the Beach Dwight Towers 1959-12-16
Movie The Bravados Jim Douglass 1958-06-25
Movie The Big Country James McKay 1958-09-30
Movie Designing Woman Mike Hagen 1957-05-16
Movie The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Tom Rath 1956-04-12
Movie Moby Dick Captain Ahab 1956-06-27
Movie The Million Pound Note Henry Adams 1954-01-07
Movie Night People Col. Steve Van Dyke 1954-03-11
Movie The Purple Plain Bill Forrester 1954-09-14
Movie Roman Holiday Joe Bradley 1953-08-26
Movie The World in His Arms Captain Jonathan Clark 1952-10-09
Movie Captain Horatio Hornblower Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N 1951-04-10
Movie Only the Valiant Capt. Richard Lance 1951-04-13
Movie Pictura Narrator: Carpaccio episode (voice) 1951-06-01
Movie The Gunfighter Jimmy Ringo 1950-06-23
Movie The Great Sinner Fedja 1949-06-29
Movie Twelve O'Clock High Brigadier General Frank Savage 1949-12-21
Series The Ed Sullivan Show Self (archive footage) 1948-06-20
Movie Yellow Sky James "Stretch" Dawson 1948-12-24
Movie The Macomber Affair Robert Wilson 1947-04-20
Movie Gentleman's Agreement Philip Schuyler Green 1947-11-11
Movie The Paradine Case Anthony Keane 1947-12-31
Movie The Yearling Ezra "Penny" Baxter 1946-12-18
Movie Duel in the Sun Lewton "Lewt" MacCanles 1946-12-31
Movie The Valley of Decision Paul Scott 1945-05-03
Movie Spellbound John Ballantine 1945-11-08
Movie Days of Glory Vladimir 1944-06-16
Movie The Keys of the Kingdom Fr. Francis Chisholm 1944-12-15
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