Gregory Peck

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: Acting
Birthday: 1916-04-05
Place of Birth: La Jolla, California, USA
Also Known As: Eldred Gregory Peck, グレゴリー・ペック, エルドレッド・グレゴリー・ペック, Грегорі Пек

Movies List of Gregory Peck

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To Kill a Mockingbird

1962 Movie
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Cape Fear

1991 Movie
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The Omen

1976 Movie
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Roman Holiday

1953 Movie
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Moby Dick

1956 Movie
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The Movie Orgy

1968 Movie
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Spellbound

1945 Movie
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The Guns of Navarone

1961 Movie
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Yellow Sky

1948 Movie
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Cape Fear

1962 Movie
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Other People's Money

1991 Movie
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MacArthur

1977 Movie
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Arabesque

1966 Movie
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The Paradine Case

1947 Movie
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How the West Was Won

1962 Movie
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Billy Two Hats

1974 Movie
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Duel in the Sun

1946 Movie
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Gentleman's Agreement

1947 Movie
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Designing Woman

1957 Movie
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The Big Country

1958 Movie
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Captain Newman, M.D.

1963 Movie
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Marooned

1969 Movie
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The Macomber Affair

1947 Movie
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On the Beach

1959 Movie
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David and Bathsheba

1951 Movie
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The Stalking Moon

1968 Movie
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Pork Chop Hill

1959 Movie
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Old Gringo

1989 Movie
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Twelve O'Clock High

1949 Movie
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The Bravados

1958 Movie
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The Boys from Brazil

1978 Movie
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Close Up

2012 Movie
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The Gunfighter

1950 Movie
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Mackenna's Gold

1969 Movie
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The Yearling

1946 Movie
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Mirage

1965 Movie
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The Sea Wolves

1980 Movie
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I Walk the Line

1970 Movie
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The Purple Plain

1954 Movie
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The World in His Arms

1952 Movie
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Only the Valiant

1951 Movie
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Night People

1954 Movie
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Days of Glory

1944 Movie
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Shoot Out

1971 Movie
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The Chairman

1969 Movie
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The Portrait

1993 Movie
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Beloved Infidel

1959 Movie
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The Great Sinner

1949 Movie
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The Hidden World

1958 Movie
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Fearful Symmetry

1998 Movie
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Behold a Pale Horse

1964 Movie
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Boom on Paris

1954 Movie
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Pictura

1951 Movie
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Africa

1967 Movie
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Fallout

2013 Movie
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The Art Director

1949 Movie
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Salute to Stan Laurel

1965 Movie
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Stars of Cabaret

1956 Movie
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The Love Goddesses

1965 Movie
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Night of 100 Stars

1982 Movie