Gregory Peck Marriage Date, Son, Daughter, School Education, College/Qualifications, Favorite Things

Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 â€" June 12, 2003) was an American

actor. He was one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the

1960s. Peck received five nominations for Academy Award for Best Actor

and won once â€" for his performance as Atticus Finch in the 1962

drama film To Kill a Mockingbird. Peck's other Oscar-nominated roles

are in The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), The Yearling (1946),

Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and Twelve O'Clock High (1949).Other

notable films in which he appeared include Spellbound (1945), The

Gunfighter (1950), Roman Holiday (1953), Moby Dick (1956, and its 1998

mini-series), The Big Country (1958), The Guns of Navarone (1961),

Cape Fear (1962, and its 1991 remake), How the West Was Won (1962),

The Omen (1976), and The Boys from Brazil (1978).U.S. President Lyndon

B. Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969

for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. In 1999, the American Film

Institute named Peck among Greatest Male Stars of Classic Hollywood

cinema, ranking him at No. 12.

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