Gregory Peck
Born April 05, 1916 (Age: 110)
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La Jolla, California, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
2022
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 106
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
2015
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 99
Close Up
2012
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 96
The Curse of 'The Omen'
2005
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 89
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
2005
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 89
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
2004
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as Self
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Age: 87
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002
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as Self / Narrator (voice)
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Age: 86
No Image
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
1999
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as Self
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Age: 82
Fearful Symmetry
1998
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as Self
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Age: 81
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996
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as Self
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Age: 80
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 80
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
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as John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 79
The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
1994
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as Narrator
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Age: 78
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
1993
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as Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
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Age: 77
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
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as Self
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Age: 77
The Portrait
1993
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as Gardner Church
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Age: 76
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
1993
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as Himself - Introduction
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Age: 76
Cape Fear
1991
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as Lee Heller
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Age: 75
Other People's Money
1991
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as Andrew Jorgenson
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Age: 75
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 74
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 74
No Image
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
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as Self
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Age: 74
No Image
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
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as Self
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Age: 73
Island of Whales
1990
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 73
No Image
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
1989
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as Narrator
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Age: 73
Old Gringo
1989
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as Ambrose Bierce
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Age: 73
The Making of Moonwalker
1989
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as Self
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Age: 72
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988
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as Self
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Age: 71
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987
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as President
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Age: 71
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
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as Self
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Age: 71
The Sea Wolves
1980
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as Col. Lewis Pugh
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Age: 64
Mickey's 50
1978
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as Self
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Age: 62
The Boys from Brazil
1978
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as Dr. Josef Mengele
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Age: 62
MacArthur
1977
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as Douglas MacArthur
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Age: 61
The Omen
1976
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as Robert Thorn
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Age: 60
Billy Two Hats
1974
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as Arch Deans
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Age: 57
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 56
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 55
The Infinite Journey
1970
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as Narrator
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Age: 53
Marooned
1969
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as Charles Keith
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Age: 53
The Chairman
1969
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as John Hathaway
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Age: 53
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Mackenna's Gold
1969
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as Marshal MacKenna
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Age: 52
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
1969
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as Self
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Age: 52
No Image
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
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as Self
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Age: 49
Mirage
1965
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as David Stillwell
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Age: 49
Uncertain Verification
1965
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 49
Behold a Pale Horse
1964
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as Manuel Artiguez
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Age: 48
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963
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as Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
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Age: 47
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
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as Atticus Finch
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Age: 46
How the West Was Won
1962
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as Cleve Van Valen
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Age: 46
Lykke og krone
1962
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as
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Age: 46
Cape Fear
1962
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as Sam Bowden
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Age: 46
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 45
The Guns of Navarone
1961
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as Capt. Keith Mallory
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Age: 45
On the Beach
1959
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as Dwight Towers
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Age: 43
Beloved Infidel
1959
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as F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Age: 43
Pork Chop Hill
1959
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as Lt. Joe Clemons
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Age: 43
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
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as Self
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Age: 42
The Big Country
1958
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as James McKay
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Age: 42
The Bravados
1958
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as Jim Douglass
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Age: 42
The Hidden World
1958
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as Narrator
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Age: 41
Fun in the Big Country
1958
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as Self
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Age: 41
Moby Dick
1956
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as Captain Ahab
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Age: 40
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956
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as Tom Rath
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Age: 40
Stars of Cabaret
1956
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 39
The Purple Plain
1954
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as Bill Forrester
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Age: 38
Night People
1954
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as Col. Steve Van Dyke
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Age: 37
Boom on Paris
1954
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as lui-même
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Age: 37
The Million Pound Note
1954
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as Henry Adams
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Age: 37
Roman Holiday
1953
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as Joe Bradley
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Age: 37
The Gunfighter
1950
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as Jimmy Ringo
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Age: 34
Spellbound
1945
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as John Ballantine
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Age: 29
The Valley of Decision
1945
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as Paul Scott
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Age: 29