Gregory Peck
Known for Acting · 142 credits
- Born
- 1916-04-05
- Died
- 2003-06-12
- Place of birth
- La Jolla, California, USA
- Also known as
- Eldred Gregory Peck
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.
Known For
TV Shows (22)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self (archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Bambi
1948
as Self (archive footage)
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
MGM Parade
1955
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
Baseball
1994
as (voice)
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Self - Guest Host
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
The Blue and the Gray
1982
as Abraham Lincoln
Moby Dick
1998
as Father Mapple
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971
as Self
Movies (120)
Roman Holiday
1953
as Joe Bradley
The Omen
1976
as Robert Thorn
The Million Pound Note
1954
as Henry Adams
Cape Fear
1991
as Lee Heller
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
as Atticus Finch
Cape Fear
1962
as Sam Bowden
The Guns of Navarone
1961
as Capt. Keith Mallory
Only the Valiant
1951
as Capt. Richard Lance
Spellbound
1945
as John Ballantine
Moby Dick
1956
as Captain Ahab
How the West Was Won
1962
as Cleve Van Valen
Mackenna's Gold
1969
as Marshal MacKenna
Arabesque
1966
as Prof. David Pollock
The Boys from Brazil
1978
as Dr. Josef Mengele
Yellow Sky
1948
as James "Stretch" Dawson
Mirage
1965
as David Stillwell
The Yearling
1946
as Ezra "Penny" Baxter
Shoot Out
1971
as Clay Lomax
The Chairman
1969
as John Hathaway
The Big Country
1958
as James McKay
Duel in the Sun
1946
as Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
Behold a Pale Horse
1964
as Manuel Artiguez
On the Beach
1959
as Dwight Towers
David and Bathsheba
1951
as King David
Night People
1954
as Col. Steve Van Dyke
Billy Two Hats
1974
as Arch Deans
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
as Harry Street
The Sea Wolves
1980
as Col. Lewis Pugh
Marooned
1969
as Charles Keith
The Gunfighter
1950
as Jimmy Ringo
MacArthur
1977
as Douglas MacArthur
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self (voice)
The Bravados
1958
as Jim Douglass
Days of Glory
1944
as Vladimir
Other People's Money
1991
as Andrew Jorgenson
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
as Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
Gentleman's Agreement
1947
as Philip Schuyler Green
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Pork Chop Hill
1959
as Lt. Joe Clemons
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956
as Tom Rath
Twelve O'Clock High
1949
as Brigadier General Frank Savage
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Self
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Captain Ahab (archive footage)
Close Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The Valley of Decision
1945
as Paul Scott
Beloved Infidel
1959
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self
The Stalking Moon
1968
as Sam Varner
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as Self (uncredited)
The World in His Arms
1952
as Captain Jonathan Clark
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Self
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
1999
as Self
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995
as Self
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995
as Self - Presenter
The Paradine Case
1947
as Anthony Keane
I Walk the Line
1970
as Sheriff Henry Tawes
Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963
as Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
as Self
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
as Self
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
as Fr. Francis Chisholm
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The Purple Plain
1954
as Bill Forrester
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Designing Woman
1957
as Mike Hagen
The Great Sinner
1949
as Fedja
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
2004
as Self
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996
as Self (archive footage)
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
1993
as Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
Old Gringo
1989
as Ambrose Bierce
Fallout
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by William Wyler
1986
as Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
as Self (archive footage)
The Portrait
1993
as Gardner Church
The Macomber Affair
1947
as Robert Wilson
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987
as President
Lykke og krone
1962
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
as Self
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001
as Self
The Making of Moonwalker
1989
as Self
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Uncertain Verification
1965
as (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988
as Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
The Art Director
1949
as Self - Philip Schuyler Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
as John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
2015
as Self (archive footage)
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
2022
as Archive Footage
Fun in the Big Country
1958
as Self
Africa
1967
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Boom on Paris
1954
as lui-même
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996
as Self
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
as Self
Stars of Cabaret
1956
as Self (archive footage)
Island of Whales
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Pictura
1951
as Narrator (segment "The Legend of St. Ursula") (voice)
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
1969
as Self
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
1999
as Narrator
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
1989
as Narrator
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Fearful Symmetry
1998
as Self
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001
as Self
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
1966
as Narrator
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
1999
as Self
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
1993
as Himself - Introduction
The Curse of 'The Omen'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
1995
as Self
The Hidden World
1958
as Narrator
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
2001
as Self (archive footage)
The Infinite Journey
1970
as Narrator
The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
1994
as Narrator
Restoring Roman Holiday
2002
as Joe Bradley (archive footage)
About 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 Aw… With 142 credits spanning from 1944 to 2022, Gregory Peck has appeared in 120 films and 22 TV shows.
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Most Popular Gregory Peck Movies
- Roman Holiday (1953) — as Joe Bradley
- The Omen (1976) — as Robert Thorn
- The Million Pound Note (1954) — as Henry Adams
- Cape Fear (1991) — as Lee Heller
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) — as Atticus Finch
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