Name: Gregory Peck
Date of Birth: 5 April 1916 Born Eldred Gregory Peck in San Diego on April 5th 1916.
From starring in his first film in 1944 (Days Of Glory), Peck was a main player on the Hollywood scene. Eighteen years later, in 1962, he was to star in his most inspirational and outstanding role as Atticus Finch - a Depression-era lawyer and widowed father, in a film adaptation of the Harper Lee novel . Released during the height of the US civil rights movement in the South, this movie and his role were Peck's favorites. In 2003, Atticus Finch was named the top film hero of the past 100 years by the American Film Institute. ... He served as the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1967, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Film Institute from 1967 to 1969, Chairman of the Motion Picture and Television Relief Fund in 1971, and National Chairman of the American Cancer Society in 1966. He was a member of the National Council on the Arts from 1964 to 1966. Through his career as a distinguished Hollywood actor, Peck earned many awards. He was nominated for five Academy Awards, of which he won one, and gained mnay more Golden Globes. He was dedicated to his art, and was considered to be a man of quiet dignity, never touched by scandal. On June 12, 2003, Peck died in his sleep from cardiorespiratory arrest and bronchial pneumonia, at the age of 87, at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance, California. His wife of 48 years was at his side. Peck is buried in a mausoleum in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, California.Read more Gregory Peck movies (actor)
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