Gregory Peck
Acting
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.
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
as Self (archive footage)
Age 106 (now 87)
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
as Archive Footage
Age 106 (now 87)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)
Age 99 (now 87)
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)
Age 89 (now 87)
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
as Self
Age 87
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as Self (archive footage)
Age 86 (now 87)
Restoring Roman Holiday
as Joe Bradley (archive footage)
Age 86 (now 87)
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Age 86 (now 87)
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
as Self (archive footage)
Age 85 (now 87)
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
as Narrator
Age 83 (now 87)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Age 82 (now 87)Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
as Self
Age 82 (now 87)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
Age 80 (now 87)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 79 (now 87)
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
as Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
Age 77 (now 87)
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
as Himself - Introduction
Age 76 (now 87)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self (archive footage)
Age 74 (now 87)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
Age 74 (now 87)Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
Age 74 (now 87)Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
Age 73 (now 87)
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
as Narrator
Age 73 (now 87)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self (voice)
Age 73 (now 87)
The Scarlet and the Black
as Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
Age 66 (now 87)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)
Age 56 (now 87)
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
Producer
Age 56 (now 87)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Age 55 (now 87)
The Extraordinary Seaman
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 53 (now 87)
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
as Narrator
Age 50 (now 87)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
Age 45 (now 87)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Tom Rath
Age 40 (now 87)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
as Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
Age 35 (now 87)
The Art Director
as Self - Philip Schuyler Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 33 (now 87)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
Age 56 (now 87)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self (archive footage)
Age 46 (now 87) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Age 46 (now 87)
Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Eldred Gregory Peck
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