Gregory Peck American Actor (1916–2003)

Born on 5 April 1916 in La Jolla, Gregory Peck was an American actor. Gregory Peck died on 12 June 2003 at the age of 87. The recorded cause of death is bronchopneumonia. Audiences know him from Spellbound (1945) and Duel in the Sun (1946).

Early life

Schooling on record includes University of California, Berkeley, finishing in 1939; San Diego State University; and Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.

Career

His first listed screen credit dates to 1944, with Days of Glory. Work from the 1940s includes Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and The Paradine Case (1947). Roman Holiday (1953) and The Big Country (1958) are among his 1950s credits. In the 1960s, he appeared in The Guns of Navarone (1961) and To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, as Atticus Finch). The 1990s brought Cape Fear (1991) and Other People's Money (1991).

The list below counts 63 films and one TV series from 1944 to 2015. Drama is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (5), followed by psychological thriller (2) and thriller (2). The last title released in his lifetime is A Conversation With Gregory Peck, from 1999. Of his two titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Cape Fear (1991) has the highest, at $182 million.

Ava Gardner appears in three of his listed titles, including The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) and On the Beach (1959). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Alfred Hitchcock (two titles) and Robert Duvall (two titles).

Recognition

Among his honours is the Academy Award for Best Actor, won in 1963 for To Kill a Mockingbird. Other wins include the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1968) and two Golden Globe Awards (1947 and 1963). Among his nominations is the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1946 for The Keys of the Kingdom. In all, Gregory Peck won 19 awards and received 14 nominations.

Personal life

Marriages on record are to Greta Kukkonen (1942 to 1955) and Veronique Peck (1955 to 2003). He was the father of Cecilia Peck, and has 2 children in total.