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