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 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), whic…
Movies & TV Shows
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Cape Fear (1991) — Lee Heller
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To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) — Atticus Finch
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The Omen (1976) — Robert Thorn
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Roman Holiday (1953) — Joe Bradley
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Spellbound (1945) — John Ballantine
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The Guns of Navarone (1961) — Capt. Keith Mallory
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Cape Fear (1962) — Sam Bowden
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How the West Was Won (1962) — Cleve Van Valen
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Moby Dick (1956) — Captain Ahab
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The Boys from Brazil (1978) — Dr. Josef Mengele
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The Big Country (1958) — James McKay
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Gentleman's Agreement (1947) — Philip Schuyler Green
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The Paradine Case (1947) — Anthony Keane
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On the Beach (1959) — Dwight Towers
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Mackenna's Gold (1969) — Marshal MacKenna
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The Gunfighter (1950) — Jimmy Ringo
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Duel in the Sun (1946) — Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
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Arabesque (1966) — Prof. David Pollock
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Twelve O'Clock High (1949) — Brigadier General Frank Savage
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Other People's Money (1991) — Andrew Jorgenson
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The Bravados (1958) — Jim Douglass
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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) — Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
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Yellow Sky (1948) — James "Stretch" Dawson
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Mirage (1965) — David Stillwell
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Marooned (1969) — Charles Keith
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The Sea Wolves (1980) — Col. Lewis Pugh
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The Yearling (1946) — Ezra "Penny" Baxter
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) — Harry Street
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Shoot Out (1971) — Clay Lomax
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
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MacArthur (1977) — Douglas MacArthur
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Designing Woman (1957) — Mike Hagen
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The Oscars (1953) — Self
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The Million Pound Note (1954) — Henry Adams
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The Stalking Moon (1968) — Sam Varner
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Pork Chop Hill (1959) — Lt. Joe Clemons
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David and Bathsheba (1951) — King David
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The Purple Plain (1954) — Bill Forrester
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The Scarlet and the Black (1983) — Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
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Moby Dick (1998) — Father Mapple