Gregory Peck
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 5, 1916
- Died
- Jun 12, 2003 (aged 87)
- Place of birth
- La Jolla, California, USA
- Credits
- 145
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
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
2022Movie
Archive Footage
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
2014Movie
Self (archive footage)
Fallout
2013Movie
Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013TV
Self (archive footage)
Close Up
2012Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Curse of 'The Omen'
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
2004Movie
Self
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
Restoring Roman Holiday
2002Movie
Joe Bradley (archive footage)
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002Movie
Self / Narrator (voice)
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
2001Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001Movie
Self
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001Movie
Self
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
1999Movie
Narrator
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
1999Movie
Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999Movie
Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
1999Movie
Self
Moby Dick
1998TV
Father Mapple
Fearful Symmetry
1998Movie
Self
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996Movie
Self
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996Movie
Self (archive footage)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995Movie
Self - Presenter
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995Movie
Self
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995Movie
John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
1995Movie
Self
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995Movie
Self
The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
1994Movie
Narrator
Baseball
1994TV
(voice)
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
1993Movie
Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993Movie
Self
The Portrait
1993Movie
Gardner Church
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
1993Movie
Self - Introduction
Cape Fear
1991Movie
Lee Heller
Other People's Money
1991Movie
Andrew Jorgenson
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991Movie
Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990Movie
Self (archive footage)
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990Movie
Self
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990Movie
Self
Island of Whales
1990Movie
Narrator (voice)
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
1989Movie
Narrator
Old Gringo
1989Movie
Ambrose Bierce
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989Movie
Self (voice)
The Making of Moonwalker
1989Movie
Self
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988Movie
Self
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987Movie
President
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987Movie
Self
Directed by William Wyler
1986Movie
Self
Olympic Gala
1984Movie
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983Movie
Self
The Scarlet and the Black
1983Movie
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
The Blue and the Gray
1982TV
Abraham Lincoln
Night of 100 Stars
1982Movie
Self
Champs-Elysées
1982TV
Self
The Sea Wolves
1980Movie
Col. Lewis Pugh
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978TV
Self
Mickey's 50
1978Movie
Self
The Boys from Brazil
1978Movie
Dr. Josef Mengele
Ciné regards
1978TV
Self
MacArthur
1977Movie
Douglas MacArthur
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976Movie
Self
The Omen
1976Movie
Robert Thorn
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975TV
Self
Dinah!
1974TV
Self
Spécial cinéma
1974TV
Self
Billy Two Hats
1974Movie
Arch Deans
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973TV
Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972Movie
Self (archive footage)
Film '72
1971TV
Self
Shoot Out
1971Movie
Clay Lomax
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971TV
Self
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971TV
Self
I Walk the Line
1970Movie
Sheriff Henry Tawes
The Infinite Journey
1970Movie
Narrator
Marooned
1969Movie
Charles Keith
The Chairman
1969Movie
John Hathaway
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mackenna's Gold
1969Movie
Marshal MacKenna
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
1969Movie
Self
The Stalking Moon
1968Movie
Sam Varner
The Movie Orgy
1968Movie
Captain Ahab (archive footage)
Africa
1967Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Arabesque
1966Movie
Prof. David Pollock
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
1966Movie
Narrator
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965Movie
Self
Mirage
1965Movie
David Stillwell
Uncertain Verification
1965Movie
(archive footage)
Behold a Pale Horse
1964Movie
Manuel Artiguez
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963Movie
Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962Movie
Atticus Finch
How the West Was Won
1962Movie
Cleve Van Valen
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
Lykke og krone
1962Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cape Fear
1962Movie
Sam Bowden
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961Movie
Self (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
The Dick Powell Show
1961TV
Self - Guest Host
The Guns of Navarone
1961Movie
Capt. Keith Mallory
On the Beach
1959Movie
Dwight Towers
Beloved Infidel
1959Movie
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pork Chop Hill
1959Movie
Lt. Joe Clemons
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958Movie
Self
The Big Country
1958Movie
James McKay
The Bravados
1958Movie
Jim Douglass
Fun in the Big Country
1958Movie
Self
The Hidden World
1958Movie
Narrator
Designing Woman
1957Movie
Mike Hagen
Moby Dick
1956Movie
Captain Ahab
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956Movie
Tom Rath
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Presenter
Stars of Cabaret
1956Movie
Self (archive footage)
MGM Parade
1955TV
Self
The Purple Plain
1954Movie
Bill Forrester
Reflets de Cannes
1954TV
Self
Night People
1954Movie
Col. Steve Van Dyke
Boom on Paris
1954Movie
lui-même
The Million Pound Note
1954Movie
Henry Adams
Roman Holiday
1953Movie
Joe Bradley
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
The World in His Arms
1952Movie
Captain Jonathan Clark
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952Movie
Harry Street
David and Bathsheba
1951Movie
King David
Pictura
1951Movie
Narrator (segment "The Legend of St. Ursula") (voice)
Only the Valiant
1951Movie
Capt. Richard Lance
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951Movie
Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
The Gunfighter
1950Movie
Jimmy Ringo
Twelve O'Clock High
1949Movie
Brigadier General Frank Savage
The Art Director
1949Movie
Self - Philip Schuyler Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Great Sinner
1949Movie
Fedja
Yellow Sky
1948Movie
James "Stretch" Dawson
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
Bambi
1948TV
Self (archive footage)
The Paradine Case
1947Movie
Anthony Keane
Gentleman's Agreement
1947Movie
Philip Schuyler Green
The Macomber Affair
1947Movie
Robert Wilson
Duel in the Sun
1946Movie
Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
The Yearling
1946Movie
Ezra "Penny" Baxter
Spellbound
1945Movie
John Ballantine
The Valley of Decision
1945Movie
Paul Scott
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944Movie
Fr. Francis Chisholm
Days of Glory
1944Movie
Vladimir