Gregory Peck
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 5, 1916
- Died
- June 12, 2003
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur 2022
as Self (archive footage)
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View 2022
as Archive Footage
The Fabulous Allan Carr 2017
as Self (archive footage)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn 2015
as Self (archive footage)
Discovering: Robert Mitchum 2014
as Self (archive footage)
Fallout 2013
as Self (archive footage)
Close Up 2012
as Self (archive footage)
The Curse of 'The Omen' 2005
as Self (archive footage)
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn 2005
as Self (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand 2004
as Self
Restoring Roman Holiday 2002
as Joe Bradley (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years 2002
as Self (archive footage)
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff 2002
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement' 2001
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Cape Fear' 2001
as Self
The Making of 'Cape Fear' 2001
as Self
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith 1999
as Narrator
A Conversation with Gregory Peck 1999
as Self
- Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood 1999
as Self (archive footage)
- Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall 1999
as Self
Fearful Symmetry 1998
as Self
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman 1996
as Self
Ingrid Bergman Remembered 1996
as Self (archive footage)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way 1995
as Self - Presenter
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class 1995
as Self
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey 1995
as John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons 1995
as Self
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick 1995
as Self
The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann 1994
as Narrator
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue 1993
as Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered 1993
as Self
The Portrait 1993
as Gardner Church, Executive Producer
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words 1993
as Self - Introduction
Cape Fear 1991
as Lee Heller
Other People's Money 1991
as Andrew Jorgenson
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star 1991
as Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original 1990
as Self (archive footage)
- Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret 1990
as Self
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration 1990
as Self
Island of Whales 1990
as Narrator (voice)
- Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren 1989
as Narrator
Old Gringo 1989
as Ambrose Bierce
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre 1989
as Self (voice)
The Making of Moonwalker 1989
as Self
Gregory Peck: His Own Man 1988
as Self
Amazing Grace and Chuck 1987
as President
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood 1987
as Self
Directed by William Wyler 1986
as Self
- Olympic Gala
Olympic Gala 1984
Actor
James Bond: The First 21 Years 1983
as Self
The Scarlet and the Black 1983
as Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
Night of 100 Stars 1982
as Self
The Sea Wolves 1980
as Col. Lewis Pugh
Mickey's 50 1978
as Self
The Boys from Brazil 1978
as Dr. Josef Mengele
MacArthur 1977
as Douglas MacArthur
NBC: The First Fifty Years 1976
as Self
The Omen 1976
as Robert Thorn
The Dove 1974
Producer
Billy Two Hats 1974
as Arch Deans
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor 1973
as Self (archive footage)
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine 1972
Producer
Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1972
as Self (archive footage)
Shoot Out 1971
as Clay Lomax
I Walk the Line 1970
as Sheriff Henry Tawes
The Infinite Journey 1970
as Narrator
Marooned 1969
as Charles Keith
The Chairman 1969
as John Hathaway
The Extraordinary Seaman 1969
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mackenna's Gold 1969
as Marshal MacKenna
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work 1969
as Self
The Stalking Moon 1968
as Sam Varner
The Movie Orgy 1968
as Captain Ahab (archive footage)
- Africa
Africa 1967
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Arabesque 1966
as Prof. David Pollock
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums 1966
as Narrator
- Salute to Stan Laurel
Salute to Stan Laurel 1965
as Self
Mirage 1965
as David Stillwell
Uncertain Verification 1965
as (archive footage)
Behold a Pale Horse 1964
as Manuel Artiguez, Producer
Captain Newman, M.D. 1963
as Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD, Producer
To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
as Atticus Finch, Producer
How the West Was Won 1962
as Cleve Van Valen
Lykke og krone 1962
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cape Fear 1962
as Sam Bowden
Hollywood: The Selznick Years 1961
as Self (uncredited)
The Guns of Navarone 1961
as Capt. Keith Mallory
On the Beach 1959
as Dwight Towers
Beloved Infidel 1959
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pork Chop Hill 1959
as Lt. Joe Clemons, Executive Producer
The All-Star Christmas Show 1958
as Self
The Big Country 1958
as James McKay, Producer
The Bravados 1958
as Jim Douglass
The Hidden World 1958
as Narrator
Fun in the Big Country 1958
as Self
Designing Woman 1957
as Mike Hagen
Moby Dick 1956
as Captain Ahab
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit 1956
as Tom Rath
Stars of Cabaret 1956
as Self (archive footage)
The Purple Plain 1954
as Bill Forrester
Night People 1954
as Col. Steve Van Dyke
Boom on Paris 1954
as lui-même
The Million Pound Note 1954
as Henry Adams
Roman Holiday 1953
as Joe Bradley
The World in His Arms 1952
as Captain Jonathan Clark
The Snows of Kilimanjaro 1952
as Harry Street
David and Bathsheba 1951
as King David
Pictura 1951
as Narrator (segment "The Legend of St. Ursula") (voice)
Only the Valiant 1951
as Capt. Richard Lance
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. 1951
as Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
The Gunfighter 1950
as Jimmy Ringo
Twelve O'Clock High 1949
as Brigadier General Frank Savage
The Art Director 1949
as Self - Philip Schuyler Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Great Sinner 1949
as Fedja
Yellow Sky 1948
as James "Stretch" Dawson
The Paradine Case 1947
as Anthony Keane
Gentleman's Agreement 1947
as Philip Schuyler Green
The Macomber Affair 1947
as Robert Wilson, Co-Producer
Duel in the Sun 1946
as Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
The Yearling 1946
as Ezra "Penny" Baxter
Spellbound 1945
as John Ballantine
The Valley of Decision 1945
as Paul Scott
The Keys of the Kingdom 1944
as Fr. Francis Chisholm
Days of Glory 1944
as Vladimir
Credits from TMDB.