Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck (1916–2003) was an American film actor, born in La Jolla, California, admired for portraying men of integrity and quiet conviction. After studying at the University of California, Berkeley, he trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and made his Broadway debut in 1942. Hollywood success came quickly with The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), Gentleman's Agreement (1947), a film that confronted prejudice, and Twelve O'Clock High (1949), followed by Roman Holiday (1953). His defining role was the principled lawyer Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor; in 2003 the American Film Institute named Atticus the top hero in American film. Peck served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Screen Legends of Classic Hollywood
Each was named by the American Film Institute among the greatest screen legends of classic American cinema. Clark Gable starred in Gone with the Wind (1939), and John Wayne defined the Western from Stagecoach (1939) onward. Audrey Hepburn won an Academy Award for Roman Holiday (1953) opposite Gregory Peck and starred with Cary Grant in Charade (1963). Marilyn Monroe, a leading comedic star of the 1950s, made her last completed film, The Misfits (1961), with Gable.
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