1916-04-05 La Jolla, California, USA
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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Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur | Self (archive footage) | 2022-11-28 |
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To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View | Archive Footage | 2022-10-11 |
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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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Fallout | Self (archive footage) | 2013-07-26 |
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Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-30 |
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Legenden: Audrey Hepburn | Self (archive footage) | 2005-08-01 |
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The Curse of 'The Omen' | Self (archive footage) | 2005-10-26 |
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Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand | Self | 2004-03-30 |
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Restoring Roman Holiday | Joe Bradley (archive footage) | 2002-11-26 |
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From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff | Self / Narrator (voice) | 2002-08-25 |
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Edith Head: The Paramount Years | (archive footage) | 2002-11-26 |
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Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement' | Self (archive footage) | 2001-10-21 |
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The Making of 'Cape Fear' | Self | 2001-09-18 |
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The Making of 'Cape Fear' | Self | 2001-01-01 |
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Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 1999-01-23 |
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American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith | Narrator | 1999-11-26 |
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Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall | Self | 1999-01-12 |
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A Conversation with Gregory Peck | Self | 1999-10-14 |
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Fearful Symmetry | Self | 1998-01-01 |
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Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman | Self | 1996-11-25 |
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Ingrid Bergman Remembered | Self (archive footage) | 1996-04-06 |
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Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey | John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1995-08-24 |
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Charlton Heston: For All Seasons | Self | 1995-03-20 |
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Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | Self | 1995-01-01 |
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Roger Moore: A Matter of Class | Self | 1995-11-16 |
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Sinatra: 80 Years My Way | Self - Presenter | 1995-12-14 |
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The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann | Narrator | 1994-10-06 |
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Audrey Hepburn: Remembered | Self | 1993-08-11 |
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The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue | Mr. Ziegfeld (voice) | 1993-11-26 |
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Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words | Himself - Introduction | 1993-01-01 |
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The Portrait | Gardner Church | 1993-02-13 |
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Cape Fear | Lee Heller | 1991-11-13 |
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Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | Self (archive footage) | 1991-03-10 |
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Other People's Money | Andrew Jorgenson | 1991-10-18 |
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Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 1990-02-04 |
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Island of Whales | Narrator (voice) | 1990-01-01 |
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret | Self | 1990-08-27 |
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Anthony Quinn: An Original | Self (archive footage) | 1990-09-10 |
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Old Gringo | Ambrose Bierce | 1989-09-13 |
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Himself | 1989-06-26 |
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Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren | Narrator | 1989-12-01 |
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Gregory Peck: His Own Man | Self | 1988-03-08 |
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The Making of Moonwalker | Self | 1988-01-01 |
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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
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Amazing Grace and Chuck | President | 1987-05-22 |
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Directed by William Wyler | Self | 1986-05-01 |
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The Scarlet and the Black | Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty | 1983-02-02 |
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Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
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The Sea Wolves | Col. Lewis Pugh | 1980-07-03 |
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Mickey's 50 | Self | 1978-11-19 |
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The Boys from Brazil | Dr. Josef Mengele | 1978-10-05 |
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MacArthur | Douglas MacArthur | 1977-07-15 |
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The Omen | Robert Thorn | 1976-06-25 |
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Billy Two Hats | Arch Deans | 1974-03-07 |
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The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor | Self (archive footage) | 1973-01-01 |
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
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Shoot Out | Clay Lomax | 1971-07-02 |
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I Walk the Line | Sheriff Henry Tawes | 1970-11-18 |
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Marooned | Charles Keith | 1969-12-11 |
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The Chairman | John Hathaway | 1969-06-25 |
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Mackenna's Gold | Marshal MacKenna | 1969-03-18 |
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Look at Life: All in a Day's Work | Self | 1969-01-01 |
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The Extraordinary Seaman | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1969-05-14 |
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The Stalking Moon | Sam Varner | 1968-12-25 |
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The Movie Orgy | Captain Ahab (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
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Africa | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1967-09-10 |
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Arabesque | Prof. David Pollock | 1966-05-04 |
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John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums | Narrator | 1966-04-10 |
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La verifica incerta | (archive footage) | 1965-04-30 |
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Mirage | David Stillwell | 1965-10-29 |
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Salute to Stan Laurel | Self | 1965-11-23 |
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Behold a Pale Horse | Manuel Artiguez | 1964-08-14 |
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Captain Newman, M.D. | Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD | 1963-12-25 |
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To Kill a Mockingbird | Atticus Finch | 1962-12-20 |
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How the West Was Won | Cleve Van Valen | 1962-11-02 |
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Cape Fear | Sam Bowden | 1962-04-12 |
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The Guns of Navarone | Capt. Keith Mallory | 1961-04-27 |
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Self (uncredited) | 1961-12-31 |
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Pork Chop Hill | Lt. Joe Clemons | 1959-05-29 |
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Beloved Infidel | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1959-11-17 |
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On the Beach | Dwight Towers | 1959-12-17 |
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The All-Star Christmas Show | 1958-12-01 | |
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The Big Country | James McKay | 1958-09-30 |
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Fun in the Big Country | Self | 1958-01-01 |
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The Bravados | Jim Douglass | 1958-06-25 |
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The Hidden World | Narrator | 1958-01-01 |
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Designing Woman | Mike Hagen | 1957-05-16 |
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Tom Rath | 1956-04-12 |
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Stars of Cabaret | Self (archive footage) | 1956-01-01 |
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Moby Dick | Captain Ahab | 1956-06-27 |
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Night People | Col. Steve Van Dyke | 1954-03-11 |
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The Million Pound Note | Henry Adams | 1954-01-07 |
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Boum sur Paris | Self | 1954-02-19 |
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The Purple Plain | Bill Forrester | 1954-09-14 |
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Roman Holiday | Joe Bradley | 1953-08-26 |
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Harry Street | 1952-10-08 |
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The World in His Arms | Captain Jonathan Clark | 1952-10-09 |
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Pictura | Narrator: Carpaccio episode (voice) | 1951-06-01 |
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David and Bathsheba | King David | 1951-08-10 |
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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N | 1951-04-10 |
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Only the Valiant | Capt. Richard Lance | 1951-04-13 |
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The Gunfighter | Jimmy Ringo | 1950-05-26 |
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The Great Sinner | Fedja | 1949-06-29 |
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Twelve O'Clock High | Brigadier General Frank Savage | 1949-12-21 |
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The Art Director | Self - Philip Schuyler Green (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1949-11-12 |
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Yellow Sky | James "Stretch" Dawson | 1948-12-24 |
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The Macomber Affair | Robert Wilson | 1947-04-20 |
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Gentleman's Agreement | Philip Schuyler Green | 1947-11-11 |
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The Paradine Case | Anthony Keane | 1947-12-31 |
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Duel in the Sun | Lewton "Lewt" McCanles | 1946-12-31 |
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The Yearling | Ezra "Penny" Baxter | 1946-12-18 |
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The Valley of Decision | Paul Scott | 1945-05-03 |
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Spellbound | John Ballantine | 1945-11-08 |
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Days of Glory | Vladimir | 1944-06-16 |
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The Keys of the Kingdom | Fr. Francis Chisholm | 1944-12-15 |
