Gregory Peck
AKA
Eldred Gregory Peck
Born:
5-Apr
-
1916
Birthplace:
La Jolla, CA
Died:
12-Jun
-
2003
Location of death:
Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death:
unspecified
Remains:
Buried, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, CA
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Sexual orientation:
Straight
Occupation:
Actor
Nationality:
United States
Executive summary:
To Kill A Mockingbird
Wife:
Greta Kukkonen (m. 1942, div. 1955, three sons)
Son:
Jonathan (b. 1944, d. 1975 suicide gunshot)
Son:
Stephen (b. 1945, served in Vietnam)
Son:
Carey (b. 1949)
Wife:
Veronique Passani (m. 31-Dec-1955, until his death, one son, one daughter, d. 17-Aug-2012)
Son:
Tony Peck (b. 1956)
Daughter:
Cecilia Peck (b. 1958)
University:
University of California at Berkeley (1939)
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
President (1967-70)
American Film Institute
Chairman (1967-69)
American Cancer Society
National Chairman (1966)
National Council on the Arts
Charter Member (1968-74)
People for the American Way
Oscar for Best Actor
1963 for
To Kill a Mockingbird
Golden Globe
1947 for
The Yearling
Golden Globe
1951 for World Film Favorite, Male
Golden Globe
1955 for World Film Favorite, Male
Golden Globe
1963 for
To Kill a Mockingbird
Golden Globe
1999 for
Moby Dick
American Film Institute Life Achievement Award
1989
Presidential Medal of Freedom
1969
Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses
1988
Kennedy Center Honor
1991
Hollywood Walk of Fame
6100 Hollywood Blvd.
National Medal of Arts
1999
Draft Deferment: World War II
4-F
Visited Disneyland
Candlelight Procession (Dec-1967)
Wedding: Larry Fortensky and Elizabeth Taylor (1991)
Appendectomy
Prague (Jul-1996)
Risk Factors:
Appendicitis
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Moby Dick (15-Mar-1998)
Cape Fear (13-Nov-1991)
· Lee Heller
Other People's Money (18-Oct-1991)
Old Gringo (8-Sep-1989)
· Bitter
Amazing Grace and Chuck (19-May-1987)
The Scarlet and the Black (2-Feb-1983)
The Blue and the Gray (14-Nov-1982)
Sea Wolves: The Last Charge of the Calcutta Light Horse (3-Jul-1980)
· Col. Lewis Pugh
The Boys From Brazil (5-Oct-1978)
MacArthur (30-Jun-1977)
· Gen. Douglas MacArthur
The Omen (25-Jun-1976)
Billy Two Hats (20-Mar-1974)
Shoot Out (16-Aug-1971)
· Clay Lomax
I Walk the Line (18-Nov-1970)
· Sheriff Henry Tawes
Marooned (10-Nov-1969)
· Charles Keith
The Chairman (25-Jun-1969)
Mackenna's Gold (18-Mar-1969)
· Mackenna
The Stalking Moon (22-Jan-1969)
· Sam Varner
Arabesque (5-May-1966)
· Prof. David Pollock
Mirage (26-May-1965)
· David
Behold a Pale Horse (14-Aug-1964)
· Manuel Artiguez
Captain Newman, M.D. (25-Dec-1963)
To Kill a Mockingbird (25-Dec-1962)
· Atticus Finch
How the West Was Won (1-Nov-1962)
· Cleve Van Valen
Cape Fear (12-Apr-1962)
· Sam Bowden
The Guns of Navarone (22-Jun-1961)
· Mallory
On the Beach (17-Dec-1959)
Beloved Infidel (17-Nov-1959)
Pork Chop Hill (29-May-1959)
· Lt. Joe Clemons
The Big Country (1-Oct-1958)
The Bravados (25-Jun-1958)
· Jim Douglas
Designing Woman (16-May-1957)
· Mike Hagen
Moby Dick (27-Jun-1956)
· Capt. Ahab
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (12-Apr-1956)
· Tom Rath
The Purple Plain (26-Nov-1954)
· Forrester
Night People (12-Mar-1954)
The Million Pound Note (7-Jan-1954)
· Henry Adams
Roman Holiday (27-Aug-1953)
· Joe Bradley
The World in His Arms (9-Oct-1952)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (18-Aug-1952)
· Harry
David and Bathsheba (10-Aug-1951)
Only the Valiant (13-Apr-1951)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (10-Apr-1951)
· Horatio Hornblower
The Gunfighter (23-Jun-1950)
· Jimmy Ringo
Twelve O'Clock High (21-Dec-1949)
· Gen. Savage
The Great Sinner (29-Jun-1949)
· Fedja
Yellow Sky (1-Feb-1949)
· James Dawson
The Paradine Case (31-Dec-1947)
· Anthony Keane
Gentleman's Agreement (11-Nov-1947)
· Philip Schuyler Green
The Macomber Affair (20-Apr-1947)
· Robert Wilson
Duel in the Sun (31-Dec-1946)
· Lewt McCanles
The Yearling (18-Dec-1946)
· Ezra Baxter
Spellbound (31-Oct-1945)
· John Ballantyne
The Valley of Decision (3-May-1945)
· Paul Scott
The Keys of the Kingdom (15-Dec-1944)
· Father Francis Chisholm
Days of Glory (8-Jun-1944)
· Vladimir
Appears in articles:
Time
, 23-Jun-2003,
DETAILS:
The American as a Noble Man -- When he died, Gregory Peck took movie idealism with him (p.86, one page),
BYLINE:
Richard Corliss
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