About
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...
Known for
Cape FearMovie • 1991
Roman HolidayMovie • 1953
To Kill a MockingbirdMovie • 1962
The OmenMovie • 1976
BaseballSeries • 1994
The Guns of NavaroneMovie • 1961
How the West Was WonMovie • 1962
The Boys from BrazilMovie • 1978
The Blue and the GraySeries • 1982
Moby DickMovie • 1956
The Big CountryMovie • 1958
On the BeachMovie • 1959
SpellboundMovie • 1945
Cape FearMovie • 1962
The BravadosMovie • 1958
Gentleman's AgreementMovie • 1947
The Million Pound NoteMovie • 1954
Mackenna's GoldMovie • 1969
The Stalking MoonMovie • 1968
Duel in the SunMovie • 1946
Moby DickSeries • 1998
The Snows of KilimanjaroMovie • 1952
Other People's MoneyMovie • 1991
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.Movie • 1951