Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/5/1916
Place of Birth
La Jolla, California, USA
Also Known As
Eldred Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck
Biography
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 successf...
Known For
How the West Was Won
as Cleve Van Valen
To Kill a Mockingbird
as Atticus Finch
Mackenna's Gold
as Marshal MacKenna
The Million Pound Note
as Henry Adams
Roman Holiday
as Joe Bradley
Shoot Out
as Clay Lomax
Cape Fear
as Sam Bowden
Cape Fear
as Lee Heller
Gentleman's Agreement
as Philip Schuyler Green
The Guns of Navarone
as Capt. Keith Mallory
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
as Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
Marooned
as Charles Keith
Moby Dick
as Captain Ahab
Designing Woman
as Mike Hagen
The Omen
as Robert Thorn
The Chairman
as John Hathaway
Mirage
as David Stillwell
The Yearling
as Ezra "Penny" Baxter
Beloved Infidel
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Arabesque
as Prof. David Pollock