Acting · La Jolla, California, USA · Born April 5, 1916
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.
MovieGregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieTo Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
2022
as Archive Footage
MovieThe Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
MovieDiscovering Audrey Hepburn
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFallout
2013
as Self (archive footage)
TVTalking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MovieClose Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Curse of 'The Omen'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLegenden: Audrey Hepburn
2005
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBarbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
2004
as Self
MovieEdith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRestoring Roman Holiday
2002
as Joe Bradley (archive footage)
MovieFrom Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002
as Self / Narrator (voice)
MovieBackstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
2001
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001
as Self
MovieThe Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001
as Self
MovieAmerican Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
1999
as Narrator
MovieA Conversation with Gregory Peck
1999
as Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
1999
as Self
TVMoby Dick
1998
as Father Mapple
MovieFearful Symmetry
1998
as Self
MovieJack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996
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MovieIngrid Bergman Remembered
1996
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995
as Self - Presenter
MovieRoger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995
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MovieTheremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
as John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieCharlton Heston: For All Seasons
1995
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MovieWild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
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MovieThe Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
1994
as Narrator
TVBaseball
1994
as (voice)
MovieThe Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
1993
as Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
MovieAudrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
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MovieThe Portrait
1993
as Gardner Church
MovieAudrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
1993
as Himself - Introduction
MovieCape Fear
1991
as Lee Heller
MovieOther People's Money
1991
as Andrew Jorgenson
MovieRobert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self (archive footage)
MovieAnthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
as Self
MovieSammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Self
MovieIsland of Whales
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
1989
as Narrator
MovieOld Gringo
1989
as Ambrose Bierce
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self (voice)
MovieThe Making of Moonwalker
1989
as Self
MovieGregory Peck: His Own Man
1988
as Self
MovieAmazing Grace and Chuck
1987
as President
MovieHappy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
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MovieDirected by William Wyler
1986
as Self
MovieJames Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Self
MovieThe Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
TVThe Blue and the Gray
1982
as Abraham Lincoln
MovieNight of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
TVChamps-Elysées
1982
as Self
MovieThe Sea Wolves
1980
as Col. Lewis Pugh
TVThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978
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MovieMickey's 50
1978
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MovieThe Boys from Brazil
1978
as Dr. Josef Mengele
TVCiné regards
1978
as Self
MovieMacArthur
1977
as Douglas MacArthur
MovieNBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
as Self
MovieThe Omen
1976
as Robert Thorn
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
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TVDinah!
1974
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TVSpécial cinéma
1974
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MovieBilly Two Hats
1974
as Arch Deans
TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
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MovieThe Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
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Film '72
1971
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MovieShoot Out
1971
as Clay Lomax
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971
as Self
MovieI Walk the Line
1970
as Sheriff Henry Tawes
MovieThe Infinite Journey
1970
as Narrator
MovieMarooned
1969
as Charles Keith
MovieThe Chairman
1969
as John Hathaway
MovieThe Extraordinary Seaman
1969
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieMackenna's Gold
1969
as Marshal MacKenna
MovieLook at Life: All in a Day's Work
1969
as Self
MovieThe Stalking Moon
1968
as Sam Varner
MovieThe Movie Orgy
1968
as Captain Ahab (archive footage)
Africa
1967
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieArabesque
1966
as Prof. David Pollock
MovieJohn F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
1966
as Narrator
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
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MovieMirage
1965
as David Stillwell
MovieUncertain Verification
1965
as (archive footage)
MovieBehold a Pale Horse
1964
as Manuel Artiguez
MovieCaptain Newman, M.D.
1963
as Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
MovieTo Kill a Mockingbird
1962
as Atticus Finch
MovieHow the West Was Won
1962
as Cleve Van Valen
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MovieLykke og krone
1962
MovieCape Fear
1962
as Sam Bowden
MovieHollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as Self (uncredited)
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVThe Dick Powell Show
1961
as Self - Guest Host
MovieThe Guns of Navarone
1961
as Capt. Keith Mallory
MovieOn the Beach
1959
as Dwight Towers
MovieBeloved Infidel
1959
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
MoviePork Chop Hill
1959
as Lt. Joe Clemons
MovieThe All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
MovieThe Big Country
1958
as James McKay
MovieThe Bravados
1958
as Jim Douglass
MovieFun in the Big Country
1958
as Self
MovieThe Hidden World
1958
as Narrator
MovieDesigning Woman
1957
as Mike Hagen
MovieMoby Dick
1956
as Captain Ahab
MovieThe Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956
as Tom Rath
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
MovieStars of Cabaret
1956
as Self (archive footage)
TVMGM Parade
1955
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MovieThe Purple Plain
1954
as Bill Forrester
TVReflets de Cannes
1954
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MovieNight People
1954
as Col. Steve Van Dyke
MovieBoom on Paris
1954
as lui-même
MovieThe Million Pound Note
1954
as Henry Adams
MovieRoman Holiday
1953
as Joe Bradley
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieThe World in His Arms
1952
as Captain Jonathan Clark
MovieThe Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
as Harry Street
MovieDavid and Bathsheba
1951
as King David
MoviePictura
1951
as Narrator (segment "The Legend of St. Ursula") (voice)
MovieOnly the Valiant
1951
as Capt. Richard Lance
MovieCaptain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
as Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
MovieThe Gunfighter
1950
as Jimmy Ringo
MovieTwelve O'Clock High
1949
as Brigadier General Frank Savage
MovieThe Art Director
1949
as Self - Philip Schuyler Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Great Sinner
1949
as Fedja
MovieYellow Sky
1948
as James "Stretch" Dawson
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TVBambi
1948
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Paradine Case
1947
as Anthony Keane
MovieGentleman's Agreement
1947
as Philip Schuyler Green
MovieThe Macomber Affair
1947
as Robert Wilson
MovieDuel in the Sun
1946
as Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
MovieThe Yearling
1946
as Ezra "Penny" Baxter
MovieSpellbound
1945
as John Ballantine
MovieThe Valley of Decision
1945
as Paul Scott
MovieThe Keys of the Kingdom
1944
as Fr. Francis Chisholm
MovieDays of Glory
1944
as Vladimir
