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