Acting
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.
Filmography
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
Film · 2022
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
Film · 2022
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Film · 2017
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Film · 2015
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
Film · 2014
Fallout
Film · 2013
Talking Pictures
Series · 2013
Close Up
Film · 2012
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Film · 2005
The Curse of 'The Omen'
Film · 2005
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Film · 2004
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Film · 2002
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Film · 2002
Restoring Roman Holiday
Film · 2002
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
Film · 2001
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Film · 2001
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Film · 2001
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
Film · 1999
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Film · 1999
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
Film · 1999
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
Film · 1999
Fearful Symmetry
Film · 1998
Moby Dick
Series · 1998
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Film · 1996
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Film · 1996
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Film · 1995
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Film · 1995
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Film · 1995
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
Film · 1995
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Film · 1995
The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
Film · 1994
Baseball
Series · 1994
The Portrait
Film · 1993
Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
Film · 1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Film · 1993
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
Film · 1993
Cape Fear
Film · 1991
Other People's Money
Film · 1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Film · 1991
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Film · 1990
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Film · 1990
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Film · 1990
Island of Whales
Film · 1990
Old Gringo
Film · 1989
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
Film · 1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Film · 1989
The Making of Moonwalker
Film · 1989
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Film · 1988
Amazing Grace and Chuck
Film · 1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Film · 1987
Directed by William Wyler
Film · 1986
Olympic Gala
Film · 1984
The Scarlet and the Black
Film · 1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Film · 1983
Night of 100 Stars
Film · 1982
The Blue and the Gray
Series · 1982
Champs-Elysées
Series · 1982
The Sea Wolves
Film · 1980
The Boys from Brazil
Film · 1978
Mickey's 50
Film · 1978
The Kennedy Center Honors
Series · 1978
Ciné regards
Series · 1978
MacArthur
Film · 1977
The Omen
Film · 1976
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Film · 1976
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
Billy Two Hats
Film · 1974
Spécial cinéma
Series · 1974
Dinah!
Series · 1974
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Film · 1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Series · 1973
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Film · 1972
Shoot Out
Film · 1971
The Pearl Bailey Show
Series · 1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
Series · 1971
Film '72
Series · 1971
I Walk the Line
Film · 1970
The Infinite Journey
Film · 1970
Marooned
Film · 1969
Mackenna's Gold
Film · 1969
The Chairman
Film · 1969
The Extraordinary Seaman
Film · 1969
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
Film · 1969
The Movie Orgy
Film · 1968
The Stalking Moon
Film · 1968
Africa
Film · 1967
Arabesque
Film · 1966
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
Film · 1966
Mirage
Film · 1965
Uncertain Verification
Film · 1965
Salute to Stan Laurel
Film · 1965
Behold a Pale Horse
Film · 1964
Captain Newman, M.D.
Film · 1963
To Kill a Mockingbird
Film · 1962
Cape Fear
Film · 1962
How the West Was Won
Film · 1962
Lykke og krone
Film · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Guns of Navarone
Film · 1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Film · 1961
The Dick Powell Show
Series · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
On the Beach
Film · 1959
Pork Chop Hill
Film · 1959
Beloved Infidel
Film · 1959
The Big Country
Film · 1958
The Bravados
Film · 1958
Fun in the Big Country
Film · 1958
The Hidden World
Film · 1958
The All-Star Christmas Show
Film · 1958
Designing Woman
Film · 1957
Moby Dick
Film · 1956
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Film · 1956
Stars of Cabaret
Film · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
MGM Parade
Series · 1955
The Million Pound Note
Film · 1954
The Purple Plain
Film · 1954
Night People
Film · 1954
Boom on Paris
Film · 1954
Reflets de Cannes
Series · 1954
Roman Holiday
Film · 1953
The Oscars
Series · 1953
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Film · 1952
The World in His Arms
Film · 1952
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Film · 1951
David and Bathsheba
Film · 1951
Only the Valiant
Film · 1951
Pictura
Film · 1951
The Gunfighter
Film · 1950
Twelve O'Clock High
Film · 1949
The Great Sinner
Film · 1949
The Art Director
Film · 1949
Yellow Sky
Film · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
Bambi
Series · 1948
The Paradine Case
Film · 1947
Gentleman's Agreement
Film · 1947
The Macomber Affair
Film · 1947
Duel in the Sun
Film · 1946
The Yearling
Film · 1946
Spellbound
Film · 1945
The Valley of Decision
Film · 1945
The Keys of the Kingdom
Film · 1944
Days of Glory
Film · 1944