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.
Filmography · 133
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Ciné regards
1978 · Self
Spécial cinéma
1974 · Self
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
Bambi
1948 · Self (archive footage)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Cape Fear
1991 · Lee Heller
Dinah!
1974 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
The Guns of Navarone
1961 · Capt. Keith Mallory
The Omen
1976 · Robert Thorn
Baseball
1994 · (voice)
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
Roman Holiday
1953 · Joe Bradley
MGM Parade
1955 · Self
The Million Pound Note
1954 · Henry Adams
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 · Atticus Finch
Cape Fear
1962 · Sam Bowden
The Dick Powell Show
1961 · Self - Guest Host
Talking Pictures
2013 · Self (archive footage)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
How the West Was Won
1962 · Cleve Van Valen
Reflets de Cannes
1954 · Self
Moby Dick
1956 · Captain Ahab
The Big Country
1958 · James McKay
The Blue and the Gray
1982 · Abraham Lincoln
The Boys from Brazil
1978 · Dr. Josef Mengele
On the Beach
1959 · Dwight Towers
Mackenna's Gold
1969 · Marshal MacKenna
Moby Dick
1998 · Father Mapple
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956 · Tom Rath
Spellbound
1945 · John Ballantine
Duel in the Sun
1946 · Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951 · Capt. Horatio Hornblow...
Shoot Out
1971 · Clay Lomax
The Scarlet and the Black
1983 · Monsignor Hugh O'Flahe...
The Bravados
1958 · Jim Douglass
The Sea Wolves
1980 · Col. Lewis Pugh
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Self
The Gunfighter
1950 · Jimmy Ringo
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Captain Ahab (archive...
MacArthur
1977 · Douglas MacArthur
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
2004 · Self
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995 · Self
The Stalking Moon
1968 · Sam Varner
Night People
1954 · Col. Steve Van Dyke
Twelve O'Clock High
1949 · Brigadier General Fran...
Gentleman's Agreement
1947 · Philip Schuyler Green
Lykke og krone
1962
Yellow Sky
1948 · James "Stretch" Dawson
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952 · Harry Street
Other People's Money
1991 · Andrew Jorgenson
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983 · Self
The Paradine Case
1947 · Anthony Keane
Arabesque
1966 · Prof. David Pollock
Marooned
1969 · Charles Keith
Pork Chop Hill
1959 · Lt. Joe Clemons
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Mirage
1965 · David Stillwell
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944 · Fr. Francis Chisholm
David and Bathsheba
1951 · King David
Directed by William Wyler
1986 · Self
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993 · Self
The Yearling
1946 · Ezra "Penny" Baxter
Beloved Infidel
1959 · F. Scott Fitzgerald
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990 · Self (archive footage)
The Making of Moonwalker
1989 · Self
The Valley of Decision
1945 · Paul Scott
The Chairman
1969 · John Hathaway
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969 · Self (archive footage)...
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Self (archive)
Close Up
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995 · Self - Presenter
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963 · Capt. Josiah "Joe" New...
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987 · President
Billy Two Hats
1974 · Arch Deans
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Designing Woman
1957 · Mike Hagen
Only the Valiant
1951 · Capt. Richard Lance
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976 · Self
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995 · Self
Old Gringo
1989 · Ambrose Bierce
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991 · Self (archive footage)
Pictura
1951 · Narrator (segment "The...
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988 · Self
Behold a Pale Horse
1964 · Manuel Artiguez
The Purple Plain
1954 · Bill Forrester
The World in His Arms
1952 · Captain Jonathan Clark
The Great Sinner
1949 · Fedja
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001 · Self
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996 · Self
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995 · John Ballantyne (archi...
Mickey's 50
1978 · Self
I Walk the Line
1970 · Sheriff Henry Tawes
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
1995 · Self
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
2001 · Self (archive footage)
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
1999 · Self
The Macomber Affair
1947 · Robert Wilson
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Self
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996 · Self (archive footage)
Fun in the Big Country
1958 · Self
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
2022 · Archive Footage
Days of Glory
1944 · Vladimir
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
1993 · Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961 · Self (uncredited)
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990 · Self
Uncertain Verification
1965 · (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
1993 · Himself - Introduction
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
2015 · Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973 · Self (archive footage)
Fallout
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
2005 · Self (archive footage)
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
1999 · Narrator
Fearful Symmetry
1998 · Self
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
1969 · Self
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001 · Self
The Portrait
1993 · Gardner Church
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
2022 · Self (archive footage)
The Curse of 'The Omen'
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Stars of Cabaret
1956 · Self (archive footage)
Island of Whales
1990 · Narrator (voice)
The Infinite Journey
1970 · Narrator
Boom on Paris
1954 · lui-même
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002 · Self / Narrator (voice...
The Art Director
1949 · Self - Philip Schuyler...
The Hidden World
1958 · Narrator
The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
1994 · Narrator
Restoring Roman Holiday
2002 · Joe Bradley (archive f...
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
1966 · Narrator