Gregory Peck
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 5, 1916
- Died
- June 12, 2003 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- La Jolla, California, USA
Biography
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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Filmography
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
Movie · as Archive Footage
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Fallout
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Close Up
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Curse of 'The Omen'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Movie · as Self
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Movie · as Self / Narrator (voice)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Restoring Roman Holiday
Movie · as Joe Bradley (archive footage)
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Movie · as Self
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Movie · as Self
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
Movie · as Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
Movie · as Narrator
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
Movie · as Self
Fearful Symmetry
Movie · as Self
Moby Dick
TV · as Father Mapple · 2 eps
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Movie · as Self
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Movie · as John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Movie · as Self
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
Movie · as Self
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Movie · as Self
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
Movie · as Narrator
Baseball
TV · as (voice) · 4 eps
The Portrait
Movie · as Gardner Church
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
Movie · as Self - Introduction
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Movie · as Self
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
Movie · as Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
Cape Fear
Movie · as Lee Heller
Other People's Money
Movie · as Andrew Jorgenson
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Movie · as Self
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Self
Island of Whales
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Old Gringo
Movie · as Ambrose Bierce
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
Movie · as Narrator
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Movie · as Self (voice)
The Making of Moonwalker
Movie · as Self
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Movie · as Self
Amazing Grace and Chuck
Movie · as President
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Directed by William Wyler
Movie · as Self
Olympic Gala
Movie
The Scarlet and the Black
Movie · as Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie · as Self
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
The Blue and the Gray
TV · as Abraham Lincoln · 3 eps
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Sea Wolves
Movie · as Col. Lewis Pugh
The Boys from Brazil
Movie · as Dr. Josef Mengele
Mickey's 50
Movie · as Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
MacArthur
Movie · as Douglas MacArthur
The Omen
Movie · as Robert Thorn
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Movie · as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Billy Two Hats
Movie · as Arch Deans
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Shoot Out
Movie · as Clay Lomax
The Pearl Bailey Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Film '72
TV · as Self · 4 eps
I Walk the Line
Movie · as Sheriff Henry Tawes
The Infinite Journey
Movie · as Narrator
Marooned
Movie · as Charles Keith
Mackenna's Gold
Movie · as Marshal MacKenna
The Chairman
Movie · as John Hathaway
The Extraordinary Seaman
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
Movie · as Self
The Movie Orgy
Movie · as Captain Ahab (archive footage)
The Stalking Moon
Movie · as Sam Varner
Africa
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Arabesque
Movie · as Prof. David Pollock
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
Movie · as Narrator
Mirage
Movie · as David Stillwell
Uncertain Verification
Movie · as (archive footage)
Salute to Stan Laurel
Movie · as Self
Behold a Pale Horse
Movie · as Manuel Artiguez
Captain Newman, M.D.
Movie · as Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
To Kill a Mockingbird
Movie · as Atticus Finch
Cape Fear
Movie · as Sam Bowden
How the West Was Won
Movie · as Cleve Van Valen
Lykke og krone
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Guns of Navarone
Movie · as Capt. Keith Mallory
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
The Dick Powell Show
TV · as Self - Guest Host · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
On the Beach
Movie · as Dwight Towers
Pork Chop Hill
Movie · as Lt. Joe Clemons
Beloved Infidel
Movie · as F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Big Country
Movie · as James McKay
The Bravados
Movie · as Jim Douglass
Fun in the Big Country
Movie · as Self
The Hidden World
Movie · as Narrator
The All-Star Christmas Show
Movie · as Self
Designing Woman
Movie · as Mike Hagen
Moby Dick
Movie · as Captain Ahab
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Movie · as Tom Rath
Stars of Cabaret
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
MGM Parade
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Million Pound Note
Movie · as Henry Adams
The Purple Plain
Movie · as Bill Forrester
Night People
Movie · as Col. Steve Van Dyke
Boom on Paris
Movie · as lui-même
Reflets de Cannes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Roman Holiday
Movie · as Joe Bradley
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 10 eps
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Movie · as Harry Street
The World in His Arms
Movie · as Captain Jonathan Clark
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Movie · as Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
David and Bathsheba
Movie · as King David
Only the Valiant
Movie · as Capt. Richard Lance
Pictura
Movie · as Narrator (segment "The Legend of St. Ursula") (voice)
The Gunfighter
Movie · as Jimmy Ringo
Twelve O'Clock High
Movie · as Brigadier General Frank Savage
The Great Sinner
Movie · as Fedja
The Art Director
Movie · as Self - Philip Schuyler Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
Yellow Sky
Movie · as James "Stretch" Dawson
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Bambi
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Paradine Case
Movie · as Anthony Keane
Gentleman's Agreement
Movie · as Philip Schuyler Green
The Macomber Affair
Movie · as Robert Wilson
Duel in the Sun
Movie · as Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
The Yearling
Movie · as Ezra "Penny" Baxter
Spellbound
Movie · as John Ballantine
The Valley of Decision
Movie · as Paul Scott
The Keys of the Kingdom
Movie · as Fr. Francis Chisholm
Days of Glory
Movie · as Vladimir