Gregory Peck
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.
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Credits
- 2022 · Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View as Archive Footage
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Fallout as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Close Up as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · The Curse of 'The Omen' as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Legenden: Audrey Hepburn as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand as Self
- 2002 · Edith Head: The Paramount Years as (archive footage)
- 2002 · Restoring Roman Holiday as Joe Bradley (archive footage)
- 2002 · From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff as Self / Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement' as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · The Making of 'Cape Fear' as Self
- 2001 · The Making of 'Cape Fear' as Self
- 2000 · Abendschau as Self
- 1999 · A Conversation with Gregory Peck as Self
- 1999 · Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1998 · Moby Dick as Father Mapple
- 1998 · Fearful Symmetry as Self
- 1996 · Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman as Self
- 1996 · Ingrid Bergman Remembered as Self (archive footage)
- 1995 · Sinatra: 80 Years My Way as Self - Presenter
- 1995 · Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class as Self
- 1995 · Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey as John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1995 · A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies as Self
- 1995 · Charlton Heston: For All Seasons as Self
- 1995 · Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick as Self
- 1994 · The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann as Narrator
- 1994 · Baseball as Various (voice)
- 1993 · The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue as Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
- 1993 · Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self
- 1993 · The Portrait as Gardner Church
- 1993 · Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words as Himself - Introduction
- 1991 · Cape Fear as Lee Heller
- 1991 · Other People's Money as Andrew Jorgenson
- 1991 · Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Anthony Quinn: An Original as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self
- 1990 · Star Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 1989 · Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren as Narrator
- 1989 · Old Gringo as Ambrose Bierce
- 1988 · Gregory Peck: His Own Man as Self
- 1987 · Amazing Grace and Chuck as President
- 1987 · Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1986 · Directed by William Wyler as Self
- 1983 · The Scarlet and the Black as Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
- 1982 · The Blue and the Gray as Abraham Lincoln
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1980 · The Sea Wolves as Col. Lewis Pugh
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1978 · The Boys from Brazil as Dr. Josef Mengele
- 1977 · MacArthur as Douglas MacArthur
- 1976 · The Omen as Robert Thorn
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1974 · Billy Two Hats as Arch Deans
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1973 · The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 · Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1971 · Shoot Out as Clay Lomax
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1971 · The Pearl Bailey Show as Self
- 1970 · I Walk the Line as Sheriff Henry Tawes
- 1969 · Marooned as Charles Keith
- 1969 · The Chairman as John Hathaway
- 1969 · Mackenna's Gold as Marshal MacKenna
- 1968 · The Stalking Moon as Sam Varner
- 1968 · The Movie Orgy as Captain Ahab (archive footage)
- 1967 · Africa as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1966 · Arabesque as Prof. David Pollock
- 1966 · John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums as Narrator
- 1965 · Salute to Stan Laurel as Self
- 1965 · Mirage as David Stillwell
- 1965 · Uncertain Verification as (archive footage)
- 1965 · The Love Goddesses as (archive footage)
- 1964 · Behold a Pale Horse as Manuel Artiguez
- 1963 · Captain Newman, M.D. as Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
- 1962 · To Kill a Mockingbird as Atticus Finch
- 1962 · How the West Was Won as Cleve Van Valen
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · Cape Fear as Sam Bowden
- 1961 · Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self (uncredited)
- 1961 · The Dick Powell Show as Self - Guest Host
- 1961 · The Guns of Navarone as Capt. Keith Mallory
- 1959 · On the Beach as Dwight Towers
- 1959 · Beloved Infidel as F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 1959 · Pork Chop Hill as Lt. Joe Clemons
- 1958 · The Big Country as James McKay
- 1958 · The Bravados as Jim Douglass
- 1958 · The Hidden World as Narrator
- 1958 · Fun in the Big Country as Self
- 1957 · Designing Woman as Mike Hagen
- 1956 · Moby Dick as Captain Ahab
- 1956 · The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit as Tom Rath
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1956 · Stars of Cabaret as Self (archive footage)
- 1954 · The Purple Plain as Bill Forrester
- 1954 · Reflets de Cannes as Self
- 1954 · Night People as Col. Steve Van Dyke
- 1954 · Boom on Paris as Self
- 1954 · The Million Pound Note as Henry Adams
- 1953 · Roman Holiday as Joe Bradley
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · The World in His Arms as Captain Jonathan Clark
- 1952 · The Snows of Kilimanjaro as Harry Street
- 1951 · David and Bathsheba as King David
- 1951 · Pictura as Narrator: Carpaccio episode (voice)
- 1951 · Only the Valiant as Capt. Richard Lance
- 1951 · Captain Horatio Hornblower as Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
- 1950 · The Gunfighter as Jimmy Ringo
- 1949 · Twelve O'Clock High as Brigadier General Frank Savage
- 1949 · The Art Director as Self - Philip Schuyler Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1949 · The Great Sinner as Fedja
- 1948 · Yellow Sky as James "Stretch" Dawson
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (archive footage)
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self (archive footage)
- 1947 · The Paradine Case as Anthony Keane
- 1947 · Gentleman's Agreement as Philip Schuyler Green
- 1947 · The Macomber Affair as Robert Wilson
- 1946 · Duel in the Sun as Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
- 1946 · The Yearling as Ezra "Penny" Baxter
- 1945 · Spellbound as John Ballantine
- 1945 · The Valley of Decision as Paul Scott
- 1944 · The Keys of the Kingdom as Fr. Francis Chisholm
- 1944 · Days of Glory as Vladimir