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 Sa ... nford 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.
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| Organization | Category | Movie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | Twelve O'Clock High | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | The Guns of Navarone | Won |
| Golden Globes | Best Actor | Gentleman's Agreement | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | David and Bathsheba | Nominated |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Actor | Night People | Nominated |
| Venice Film Festival | Best Actor | The Big Country | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | The Omen | Nominated |
Baseball
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Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 18, 1994
The Blue and the Gray
as Abraham Lincoln
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First Aired: Nov 14, 1982
Moby Dick
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First Aired: Mar 15, 1998
The Oscars
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Episodes: 10
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
The Ed Sullivan Show
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First Aired: Jun 20, 1948
Star Life
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Episodes: 4
First Aired: Aug 04, 1990
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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First Aired: Apr 02, 1973
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
V.I.P. Schaukel
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First Aired: May 09, 1971
The Dick Powell Show
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First Aired: Sep 26, 1961
The Kennedy Center Honors
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First Aired: Dec 28, 1978
Talking Pictures
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 05, 2013
The Pearl Bailey Show
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First Aired: Jan 23, 1971
Spécial cinéma
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First Aired: Sep 25, 1974
Bambi Awards
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1948
Tony Awards
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 01, 1956
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 12, 1975
Champs-Elysées
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 16, 1982
Abendschau
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 04, 2000
Reflets de Cannes
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 25, 1954
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