Gregory Peck
Born
April 5, 1916
Died
June 12, 2003 (87 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
La Jolla, California, USA
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.
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
Self (archive footage)
2022
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
Archive Footage
2022
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
2014
Fallout
Self (archive footage)
2013
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2013
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012
The Curse of 'The Omen'
Self (archive footage)
2005
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
2005
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
2004
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
(archive footage)
2002
Restoring Roman Holiday
Joe Bradley (archive footage)
2002
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Self / Narrator (voice)
2002
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
Self (archive footage)
2001
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Self
2001
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Self
2001
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
Narrator
1999
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
Self
1999
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1999
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
Self
1999
Moby Dick
Father Mapple · (2 episodes)
1998
Fearful Symmetry
Self
1998
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Self
1996
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self (archive footage)
1996
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Presenter
1995
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Self
1995
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
Self
1995
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self
1995
The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
Narrator
1994
Baseball
(voice) · (4 episodes)
1994
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self
1993
The Portrait
Gardner Church
1993
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
Himself - Introduction
1993
Cape Fear
Lee Heller
1991
Other People's Money
Andrew Jorgenson
1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self (archive footage)
1991
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
1990
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Self
1990
Island of Whales
Narrator (voice)
1990
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
Narrator
1989
Old Gringo
Ambrose Bierce
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Himself
1989
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self
1988
The Making of Moonwalker
Self
1988
Amazing Grace and Chuck
President
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
Directed by William Wyler
Self
1986
The Scarlet and the Black
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
1983
The Blue and the Gray
Abraham Lincoln · (3 episodes)
1982
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Champs-Elysées
Self · (1 episode)
1982
The Sea Wolves
Col. Lewis Pugh
1980
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · (1 episode)
1978
Mickey's 50
Self
1978
The Boys from Brazil
Dr. Josef Mengele
1978
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
1977
The Omen
Robert Thorn
1976
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (1 episode)
1975
Dinah!
Self · (1 episode)
1974
Spécial cinéma
Self · (1 episode)
1974
Billy Two Hats
Arch Deans
1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (3 episodes)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
1973
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
Shoot Out
Clay Lomax
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self · (2 episodes)
1971
The Pearl Bailey Show
Self · (1 episode)
1971
I Walk the Line
Sheriff Henry Tawes
1970
Marooned
Charles Keith
1969
The Chairman
John Hathaway
1969
The Extraordinary Seaman
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969
Mackenna's Gold
Marshal MacKenna
1969
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
Self
1969
The Stalking Moon
Sam Varner
1968
The Movie Orgy
Captain Ahab (archive footage)
1968
Africa
Self - Narrator (voice)
1967
Arabesque
Prof. David Pollock
1966
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
Narrator
1966
Salute to Stan Laurel
Self
1965
Mirage
David Stillwell
1965
Uncertain Verification
(archive footage)
1965
Behold a Pale Horse
Manuel Artiguez
1964
Captain Newman, M.D.
Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
1963
To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus Finch
1962
How the West Was Won
Cleve Van Valen
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (2 episodes)
1962
Cape Fear
Sam Bowden
1962
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self (uncredited)
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
1961
The Dick Powell Show
Self - Guest Host · (1 episode)
1961
The Guns of Navarone
Capt. Keith Mallory
1961
On the Beach
Dwight Towers
1959
Beloved Infidel
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1959
Pork Chop Hill
Lt. Joe Clemons
1959
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
The Big Country
James McKay
1958
The Bravados
Jim Douglass
1958
Fun in the Big Country
Self
1958
The Hidden World
Narrator
1958
Designing Woman
Mike Hagen
1957
Moby Dick
Captain Ahab
1956
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Tom Rath
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1956
Stars of Cabaret
Self (archive footage)
1956
The Purple Plain
Bill Forrester
1954
Reflets de Cannes
Self · (1 episode)
1954
Night People
Col. Steve Van Dyke
1954
Boom on Paris
Self
1954
The Million Pound Note
Henry Adams
1954
Roman Holiday
Joe Bradley
1953
The Oscars
Self · (10 episodes)
1953
The World in His Arms
Captain Jonathan Clark
1952
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Harry Street
1952
David and Bathsheba
King David
1951
Pictura
Narrator: Carpaccio episode (voice)
1951
Only the Valiant
Capt. Richard Lance
1951
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
1951
The Gunfighter
Jimmy Ringo
1950
Twelve O'Clock High
Brigadier General Frank Savage
1949
The Art Director
Self - Philip Schuyler Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949
The Great Sinner
Fedja
1949
Yellow Sky
James "Stretch" Dawson
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (6 episodes)
1948
Bambi-Verleihung
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1948
The Paradine Case
Anthony Keane
1947
Gentleman's Agreement
Philip Schuyler Green
1947
The Macomber Affair
Robert Wilson
1947
Duel in the Sun
Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
1946
The Yearling
Ezra "Penny" Baxter
1946
Spellbound
John Ballantine
1945
The Valley of Decision
Paul Scott
1945
The Keys of the Kingdom
Fr. Francis Chisholm
1944
Days of Glory
Vladimir
1944