Gregory Peck
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieGregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieTo Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
2022
Archive Footage
movieThe Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
Self (archive)
movieDiscovering Audrey Hepburn
2015
Self (archive footage)
movieFallout
2013
Self (archive footage)
tvTalking Pictures
2013
Self (archive footage)
movieClose Up
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Curse of 'The Omen'
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieLegenden: Audrey Hepburn
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieEdith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieRestoring Roman Holiday
2002
Joe Bradley (archive footage)
movieFrom Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002
Self / Narrator (voice)
movieBackstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
2001
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
Self (archive footage)
tvMoby Dick
1998
Father Mapple
movieIngrid Bergman Remembered
1996
Self (archive footage)
movieSinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995
Self - Presenter
movieTheremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvBaseball
1994
(voice)
movieThe Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
1993
Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
movieThe Portrait
1993
Gardner Church
movieAudrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
1993
Himself - Introduction
movieCape Fear
1991
Lee Heller
movieOther People's Money
1991
Andrew Jorgenson
movieRobert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
Self (archive footage)
movieAnthony Quinn: An Original
1990
Self (archive footage)
movieIsland of Whales
1990
Narrator (voice)
movieOld Gringo
1989
Ambrose Bierce
movieAmazing Grace and Chuck
1987
President
movieThe Scarlet and the Black
1983
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
tvThe Blue and the Gray
1982
Abraham Lincoln
movieThe Sea Wolves
1980
Col. Lewis Pugh
movieThe Boys from Brazil
1978
Dr. Josef Mengele
movieMacArthur
1977
Douglas MacArthur
movieThe Omen
1976
Robert Thorn
tvDinah!
1974
Self
movieBilly Two Hats
1974
Arch Deans
movieThe Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Self (archive footage)
movieShoot Out
1971
Clay Lomax
movieI Walk the Line
1970
Sheriff Henry Tawes
movieThe Infinite Journey
1970
Narrator
movieMarooned
1969
Charles Keith
movieThe Chairman
1969
John Hathaway
movieThe Extraordinary Seaman
1969
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieMackenna's Gold
1969
Marshal MacKenna
movieThe Stalking Moon
1968
Sam Varner
movieThe Movie Orgy
1968
Captain Ahab (archive footage)
Africa
1967
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieArabesque
1966
Prof. David Pollock
movieMirage
1965
David Stillwell
movieUncertain Verification
1965
(archive footage)
movieBehold a Pale Horse
1964
Manuel Artiguez
movieCaptain Newman, M.D.
1963
Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
movieTo Kill a Mockingbird
1962
Atticus Finch
movieHow the West Was Won
1962
Cleve Van Valen
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self / Self (archive footage)
movieCape Fear
1962
Sam Bowden
movieHollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
Self (uncredited)
tvThe Dick Powell Show
1961
Self - Guest Host
movieThe Guns of Navarone
1961
Capt. Keith Mallory
movieOn the Beach
1959
Dwight Towers
movieBeloved Infidel
1959
F. Scott Fitzgerald
moviePork Chop Hill
1959
Lt. Joe Clemons
movieThe Big Country
1958
James McKay
movieThe Bravados
1958
Jim Douglass
movieThe Hidden World
1958
Narrator
movieDesigning Woman
1957
Mike Hagen
movieMoby Dick
1956
Captain Ahab
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Presenter
movieStars of Cabaret
1956
Self (archive footage)
tvMGM Parade
1955
Self
movieThe Purple Plain
1954
Bill Forrester
movieNight People
1954
Col. Steve Van Dyke
movieBoom on Paris
1954
lui-même
movieThe Million Pound Note
1954
Henry Adams
movieRoman Holiday
1953
Joe Bradley
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
movieThe World in His Arms
1952
Captain Jonathan Clark
movieThe Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
Harry Street
movieDavid and Bathsheba
1951
King David
moviePictura
1951
Narrator (segment "The Legend of St. Ursula") (voice)
movieOnly the Valiant
1951
Capt. Richard Lance
movieCaptain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
movieThe Gunfighter
1950
Jimmy Ringo
movieTwelve O'Clock High
1949
Brigadier General Frank Savage
movieThe Art Director
1949
Self - Philip Schuyler Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieYellow Sky
1948
James "Stretch" Dawson
tvBambi
1948
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Paradine Case
1947
Anthony Keane
movieGentleman's Agreement
1947
Philip Schuyler Green
movieThe Macomber Affair
1947
Robert Wilson
movieDuel in the Sun
1946
Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
movieThe Yearling
1946
Ezra "Penny" Baxter
movieSpellbound
1945
John Ballantine
movieThe Valley of Decision
1945
Paul Scott
movieThe Keys of the Kingdom
1944
Fr. Francis Chisholm
movieDays of Glory
1944
Vladimir
Production9
movieThe Portrait
1993
Executive Producer
movieThe Dove
1974
Producer
movieBehold a Pale Horse
1964
Producer
movieCaptain Newman, M.D.
1963
Producer
movieTo Kill a Mockingbird
1962
Producer
moviePork Chop Hill
1959
Executive Producer
movieThe Big Country
1958
Producer
movieThe Macomber Affair
1947
Co-Producer