Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 05, 1916
Died
Jun 12, 2003
Place of Birth
La Jolla, California, USA
Credits
145 titles
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
Filmography
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
Self (archive footage)
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
Archive Footage
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
Fallout
Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
The Curse of 'The Omen'
Self (archive footage)
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (archive footage)
Restoring Roman Holiday
Joe Bradley (archive footage)
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Self / Narrator (voice)
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Self
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Self
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
Narrator
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
Self
Moby Dick
Father Mapple
Fearful Symmetry
Self
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Self
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Presenter
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Self
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
Self
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self
The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
Narrator
Baseball
(voice)
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self
The Portrait
Gardner Church
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
Himself - Introduction
Cape Fear
Lee Heller
Other People's Money
Andrew Jorgenson
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Island of Whales
Narrator (voice)
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
Narrator
Old Gringo
Ambrose Bierce
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self (voice)
The Making of Moonwalker
Self
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self
Amazing Grace and Chuck
President
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Directed by William Wyler
Self