Gregory Peck
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Series
Bambi
Self (archive footage)
1948
Film
Cape Fear
Lee Heller
1991
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Film '72
Self
1971
Film
The Omen
Robert Thorn
1976
Film
The Guns of Navarone
Capt. Keith Mallory
1961
Film
Roman Holiday
Joe Bradley
1953
Film
The Boys from Brazil
Dr. Josef Mengele
1978
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Series
MGM Parade
Self
1955
Film
To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus Finch
1962
Series
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Film
Gentleman's Agreement
Philip Schuyler Green
1947
Film
The Bravados
Jim Douglass
1958
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
Series
The Dick Powell Show
Self - Guest Host
1961
Film
How the West Was Won
Cleve Van Valen
1962
Series
Baseball
(voice)
1994
Film
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Harry Street
1952
Film
The Chairman
John Hathaway
1969
Series
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
The Stalking Moon
Sam Varner
1968
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Film
Other People's Money
Andrew Jorgenson
1991
Series
Reflets de Cannes
Self
1954
Film
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
1951
Film
Spellbound
John Ballantine
1945
Film
Mackenna's Gold
Marshal MacKenna
1969
Film
The World in His Arms
Captain Jonathan Clark
1952
Film
Yellow Sky
James "Stretch" Dawson
1948
Film
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
1977
Film
Cape Fear
Sam Bowden
1962
Series
The Blue and the Gray
Abraham Lincoln
1982
Film
Behold a Pale Horse
Manuel Artiguez
1964
Film
On the Beach
Dwight Towers
1959
Film
The Purple Plain
Bill Forrester
1954
Film
The Sea Wolves
Col. Lewis Pugh
1980
Film
The Yearling
Ezra "Penny" Baxter
1946
Film
David and Bathsheba
King David
1951
Film
The Big Country
James McKay
1958
Film
Duel in the Sun
Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
1946
Film
The Valley of Decision
Paul Scott
1945
Film
The Paradine Case
Anthony Keane
1947
Film
Mirage
David Stillwell
1965
Film
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Tom Rath
1956
Film
Moby Dick
Captain Ahab
1956
Film
The Macomber Affair
Robert Wilson
1947
Film
The Million Pound Note
Henry Adams
1954
The Pearl Bailey Show
Self
1971
Film
Designing Woman
Mike Hagen
1957
Film
Captain Newman, M.D.
Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
1963
Film
Twelve O'Clock High
Brigadier General Frank Savage
1949
Film
Marooned
Charles Keith
1969
Film
Only the Valiant
Capt. Richard Lance
1951
Film
Old Gringo
Ambrose Bierce
1989
Film
Arabesque
Prof. David Pollock
1966
Film
The Movie Orgy
Captain Ahab (archive footage)
1968
Film
The Gunfighter
Jimmy Ringo
1950
Film
Shoot Out
Clay Lomax
1971
Film
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Self
1990
Series
Moby Dick
Father Mapple
1998
Film
Days of Glory
Vladimir
1944
Film
I Walk the Line
Sheriff Henry Tawes
1970
Film
The Scarlet and the Black
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
1983
Film
The Keys of the Kingdom
Fr. Francis Chisholm
1944
Film
Pork Chop Hill
Lt. Joe Clemons
1959
Film
Night People
Col. Steve Van Dyke
1954
Film
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Billy Two Hats
Arch Deans
1974
Film
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self (uncredited)
1961
Film
The Great Sinner
Fedja
1949
Film
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
Self
1999
Film
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Self
2001
Film
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Film
Beloved Infidel
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1959
Film
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self
1993
Film
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
1983
Olympic Gala
1984
Film
Amazing Grace and Chuck
President
1987
Film
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Self
1995
Film
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self
1988
Film
The Making of Moonwalker
Self
1989
Film
Pictura
Narrator (segment "The Legend of St. Ursula") (voice)
1951
Film
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
Archive Footage
2022
Film
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
1958
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self (voice)
1989
Film
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
1993
Film
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self
1995
Film
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Self
1976
Film
Directed by William Wyler
Self
1986
Film
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
1973
Film
Fun in the Big Country
Self
1958
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
1990
Film
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
Film
Stars of Cabaret
Self (archive footage)
1956
Film
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
1990
Film
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995
Film
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
Film
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Self
2001
Film
Fearful Symmetry
Self
1998
Film
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Self
1996
Film
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Boom on Paris
lui-même
1954
Film
Fallout
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
The Curse of 'The Omen'
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
2004
Film
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
Self (archive footage)
2001
Film
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self (archive footage)
1991
Film
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Presenter
1995
Film
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self (archive footage)
1996
Film
Lykke og krone
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1962
Film
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
Self
1995
Film
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
Narrator
1999
Film
The Extraordinary Seaman
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969
Film
The Portrait
Gardner Church
1993
Film
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
Narrator
1966
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
Narrator
1989
Film
The Art Director
Self - Philip Schuyler Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949
Africa
Self - Narrator (voice)
1967
Salute to Stan Laurel
Self
1965
Film
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Self / Narrator (voice)
2002
Film
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Mickey's 50
Self
1978
Film
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
Self (archive footage)
2014
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1999
Film
Island of Whales
Narrator (voice)
1990
Film
Uncertain Verification
(archive footage)
1965
Film
The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
Narrator
1994
Film
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
Self
1969
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
Self
1999
Film
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
Self - Introduction
1993
Film
The Hidden World
Narrator
1958
Film
Restoring Roman Holiday
Joe Bradley (archive footage)
2002
Film
The Infinite Journey
Narrator
1970