Acting
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.
Movies with Gregory Peck
The Omen
1976
Cape Fear
1991
Roman Holiday
1953
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
Cape Fear
1962
How the West Was Won
1962
The Million Pound Note
1954
The Guns of Navarone
1961
The Bravados
1958
Moby Dick
1956
The Big Country
1958
Mackenna's Gold
1969
Shoot Out
1971
The Gunfighter
1950
The Boys from Brazil
1978
The Movie Orgy
1968
Duel in the Sun
1946
Spellbound
1945
On the Beach
1959
The Sea Wolves
1980
The Yearling
1946
Other People's Money
1991
I Walk the Line
1970
David and Bathsheba
1951
Gentleman's Agreement
1947
Arabesque
1966
Twelve O'Clock High
1949
Only the Valiant
1951
Marooned
1969
Close Up
2012
Pork Chop Hill
1959
Night People
1954
Billy Two Hats
1974
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956
The Stalking Moon
1968
Designing Woman
1957
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
MacArthur
1977
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
Mickey's 50
1978
The Paradine Case
1947
Mirage
1965
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
Yellow Sky
1948
The Valley of Decision
1945
Boom on Paris
1954
The Purple Plain
1954
The Great Sinner
1949
Pictura
1951
Old Gringo
1989
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
The Chairman
1969
Behold a Pale Horse
1964
The Macomber Affair
1947
Days of Glory
1944
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Directed by William Wyler
1986
The World in His Arms
1952
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
Beloved Infidel
1959
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
Lykke og krone
1962
The Portrait
1993
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Stars of Cabaret
1956
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
2015
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
The Art Director
1949
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
1999
The Making of Moonwalker
1989
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001
Uncertain Verification
1965
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995
Fun in the Big Country
1958
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
2004
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
1993
Fearful Symmetry
1998
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
1995
Fallout
2013
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
2022
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
2001
The Curse of 'The Omen'
2005
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996
The Hidden World
1958
Island of Whales
1990
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
2022
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
1969
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
2005
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
1999
Restoring Roman Holiday
2002
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
1966
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
1989
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
1999
The Infinite Journey
1970
The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
1994
Africa
1967
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
1993
TV Shows with Gregory Peck
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Spécial cinéma
1974
Champs-Elysées
1982
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Tony Awards
1956
Bambi
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
The Oscars
1953
MGM Parade
1955
Dinah!
1974
Film '72
1971
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Baseball
1994
Talking Pictures
2013
The Dick Powell Show
1961
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
Reflets de Cannes
1954
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
The Blue and the Gray
1982
Moby Dick
1998
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971