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