History Creator / GregoryPeck

* ''[[Film/OtherPeoplesMoney Other People's Money]]'' (1991)

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Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor who was one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s. A tall, dark, clean-cut, all-American with a stirring voice and a sincere squint, he mostly made a career of playing [[IncorruptiblePurePureness incorruptible pillars of virtue and wisdom.]] Best known for his Oscar-winning turn as Atticus Finch in ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'' (voted by the American Film Institute as the greatest hero in the history of American film, a week before Peck died), he played similarly admirable characters in films such as ''Literature/TheYearling'', ''Film/GentlemansAgreement'', ''Film/TwelveOClockHigh'', and ''Film/TheBigCountry''. The Gregory Peck Law goes like this:

He also liked to occasionally [[PlayingAgainstType play way against type]], with roles such as bigoted rapist Lewt [=McCanles=] in ''Film/DuelInTheSun'', or Josef Mengele in ''Literature/TheBoysFromBrazil''. In real life, he had a reputation as a gentleman and was a classical NiceGuy - which is a key reason he enjoyed playing Atticus Finch so much. In fact, Harper Lee (who wrote ''To Kill a Mockingbird'') said he reminded her of her father (on whom she'd based Atticus Finch). So much so that she gave Peck her father's pocketwatch, and he wore it in the film.

A tall, dark, clean-cut, all-American actor with a stirring voice and a sincere squint, Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) mostly made a career of playing [[IncorruptiblePurePureness incorruptible pillars of virtue and wisdom.]] Best known for his Oscar-winning turn as Atticus Finch in ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'' (voted by the American Film Institute as the greatest hero in the history of American film, a week before Peck died), he played similarly admirable characters in films such as ''Literature/TheYearling'', ''Film/GentlemansAgreement'', ''Film/TwelveOClockHigh'', and ''Film/TheBigCountry''. The Gregory Peck Law goes like this:

He also liked to occasionally [[PlayingAgainstType play way against type]], with roles such as bigoted rapist Lewt [=McCanles=] in ''Duel in the Sun'', or Josef Mengele in ''Literature/TheBoysFromBrazil''. In real life, he had a reputation as a gentleman and was a classical NiceGuy - which is a key reason he enjoyed playing Atticus Finch so much. In fact, Harper Lee (who wrote ''To Kill a Mockingbird'') said he reminded her of her father (on whom she'd based Atticus Finch). So much so that she gave Peck her father's pocketwatch, and he wore it in the film.

* BadassBaritone: He is up there with JamesEarlJones and Sir ChristopherLee in terms of having a deep, distinctive voice.

Peck was married twice and had a total of five children (three from his first marriage, two from his second). Peck died of cardiorespiratory arrest and bronchial pneumonia in 2003.

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His grandson, Ethan Peck, has a reoccurring role on ''Series/GossipGirl''.

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Tall, dark, clean-cut, all-American actor with a stirring voice and a sincere squint, Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) mostly made a career of playing [[IncorruptiblePurePureness incorruptible pillars of virtue and wisdom.]] Best known for his Oscar-winning turn as Atticus Finch in ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'' (voted by the American Film Institute as the greatest hero in the history of American film, a week before Peck died), he played similarly admirable characters in films such as ''Literature/TheYearling'', ''Film/GentlemansAgreement'', ''Film/TwelveOClockHigh'', and ''Film/TheBigCountry''. The Gregory Peck Law goes like this:

Tall, dark, clean-cut, all-American actor with a stirring voice and a sincere squint, Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) mostly made a career of playing [[IncorruptiblePurePureness incorruptible pillars of virtue and wisdom.]] Best known for his Oscar-winning turn as Atticus Finch in ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'' (voted by the American Film Institute as the greatest hero in the history of American film, a week before Peck died), he played similarly admirable characters in films such as ''The Yearling'', ''Film/GentlemansAgreement'', ''Twelve O'Clock High'', ''Other People's Money'' and ''The Big Country''. The Gregory Peck Law goes like this:

He also liked to occasionally [[PlayingAgainstType play way against type]], with roles such as bigoted rapist Lewt [=McCanles=] in ''Film/DuelInTheSun'', or Josef Mengele in ''Literature/TheBoysFromBrazil''. In real life, he had a reputation as a gentleman and was a classical NiceGuy - which is a key reason he enjoyed playing Atticus Finch so much. In fact, Harper Lee (who wrote ''To Kill a Mockingbird'') said he reminded her of her father (on whom she'd based Atticus Finch). So much so that she gave Peck her father's pocketwatch, and he wore it in the film.

* ''Film/LosBravados'' (1958)
* ''Film/OnTheBeach'' (1959)

Tall, dark, clean-cut, all-American actor with a stirring voice and a sincere squint, '''Eldred Gregory Peck''' (April 5, 1916 -- June 12, 2003) mostly made a career of playing [[IncorruptiblePurePureness incorruptible pillars of virtue and wisdom.]] Best known for his Oscar-winning turn as Atticus Finch in ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'' (voted by the American Film Institute as the greatest hero in the history of American film, a week before Peck died), he played similarly admirable characters in films such as ''The Yearling'', ''Film/GentlemansAgreement'', ''Twelve O'Clock High'', ''Other People's Money'' and ''The Big Country''. The Gregory Peck Law goes like this:

Tall, dark, clean-cut, all-American actor with a stirring voice and a sincere squint, Eldred Gregory Peck (1916-2003) mostly made a career of playing [[IncorruptiblePurePureness incorruptible pillars of virtue and wisdom.]] Best known for his Oscar-winning turn as Atticus Finch in ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'' (voted by the American Film Institute as the greatest hero in the history of American film, a week before Peck died), he played similarly admirable characters in films such as ''The Yearling'', ''Film/GentlemansAgreement'', ''Twelve O'Clock High'', ''Other People's Money'' and ''The Big Country''. The Gregory Peck Law goes like this:

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