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  • BIRTH 05/04/1916
  • DEATH 12/06/2003
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 4
  • MOVIES 55
  • PRODUCTION 5

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.

Gregory Peck

Shows (4)

The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
Self
Baseball
Baseball
Various (voice)
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
The Blue and the Gray
The Blue and the Gray
Abraham Lincoln

Movies (55)

Cape Fear
Cape Fear
Lee Heller
Roman Holiday
Roman Holiday
Joe Bradley
The Omen
The Omen
Robert Thorn
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus Finch
The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone
Capt. Keith Mallory
Spellbound
Spellbound
John Ballantine
Pork Chop Hill
Pork Chop Hill
Lt. Joe Clemons
The Boys from Brazil
The Boys from Brazil
Dr. Josef Mengele
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
Sam Bowden
The Sea Wolves
The Sea Wolves
Col. Lewis Pugh
The Big Country
The Big Country
James McKay
Mackenna's Gold
Mackenna's Gold
Marshal MacKenna
Twelve O'Clock High
Twelve O'Clock High
Brigadier General Frank Savage
Duel in the Sun
Duel in the Sun
Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
Shoot Out
Shoot Out
Clay Lomax
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
Cleve Van Valen
Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement
Philip Schuyler Green
Billy Two Hats
Billy Two Hats
Arch Deans
Captain Newman, M.D.
Captain Newman, M.D.
Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
The Chairman
The Chairman
John Hathaway
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
The Stalking Moon
The Stalking Moon
Sam Varner
Arabesque
Arabesque
Prof. David Pollock
Yellow Sky
Yellow Sky
James "Stretch" Dawson
Other People's Money
Other People's Money
Andrew Jorgenson
Only the Valiant
Only the Valiant
Capt. Richard Lance
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Tom Rath
The Yearling
The Yearling
Ezra "Penny" Baxter
The Bravados
The Bravados
Jim Douglass
Mirage
Mirage
David Stillwell
Days of Glory
Days of Glory
Vladimir
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Harry Street
Designing Woman
Designing Woman
Mike Hagen
On the Beach
On the Beach
Dwight Towers
The Scarlet and the Black
The Scarlet and the Black
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese…
Self
Moby Dick
Moby Dick
Captain Ahab
The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter
Jimmy Ringo
The Paradine Case
The Paradine Case
Anthony Keane
Marooned
Marooned
Charles Keith
The Curse of 'The Omen'
The Curse of 'The Omen'
Self (archive footage)
The Purple Plain
The Purple Plain
Bill Forrester
The Great Sinner
The Great Sinner
Fedja
The Million Pound Note
The Million Pound Note
Henry Adams
Night People
Night People
Col. Steve Van Dyke
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
Self (archive footage)
I Walk the Line
I Walk the Line
Sheriff Henry Tawes
Amazing Grace and Chuck
Amazing Grace and Chuck
President
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the…
Self
David and Bathsheba
David and Bathsheba
King David
Behold a Pale Horse
Behold a Pale Horse
Manuel Artiguez
The World in His Arms
The World in His Arms
Captain Jonathan Clark
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self
The Keys of the Kingdom
The Keys of the Kingdom
Fr. Francis Chisholm
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
Self

Production (5)

To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Big Country
The Big Country
Pork Chop Hill
Pork Chop Hill
Captain Newman, M.D.
Captain Newman, M.D.
The Dove
The Dove