Gregory Peck
Acting
Born: April 5, 1916 · La Jolla, California, USA
Died: June 12, 2003 (aged 87)
Highest Rated
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
Cape Fear
1991
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
The Omen
1976
Roman Holiday
1953
Spellbound
1945
The Guns of Navarone
1961
Cape Fear
1962
How the West Was Won
1962
Moby Dick
1956
The Boys from Brazil
1978
The Big Country
1958
Gentleman's Agreement
1947
Photos (15)
Movies (70)
Roman Holiday
Joe Bradley
Cape Fear
Lee Heller
To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus Finch
The Omen
Robert Thorn
The Guns of Navarone
Capt. Keith Mallory
How the West Was Won
Cleve Van Valen
Moby Dick
Captain Ahab
The Million Pound Note
Henry Adams
Spellbound
John Ballantine
Cape Fear
Sam Bowden
The Boys from Brazil
Dr. Josef Mengele
On the Beach
Dwight Towers
The Big Country
James McKay
Mackenna's Gold
Marshal MacKenna
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Harry Street
Duel in the Sun
Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
The Gunfighter
Jimmy Ringo
Marooned
Charles Keith
Twelve O'Clock High
Brigadier General Frank Savage
The Scarlet and the Black
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
The Keys of the Kingdom
Fr. Francis Chisholm
The Paradine Case
Anthony Keane
The Bravados
Jim Douglass
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
The Sea Wolves
Col. Lewis Pugh
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Pork Chop Hill
Lt. Joe Clemons
Gentleman's Agreement
Philip Schuyler Green
Other People's Money
Andrew Jorgenson
Mirage
David Stillwell
Billy Two Hats
Arch Deans
Arabesque
Prof. David Pollock
Shoot Out
Clay Lomax
The Purple Plain
Bill Forrester
Yellow Sky
James "Stretch" Dawson
David and Bathsheba
King David
Night People
Col. Steve Van Dyke
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Tom Rath
The Valley of Decision
Paul Scott
Only the Valiant
Capt. Richard Lance
The Stalking Moon
Sam Varner
The Yearling
Ezra "Penny" Baxter
The Movie Orgy
Captain Ahab (archive footage)
Beloved Infidel
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Captain Newman, M.D.
Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
Designing Woman
Mike Hagen
The Great Sinner
Fedja
I Walk the Line
Sheriff Henry Tawes
Lykke og krone
1962
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Chairman
John Hathaway
The World in His Arms
Captain Jonathan Clark
Pictura
Narrator (segment "The Legend of St. Ursula") (voice)
Behold a Pale Horse
Manuel Artiguez
Old Gringo
Ambrose Bierce
The Macomber Affair
Robert Wilson
Days of Glory
Vladimir
Amazing Grace and Chuck
President
The Portrait
Gardner Church
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
Archive Footage
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
Boom on Paris
lui-même
Restoring Roman Holiday
Joe Bradley (archive footage)
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
Narrator
Island of Whales
Narrator (voice)
Uncertain Verification
(archive footage)
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
Narrator
The Hidden World
Narrator
The Infinite Journey
Narrator
The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
Narrator
TV Shows (3)
Self / Appearances (61)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
Ciné regards
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Spécial cinéma
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 10 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 1 eps
Bambi
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Dinah!
Self · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 6 eps
MGM Parade
Self · 1 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · 2 eps
The Dick Powell Show
Self - Guest Host · 1 eps
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 3 eps
Reflets de Cannes
Self · 1 eps
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
Directed by William Wyler
Self
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Presenter
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self (uncredited)
The Making of Moonwalker
Self
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self
The Extraordinary Seaman
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Self
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
Self
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Self
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self (archive footage)
Mickey's 50
Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
Self (archive footage)
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
Self
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Self
The Art Director
Self - Philip Schuyler Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Self
The Curse of 'The Omen'
Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
Self (archive footage)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
Fun in the Big Country
Self
Stars of Cabaret
Self (archive footage)
Fearful Symmetry
Self
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
Self (archive footage)
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Self / Narrator (voice)
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Self
Fallout
Self (archive footage)
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
Self
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
Himself - Introduction
Producing (9)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Producer
The Big Country
Producer
Pork Chop Hill
Executive Producer
Captain Newman, M.D.
Producer
Behold a Pale Horse
Producer
The Macomber Affair
Co-Producer
The Dove
Producer
The Portrait
Executive Producer
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
Producer