Gregory Peck. Actor: To Kill a Mockingbird. Eldred Gregory Peck was born on April 5, 1916 in La Jolla, California, to Bernice Mae (Ayres) and Gregory Pearl Peck, a chemist and druggist in San Diego.
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Gregory Peck died peacefully in his sleep Wednesday night, the week after his famous character Atticus Finch from “To Kill a Mockingbird” was named by the Ameri-can Film Institute as the greatest movie hero of all time. The veteran star, who won an Oscar for that performance and was nominated for four others, was 87.
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In 2003, his Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch was named the greatest film hero of the past 100 years by the American Film Institute. Gregory Peck died at age 87 on June 12, 2003 in Los Angeles, California.
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Gregory Peck is best known for his larger-than-life film roles, particularly as Atticus Finch in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'
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Academy Award winner Gregory Peck, one of Hollywood’s best-loved actors, whose characters embodied a gentle dignity, heroism and compassion for the underdog in such films as “To Kill a...
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Gregory Peck, tall, imposing American actor with a deep, mellow voice, best known for conveying characters of honesty and integrity. He is perhaps best known for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
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Gregory Peck was one of the great Hollywood stars, winning the best actor Oscar for To Kill a Mockingbird and working with directors including Hitchcock, Huston and Scorsese.
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Along with gentle fellow citizens and actors, Dorothy McGuire and Mel Ferrer, Peck founded the wonderful La Jolla Playhouse. His memory is revered by his family, his many friends and his community. Here are 40 of my favorite films of the great Gregory Peck.
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