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Eldred Gregory Peck was born on April 5, 1916, in the neighborhood of La Jolla in San Diego, California, [2] [3] to Bernice Mae "Bunny" (née Ayres; 1894–1992), and Gregory Pearl Peck (1886–1962), a Rochester, New York–born chemist and pharmacist. His father was of English (paternal) and Irish (maternal) heritage, [4] [5] and his mother was of English and Scots ancestry. [6]
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. He had Irish (from his paternal grandmother), English, and some German, ancestry. His parents divorced when he was five years old. An only child, he was sent to live with his grandmother.
Gregory Peck (1916–2003) [1] was an American actor who had an extensive career in film, television, radio, and on stage. Peck's breakthrough role was as a Catholic priest who attempts to start a mission in China in the 1944 film The Keys of the Kingdom, for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. [2] [3] In the same year, he played Count Vronsky in a ...
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. He had Irish (from his paternal grandmother), English, and some German, ancestry. His parents divorced when he was five years old. An only child, he was sent to live with his grandmother.
Sep 9, 2024 · 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). Learn more about Peck’s life and career.
Dec 14, 2012 · 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. His wife, Veronique, was holding his hand when he died, family spokesman ...
Jun 12, 2003 · Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema. After studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner, Peck began appearing in stage productions, acting in over 50 plays and three ...
Atticus Finch gave Gregory Peck an opportunity to play himself.-Harper Lee. A man of wit, love of family, a man of character and nobility. He was a wonder. He was a gift.-Lauren Bacall. By the nature of the films he chose to make, you can learn how to be a better man.-Tom Hanks. He was then, and he will always be, just my Atticus. – Mary Badham
– Gregory Peck, 1957 Tall and strikingly handsome, with a commanding presence and a deep, resonant voice, Peck was born in La Jolla, California, on April 5, 1916. As a senior at the University of California at Berkeley, he was cast in several plays and fell in love with acting.
With a career beginning in 1944, actor Gregory Peck has appeared in indelible dramatic roles for many major Hollywood directors and also become a role model for his lifelong humanitarian efforts. A crusader for social issues and an outspoken opponent of the blacklist, he won an Academy Award for his performance as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) after four previous nominations ...
