Gregory Peck

Acting

Born April 5, 1916 — Died June 12, 2003 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.

Movies(119)

Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur

Self (archive footage)

2022

To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View

Archive Footage

2022

Discovering Audrey Hepburn

Self (archive footage)

2015

Fallout

Self (archive footage)

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

Self (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

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

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

Self (voice)

1989

The Making of Moonwalker

Self

1989

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Self

1988

Amazing Grace and Chuck

President

1987

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Self

1987

Directed by William Wyler

Self

1986

James Bond: The First 21 Years

Self

1983

The Scarlet and the Black

Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty

1983

Night of 100 Stars

Self

1982

The Sea Wolves

Col. Lewis Pugh

1980

Mickey's 50

Self

1978

The Boys from Brazil

Dr. Josef Mengele

1978

MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur

1977

NBC: The First Fifty Years

Self

1976

The Omen

Robert Thorn

1976

Billy Two Hats

Arch Deans

1974

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

I Walk the Line

Sheriff Henry Tawes

1970

The Infinite Journey

Narrator

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

Lykke og krone

1962

Cape Fear

Sam Bowden

1962

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Self (uncredited)

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

Self

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

Stars of Cabaret

Self (archive footage)

1956

The Purple Plain

Bill Forrester

1954

Night People

Col. Steve Van Dyke

1954

Boom on Paris

lui-même

1954

The Million Pound Note

Henry Adams

1954

Roman Holiday

Joe Bradley

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 (segment "The Legend of St. Ursula") (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 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

Gregory Peck

TV Shows(22)

Movies(119)