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- Birth Name: Eldred Gregory Peck
- Born: April 5, 1916
- Birthplace: La Jolla, California
- Died: June 12, 2003
- Won the 1963 Best Actor Academy Award for To Kill a Mockingbird
- Ranked number 12 on the American Film Institute's list of the Greatest Male Stars of All Time
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Gregory Peck was an award-winning American film actor. He was a big star for 20th Century Fox from the 1940s to the 1960s. He was nominated for five Academy Awards.
After graduating from Cal Berkeley with a B.A. in english, he moved to New York to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner. He returned west to Hollywood and in 1949 founded the La Jolla Playhouse with fellow actors, Jose Ferrer and Dorothy McGuire.
His most iconic roles were as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film version of To Kill a Mockingbird and Captain Ahab in the 1956 version of Moby Dick.
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Notable Films
- 1945: Spellbound
- 1946: Duel in the Sun
- 1946: The Yearling
- 1950: The Gunfighter
- 1952: The Snows of Kilimanjaro
- 1953: Roman Holiday
- 1956: Moby Dick
- 1961: The Guns of Navarone
- 1962: Cape Fear
- 1962: How the West Was Won
- 1962: To Kill a Mockingbird
- 1966: Arabesque
- 1976: The Omen
- 1978: Boys from Brazil
- 1989: Old Gringo
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Quotes
- [on gay rights] "It just seems silly to me that something so right and simple has to be fought for at all."
- "I am a Roman Catholic. Not a fanatic, but I practice enough to keep the franchise. I don't always agree with the Pope . . . there are issues that concern me, like abortion, contraception, the ordination of women . . . and others. I think the Church should open up."
- "Every script I'm offered has Cary Grant's paw prints on it."
- "I've had my ups and downs. There have been times when I wanted to quit. Times when I hit the bottle. Marital problems. I've touched most of the bases."
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Gregory Peck Questions
What's your views on British Actor Hugh Laurie who plays Dr Gregory House in the TV series "House"? Love/Hate/Indifferent? 1 AnswerI absolutely love him. He is probably the best actor on TV right now due to his mastery at playing an American. My love for the actor is due mostly to him playi... read more
Has anyone read "Son of a Witch" by Gregory Maguire? 1 AnswerI read and fairly enjoyed Wicked, so gave this sequel a try but, like you, couldn't get into it, and gave up after about a chapter and a half. I might give it a... read more
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Gregory Peck Timeline
- Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- 1916: Born
- 1944: "Days of Glory"
- 1946: "The Yearling"
- 1949: "12 o'clock High"
- 1950: "Thge Gun Fighter"
- 1953: "Roman Holiday"
- 1959: "Pork Chop Hill"
- 1962: "Cape Fear"
- 1962: "To Kill a Mockingbird"
- 1969: Received the Cecil DeMille Award
- 1976: "The Omen"
- 1977: "MacArthur"
- 1987: "Amazing Grace and Chuck"
- 1991: "Cape Fear"
- June 12th, 2003: Death
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Gregory Peck DVDs and Merchandise
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To Kill a Mockingbird... with Gregory Peck...
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cap'n ahab and mobi dick on the classic channel, circa 1956 w Gregory Peck.
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"Aflogging maks a bad man worse and breaks a good man's spirit" Gregory Peck as Hornblower. Classic.
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And a couple of MOD 60's tops. One is a Peck & Peck and the other is fashion by Gregory http://bit.ly/80fiPw
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AUDREY HEPBURN & GREGORY PECK http://uk.ebid.net/perl/auction.cgi/21513558
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