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.
Acted Movies
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Wesley Strick,
Cast: Fred Thompson, Gregory Peck, Illeana Douglas, Jessica Lange, Joe Don Baker, Juliette Lewis, Martin Balsam, Nick Nolte, Robert De Niro, Robert Mitchum,
Director: Norman Jewison
Writers: Alvin Sargent,
Cast: Bette Henritze, Danny DeVito, Dean Jones, Gregory Peck, Leila Kenzle, Mo Gaffney, Penelope Ann Miller, Piper Laurie, R. D. Call, Tom Aldredge,
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Writers: Reginald Rose,
Cast: Barbara Kellerman, David Niven, Gregory Peck, Kenneth Griffith, Patrick Allen, Patrick Macnee, Robert Hoffmann, Roger Moore, Trevor Howard, Wolf Kahler,
Director: Richard Donner
Writers: David Seltzer,
Cast: Billie Whitelaw, David Warner, Gregory Peck, Harvey Stephens, John Stride, Lee Remick, Martin Benson, Patrick Troughton, Robert Rietti, Tommy Duggan,
Director: Henry Hathaway
Writers: Marguerite Roberts,
Cast: Dawn Lyn, Gregory Peck, James Gregory, Jeff Corey, John Davis Chandler, Patricia Quinn, Pepe Serna, Rita Gam, Robert F. Lyons, Susan Tyrrell,
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Writers: Peter Stone,
Cast: Anne Seymour, Diane Baker, George Kennedy, Gregory Peck, Jack Weston, Kevin McCarthy, Leif Erickson, Robert H. Harris, Walter Abel, Walter Matthau,
Director: Robert Mulligan
Writers: Horton Foote,
Cast: Brock Peters, Estelle Evans, Frank Overton, Gregory Peck, John Megna, Mary Badham, Paul Fix, Phillip Alford, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White,
Director: George Marshall
Writers: James R. Webb,
Cast: Carolyn Jones, Carroll Baker, Debbie Reynolds, George Peppard, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Karl Malden, Richard Widmark, Robert Preston,
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Writers: James R. Webb,
Cast: Barrie Chase, Gregory Peck, Jack Kruschen, John McKee, Lori Martin, Martin Balsam, Paul Comi, Polly Bergen, Robert Mitchum, Telly Savalas,
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Writers: Carl Foreman,
Cast: Anthony Quayle, Anthony Quinn, David Niven, Gia Scala, Gregory Peck, Irene Papas, James Darren, James Robertson Justice, Richard Harris, Stanley Baker,
Director: Stanley Kramer
Writers: John Paxton,
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Ava Gardner, Donna Anderson, Fred Astaire, Gregory Peck, Guy Doleman, Harp McGuire, John Meillon, Ken Wayne, Lola Brooks,
Director: William Wyler
Writers: James R. Webb,
Cast: Alfonso Bedoya, Buff Brady, Burl Ives, Carroll Baker, Charles Bickford, Charlton Heston, Chuck Connors, Chuck Hayward, Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons,
Director: John Huston
Writers: John Huston,
Cast: Bernard Miles, Edric Connor, Gregory Peck, Harry Andrews, James Robertson Justice, Joseph Tomelty, Leo Genn, Mervyn Johns, Noel Purcell, Richard Basehart,
Director: Robert Parrish
Writers: Eric Ambler,
Cast: Anthony Bushell, Bernard Lee, Brenda De Banzie, Gregory Peck, Jack McNaughton, Josephine Griffin, Lyndon Brook, Maurice Denham, Ram Gopal, Win Min Than,
Director: Ronald Neame
Writers: Jill Craigie,
Cast: A.E. Matthews, Brian Oulton, George Devine, Gregory Peck, Hartley Power, John Slater, Joyce Grenfell, Maurice Denham, Reginald Beckwith, Ronald Squire,
Director: William Wyler
Writers: Dalton Trumbo,
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Claudio Ermelli, Eddie Albert, Gregory Peck, Harcourt Williams, Hartley Power, Margaret Rawlings, Paola Borboni, Paolo Carlini, Tullio Carminati,
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Writers: Casey Robinson,
Cast: Ava Gardner, Ava Norring, Gregory Peck, Helene Stanley, Hildegard Knef, Leo G. Carroll, Marcel Dalio, Susan Hayward, Torin Thatcher, Vicente Gómez,
Director: Henry King
Writers: Philip Dunne,
Cast: Dennis Hoey, Francis X. Bushman, George Zucco, Gregory Peck, James Robertson Justice, Jayne Meadows, John Sutton, Kieron Moore, Raymond Massey, Susan Hayward,
Director: Henry King
Writers: William Bowers,
Cast: Anthony Ross, Ellen Corby, Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Jean Parker, Karl Malden, Millard Mitchell, Richard Jaeckel, Skip Homeier, Verna Felton,
Director: Henry King
Writers: Beirne Lay Jr.,
Cast: Dean Jagger, Gary Merrill, Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, John Kellogg, Lee MacGregor, Millard Mitchell, Paul Stewart, Robert Arthur, Robert Patten,
Director: William A. Wellman
Writers: Lamar Trotti,
Cast: Anne Baxter, Carlos Acosta, Charles Kemper, Gregory Peck, Harry Morgan, James Barton, John Russell, Richard Widmark, Robert Adler, Robert Arthur,
Director: Elia Kazan
Writers: Moss Hart,
Cast: Albert Dekker, Anne Revere, Celeste Holm, Dean Stockwell, Dorothy McGuire, Gregory Peck, Jane Wyatt, John Garfield, June Havoc, Nicholas Joy,
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Angus MacPhail,
Cast: Donald Curtis, Erskine Sanford, Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman, John Emery, Leo G. Carroll, Michael Chekhov, Norman Lloyd, Paul Harvey, Steven Geray,