Acting
Gregory Peck
EN, FR, DE, ES cinema · 124 credits
Born
5 April 1916
Died
12 June 2003 (aged 87)
Birthplace
La Jolla, California, USA
Also known as Eldred 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.
Known for
Filmography
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
as Archive Footage
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
as Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive footage)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
as Self (archive footage)
Fallout
as Self (archive footage)
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)
The Curse of 'The Omen'
as Self (archive footage)
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as Self (archive footage)
Restoring Roman Holiday
as Joe Bradley (archive footage)
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Fearful Symmetry
as Self
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
as Self - Presenter
The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
as Narrator
The Portrait
as Gardner Church, Executive Producer
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
as Self - Introduction
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
as Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
Cape Fear
as Lee Heller
Other People's Money
as Andrew Jorgenson
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
Island of Whales
as Narrator (voice)
Old Gringo
as Ambrose Bierce
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self (voice)
Amazing Grace and Chuck
as President
The Scarlet and the Black
as Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
The Sea Wolves
as Col. Lewis Pugh
The Boys from Brazil
as Dr. Josef Mengele
Mickey's 50
as Self
MacArthur
as Douglas MacArthur
The Omen
as Robert Thorn
Billy Two Hats
as Arch Deans
The Dove
Producer
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Shoot Out
as Clay Lomax
I Walk the Line
as Sheriff Henry Tawes
The Infinite Journey
as Narrator
Marooned
as Charles Keith
Mackenna's Gold
as Marshal MacKenna
The Chairman
as John Hathaway
The Extraordinary Seaman
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy
as Captain Ahab (archive footage)
The Stalking Moon
as Sam Varner
Africa
1967
Africa
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Arabesque
as Prof. David Pollock
Mirage
as David Stillwell
Uncertain Verification
as (archive footage)
Behold a Pale Horse
as Manuel Artiguez, Producer
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD, Producer
To Kill a Mockingbird
as Atticus Finch, Producer
Cape Fear
as Sam Bowden
How the West Was Won
as Cleve Van Valen
Lykke og krone
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Guns of Navarone
as Capt. Keith Mallory
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
On the Beach
as Dwight Towers
Pork Chop Hill
as Lt. Joe Clemons, Executive Producer
Beloved Infidel
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Big Country
as James McKay, Producer
The Bravados
as Jim Douglass
The Hidden World
as Narrator
Designing Woman
as Mike Hagen
Moby Dick
as Captain Ahab
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Tom Rath
Stars of Cabaret
as Self (archive footage)
The Million Pound Note
as Henry Adams
The Purple Plain
as Bill Forrester
Night People
as Col. Steve Van Dyke
Boom on Paris
as lui-même
Roman Holiday
as Joe Bradley
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
as Harry Street
The World in His Arms
as Captain Jonathan Clark
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
as Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
David and Bathsheba
as King David
Only the Valiant
as Capt. Richard Lance
Pictura
as Narrator (segment "The Legend of St. Ursula") (voice)
The Gunfighter
as Jimmy Ringo
Twelve O'Clock High
as Brigadier General Frank Savage
The Great Sinner
as Fedja
The Art Director
as Self - Philip Schuyler Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
Yellow Sky
as James "Stretch" Dawson
The Paradine Case
as Anthony Keane
Gentleman's Agreement
as Philip Schuyler Green
The Macomber Affair
as Robert Wilson, Co-Producer
Duel in the Sun
as Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
The Yearling
as Ezra "Penny" Baxter
Spellbound
as John Ballantine
The Valley of Decision
as Paul Scott
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Fr. Francis Chisholm
Days of Glory
as Vladimir