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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/11/2022
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
Character:Archive Footage
Release Date:11/10/2022
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/08/2015
Fallout
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/07/2013
Close Up
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/09/2012
The Curse of 'The Omen'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/10/2005
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/08/2005
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Character:Self
Release Date:30/03/2004
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:26/11/2002
Restoring Roman Holiday
Character:Joe Bradley (archive footage)
Release Date:26/11/2002
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Character:Self / Narrator (voice)
Release Date:25/08/2002
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/10/2001
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Character:Self
Release Date:18/09/2001
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2001
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
Character:Narrator
Release Date:26/11/1999
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
Character:Self
Release Date:14/10/1999
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/01/1999
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
Character:Self
Release Date:12/01/1999
Fearful Symmetry
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1998
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Character:Self
Release Date:25/11/1996
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/04/1996
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Character:Self - Presenter
Release Date:14/12/1995
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Character:Self
Release Date:16/11/1995
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Character:John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:24/08/1995
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
Character:Self
Release Date:20/03/1995
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1995
The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
Character:Narrator
Release Date:06/10/1994
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
Character:Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
Release Date:26/11/1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Character:Self
Release Date:11/08/1993
The Portrait
Character:Gardner Church
Release Date:13/02/1993
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
Character:Himself - Introduction
Release Date:01/01/1993
Cape Fear
Character:Lee Heller
Release Date:13/11/1991
Other People's Money
Character:Andrew Jorgenson
Release Date:18/10/1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/03/1991
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/09/1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Character:Self
Release Date:27/08/1990
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Character:Self
Release Date:04/02/1990
Island of Whales
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1990
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/12/1989
Old Gringo
Character:Ambrose Bierce
Release Date:13/09/1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Character:Self (voice)
Release Date:26/06/1989
The Making of Moonwalker
Character:Self
Release Date:31/01/1989
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Character:Self
Release Date:08/03/1988
Amazing Grace and Chuck
Character:President
Release Date:22/05/1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/1987
Directed by William Wyler
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/1986
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Character:Self
Release Date:27/05/1983
The Scarlet and the Black
Character:Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
Release Date:02/02/1983
Night of 100 Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:08/03/1982
The Sea Wolves
Character:Col. Lewis Pugh
Release Date:03/07/1980
Mickey's 50
Character:Self
Release Date:19/11/1978
The Boys from Brazil
Character:Dr. Josef Mengele
Release Date:05/10/1978
MacArthur
Character:Douglas MacArthur
Release Date:15/07/1977
The Omen
Character:Robert Thorn
Release Date:25/06/1976
Billy Two Hats
Character:Arch Deans
Release Date:07/03/1974
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1973
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/01/1972
Shoot Out
Character:Clay Lomax
Release Date:02/07/1971
I Walk the Line
Character:Sheriff Henry Tawes
Release Date:18/11/1970
The Infinite Journey
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1970
Marooned
Character:Charles Keith
Release Date:11/12/1969
The Chairman
Character:John Hathaway
Release Date:25/06/1969
The Extraordinary Seaman
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:14/05/1969
Mackenna's Gold
Character:Marshal MacKenna
Release Date:18/03/1969
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1969
The Stalking Moon
Character:Sam Varner
Release Date:25/12/1968
The Movie Orgy
Character:Captain Ahab (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1968
Africa
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:10/09/1967
Arabesque
Character:Prof. David Pollock
Release Date:04/05/1966
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
Character:Narrator
Release Date:10/04/1966
Salute to Stan Laurel
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/1965
Mirage
Character:David Stillwell
Release Date:29/10/1965
Uncertain Verification
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:30/04/1965
The Love Goddesses
Character:(Archive Footage)
Release Date:03/03/1965
Behold a Pale Horse
Character:Manuel Artiguez
Release Date:14/08/1964
Captain Newman, M.D.
Character:Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
Release Date:25/12/1963
To Kill a Mockingbird
Character:Atticus Finch
Release Date:20/12/1962
How the West Was Won
Character:Cleve Van Valen
Release Date:02/11/1962
Cape Fear
Character:Sam Bowden
Release Date:12/04/1962
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1961
The Guns of Navarone
Character:Capt. Keith Mallory
Release Date:27/04/1961
On the Beach
Character:Dwight Towers
Release Date:17/12/1959
Beloved Infidel
Character:F. Scott Fitzgerald
Release Date:17/11/1959
Pork Chop Hill
Character:Lt. Joe Clemons
Release Date:29/05/1959
The All-Star Christmas Show
Character:Self
Release Date:01/12/1958
The Big Country
Character:James McKay
Release Date:30/09/1958
The Bravados
Character:Jim Douglass
Release Date:25/06/1958
Fun in the Big Country
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1958
The Hidden World
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1958
Designing Woman
Character:Mike Hagen
Release Date:16/05/1957
Moby Dick
Character:Captain Ahab
Release Date:27/06/1956
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Character:Tom Rath
Release Date:12/04/1956
Stars of Cabaret
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1956
The Purple Plain
Character:Bill Forrester
Release Date:14/09/1954
Night People
Character:Col. Steve Van Dyke
Release Date:11/03/1954
Boom on Paris
Character:Self
Release Date:19/02/1954
The Million Pound Note
Character:Henry Adams
Release Date:07/01/1954
Roman Holiday
Character:Joe Bradley
Release Date:26/08/1953
The World in His Arms
Character:Captain Jonathan Clark
Release Date:09/10/1952
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Character:Harry Street
Release Date:17/09/1952
David and Bathsheba
Character:King David
Release Date:10/08/1951
Pictura
Character:Narrator: Carpaccio episode (voice)
Release Date:01/06/1951
Only the Valiant
Character:Capt. Richard Lance
Release Date:13/04/1951
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Character:Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
Release Date:10/04/1951
The Gunfighter
Character:Jimmy Ringo
Release Date:26/05/1950
Twelve O'Clock High
Character:Brigadier General Frank Savage
Release Date:21/12/1949
The Art Director
Character:Self - Philip Schuyler Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:12/11/1949
The Great Sinner
Character:Fedja
Release Date:29/06/1949
Yellow Sky
Character:James "Stretch" Dawson
Release Date:24/12/1948
The Paradine Case
Character:Anthony Keane
Release Date:29/12/1947
Gentleman's Agreement
Character:Philip Schuyler Green
Release Date:11/11/1947
The Macomber Affair
Character:Robert Wilson
Release Date:20/04/1947
Duel in the Sun
Character:Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
Release Date:31/12/1946
The Yearling
Character:Ezra "Penny" Baxter
Release Date:18/12/1946
Spellbound
Character:John Ballantine
Release Date:08/11/1945
The Valley of Decision
Character:Paul Scott
Release Date:03/05/1945
The Keys of the Kingdom
Character:Fr. Francis Chisholm
Release Date:15/12/1944
Days of Glory
Character:Vladimir
Release Date:16/06/1944
Television Appearances
Talking Pictures
Character:Self (archive footage)
Moby Dick
Character:Father Mapple
Baseball
Character:(voice)
The Blue and the Gray
Character:Abraham Lincoln
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Character:Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Dinah!
Character:Self
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
Character:Self
The Pearl Bailey Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
The Dick Powell Show
Character:Self - Guest Host
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Reflets de Cannes
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
Bambi
Character:Self (archive footage)
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