Gregory Peck
Birthday: 1916-04-05 | Place of Birth: La Jolla, California, USAFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor who was one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s. Peck continued to play major film roles until the late 1980s. His performance as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. He had also been nominated for an Oscar for the same category for The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), The Yearling (1946), Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and Twelve O'Clock High (1949). Other notable films he appeared in include Spellbound (1945), Roman Holiday (1953), Moby Dick (1956, and its 1998 miniseries), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Cape Fear (1962, and its 1991 remake), How the West Was Won (1962), The Omen (1976) and The Boys from Brazil (1978). U.S. President Lyndon Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck among Greatest Male Stars of Classic Hollywood cinema, ranking at No. 12. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1983.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self
as Father Mapple
as Gardner Church
as Andrew Jorgenson
as Lee Heller
as Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
as Abraham Lincoln
as Col. Lewis Pugh
as Dr. Josef Mengele
as Douglas MacArthur
as Robert Thorn
as Arch Deans
as Clay Lomax
as Sheriff Henry Tawes
as Charles Keith
as John Hathaway
as Marshal MacKenna
as Sam Varner
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Prof. David Pollock
as David Stillwell
as Manuel Artiguez
as Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
as Atticus Finch
as Sam Bowden
