Cast
Gregory Peck
Acting
Cast
Gregory Peck
Known for
Acting
Born
1916-04-05
From
La Jolla, California, USA
Died
2003-06-12
Also known as Eldred Gregory Peck
Biography
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.
Roman Holiday
as Joe Bradley
The Omen
as Robert Thorn
The Million Pound Note
as Henry Adams
Cape Fear
as Lee Heller
To Kill a Mockingbird
as Atticus Finch
Cape Fear
as Sam Bowden
The Guns of Navarone
as Capt. Keith Mallory
Only the Valiant
as Capt. Richard Lance
Spellbound
as John Ballantine
Moby Dick
as Captain Ahab
How the West Was Won
as Cleve Van Valen
Mackenna's Gold
as Marshal MacKenna
Arabesque
as Prof. David Pollock
The Boys from Brazil
as Dr. Josef Mengele
Yellow Sky
as James "Stretch" Dawson
Mirage
as David Stillwell
The Yearling
as Ezra "Penny" Baxter
Shoot Out
as Clay Lomax
The Chairman
as John Hathaway
The Big Country
as James McKay
Duel in the Sun
as Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
Behold a Pale Horse
as Manuel Artiguez
On the Beach
as Dwight Towers
David and Bathsheba
as King David
Night People
as Col. Steve Van Dyke
Billy Two Hats
as Arch Deans
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
as Harry Street
The Sea Wolves
as Col. Lewis Pugh
Marooned
as Charles Keith
The Gunfighter
as Jimmy Ringo
MacArthur
as Douglas MacArthur
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self (voice)
The Bravados
as Jim Douglass
Days of Glory
as Vladimir
Other People's Money
as Andrew Jorgenson
The Scarlet and the Black
as Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
as Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
Gentleman's Agreement
as Philip Schuyler Green
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Pork Chop Hill
as Lt. Joe Clemons
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Tom Rath
Twelve O'Clock High
as Brigadier General Frank Savage
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
The Movie Orgy
as Captain Ahab (archive footage)
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
The Valley of Decision
as Paul Scott
Beloved Infidel
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self
The Stalking Moon
as Sam Varner
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
The World in His Arms
as Captain Jonathan Clark
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
as Self
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
as Self
The Extraordinary Seaman
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
as Self - Presenter
The Paradine Case
as Anthony Keane
I Walk the Line
as Sheriff Henry Tawes
Mickey's 50
as Self
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
NBC: The First Fifty Years
as Self
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Fr. Francis Chisholm
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as Self (archive footage)
The Purple Plain
as Bill Forrester
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self (archive footage)
Designing Woman
as Mike Hagen
The Great Sinner
as Fedja
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
as Self
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
as Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
Old Gringo
as Ambrose Bierce
Fallout
as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by William Wyler
as Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Portrait
as Gardner Church
The Macomber Affair
as Robert Wilson
Amazing Grace and Chuck
as President
Lykke og krone
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
as Self
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
as Self
The Making of Moonwalker
as Self
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
as Self (archive footage)
Uncertain Verification
as (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
as Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
The Art Director
as Self - Philip Schuyler Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
as John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
as Archive Footage
Fun in the Big Country
as Self
Africa
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Boom on Paris
as lui-même
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
as Self
Salute to Stan Laurel
as Self
Stars of Cabaret
as Self (archive footage)
Island of Whales
as Narrator (voice)
Pictura
as Narrator (segment "The Legend of St. Ursula") (voice)
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
as Self
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
as Narrator
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
as Narrator
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)
Fearful Symmetry
as Self
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
as Self
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
as Narrator
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
as Self
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
as Himself - Introduction
The Curse of 'The Omen'
as Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
as Self
The Hidden World
as Narrator
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
as Self (archive footage)
The Infinite Journey
as Narrator
The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
as Narrator
Restoring Roman Holiday
as Joe Bradley (archive footage)