Biography
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 Broadway productions. He first gained critical success in The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), a John M. Stahl–di...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
2022
as Self (archive footage)
A legend of the Hollywood Golden Age, Gregory Peck (1916-2003) had an exemplary career, working under some of the greatest directors: Alfred Hitchcock...

To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
2022
as Archive Footage
A 60th anniversary retrospective documentary on the influence and context of the 1962 film, To Kill a Mockingbird.

And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Fallout
2013
as Self (archive footage)
During the 1940s, Nevil Shute had a steady job as an engineer in the British military but in his spare time, he wrote novels that were being well-rece...

Close Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, between 1993 and ...

The Curse of 'The Omen'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
The filming of "The Omen" (1976) was plagued by tragedy and bizarre incidents. "The devil was at work and he didn't want that film made" - Producer Ha...

Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
2005
as Self (archive footage)
A German documentary about the life of Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn.

Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
2004
as Self
Barbra Streisand returned to regular concert performances with this lavish production at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. Performing on New Years Eve...

Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as (archive footage)
A tribute to the legendary costume designer Edith Head during her years providing costumes for the films of Paramount studio which includes Sunset Bou...

Restoring Roman Holiday
2002
as Joe Bradley (archive footage)
Brief documentary on the painstaking process to restore Roman Holiday (1953) for DVD release.

From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
2002
as Self / Narrator (voice)
From Czarist Russia's Moscow Art Theatre to Hollywood's biggest film, narrator Gregory Peck joins an A-list of Hollywood stars to take us through the ...

Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Darryl F. Zanuck ignores the protests of his peers and makes a movie about antisemitism called "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947).

The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001
as Self
A retrospective documentary on the making of Cape Fear (1991) and Cape Fear (1962).

The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001
as Self
A short documentary with interviews explaining how the classic film "Cape Fear" was filmed.

American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
1999
as Narrator
Millions of people around the world know of him. Yet this frontier prophet of the early 1800's found little honor and eventual martyrdom at the hands ...

A Conversation with Gregory Peck
1999
as Self
Not your usual film biography, A Conversation With Gregory Peck (2000) goes on-the-road and behind-the-scenes with Gregory Peck and his one man show. ...
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Paying homage to two of Hollywood's central icons, the film creates an unparalleled portrait of two very different personalities amidst the demise of ...
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
1999
as Self
Documentary on the career of Lauren Bacall.

Fearful Symmetry
1998
as Self
A documentary about the making of "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996
as Self
Jack Lemmon made over 60 films and received numerous awards, including eight Academy Award Nominations and two Oscars. Later in life, his achievement ...

Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Her name conjures up beauty, grace, talent and style. One of the greatest actresses of her time, she is best remembered for a natural and vulnerable p...

Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995
as Self - Presenter
'Ol' Blue Eyes' eightieth birthday celebration; star-studded entertainment, tributes by a diverse company of guests, songs closely associated with Sin...

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995
as Self
The story of actor Roger Moore, including clips from his movies, television shows and interviews with the actor, his family and acquaintances.

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
1995
as John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
After escaping Russia's communist revolution, Léon Theremin travels to New York, where he pioneers the field of electronic music with his synthesizer....

Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
1995
as Self
The life and times of actor and NRA activist Charlton Heston.

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
as Self
Documentary exploring the career of noted film directer William A. Wellman.

The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann
1994
as Narrator
A documentary detailing the hunt for fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann. Narrated by Gregory Peck, the film details Eichmann's upbringing, what he did under...

The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue
1993
as Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
The Will Rogers Follies is a musical with a book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman. It focuses on the l...

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self
Audrey Hepburn was one of the movies' best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant sophistication and an enduring aura of youthful innoce...

The Portrait
1993
as Gardner Church
After a long absence, artist Margaret Church returns to her aging parent's home to finish a portrait of them, only to to discover that her parents hav...

The Portrait
1993
Executive Producer
After a long absence, artist Margaret Church returns to her aging parent's home to finish a portrait of them, only to to discover that her parents hav...

Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words
1993
as Himself - Introduction
With an introduction by Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn recounts her love of children and her work with UNICEF as a Goodwill Ambassador.

Cape Fear
1991
as Lee Heller
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14...

Other People's Money
1991
as Andrew Jorgenson
When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's attractiv...

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self (archive footage)
A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the actor himself.

Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Born in Mexico, Anthony Quinn became the family's main provider when his father died in an accident. Thus began the story of a man who had a thousand ...
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
as Self
A leading acting teacher who trained some of the most famous performers of the stage and screen, Sanford Meisner was a founding member of the Group Th...
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Self
Celebrating Sammy Davis Jr 's 60th anniversary in show business, including musical,comic and dancing performers.

Island of Whales
1990
as Narrator (voice)
This film joins five of the world's leading whale researchers on a scientific expedition around Canada's Vancouver Island. Spectacular photography and...
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
1989
as Narrator
A documentary portrait of the late Earl Warren, the Chief Justice who presided over the Supreme Court during some of its most turbulent years from 195...

Old Gringo
1989
as Ambrose Bierce
A writer forms a triangle with a schoolmarm and a Mexican general on the run.
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Himself
A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and ...

Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988
as Self
Talented and enduring Academy Award-winning star, Gregory Peck, tells how it was when studios ruled and a shy boy from a broken family could rise to b...
The Making of Moonwalker
1988
as Self
A behind the scenes look at Michael Jackson's Moonwalker film

Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987
as President
Average American boy Chuck Murdock goes on a school outing to a nuclear weapons facility, where he learns about the destructive power that sits at the...

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.

Directed by William Wyler
1986
as Self
Documentary about the famed Hollywood director.

The Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His...

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...

The Sea Wolves
1980
as Col. Lewis Pugh
A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to un...

Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
"Mickey's 50" is a 90-minute special that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 19, 1978. The special was made to commemorate the 50th bi...

The Boys from Brazil
1978
as Dr. Josef Mengele
Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

MacArthur
1977
as Douglas MacArthur
The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by ...

The Omen
1976
as Robert Thorn
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t kno...

The Dove
1974
Producer
16-year-old Robin Lee Graham aims to become the youngest person to sail around the world in a 23-foot sloop named "The Dove". On his journey, he meets...

Billy Two Hats
1974
as Arch Deans
After a bank robbery, runaway Scottish outlaw Arch Deans and his young half-breed Kiowa partner Billy Two Hats develop a father-son relationship, but ...

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Overview of director King Vidor's filmography.

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
1972
Producer
On May 17, 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War, nine men and women entered a Selective Service office outside Baltimore. They removed military draf...

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension th...

Shoot Out
1971
as Clay Lomax
Clay Lomax, a bank robber, gets out of jail after an 7 year sentence. He is looking after Sam Foley, the man who betrayed him. Knowing that, Foley hir...

I Walk the Line
1970
as Sheriff Henry Tawes
Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his ma...

Marooned
1969
as Charles Keith
After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won't activate. Af...

The Chairman
1969
as John Hathaway
An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. What he is not told by his bosses is that a...

The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marooned sailors discover a World War II ship haunted by its late captain.

Mackenna's Gold
1969
as Marshal MacKenna
A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to ke...
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
1969
as Self
A look at people who travel the world by air as part of their everyday jobs, including businessmen and women who fly around the world as easily as tak...

The Stalking Moon
1968
as Sam Varner
While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, an American scout named Sam Varner is surprised to find a white woman, Sa...

The Movie Orgy
1968
as Captain Ahab (archive footage)
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and gov...
Africa
1967
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Documentary looking at the new independent African states.

Arabesque
1966
as Prof. David Pollock
When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is r...

John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
1966
as Narrator
An overview of John F. Kennedy's political career. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., in 201...
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
as Self
A program featuring original comedy skits written as a tribute to Stan Laurel.

Mirage
1965
as David Stillwell
In New York City, David Stillwell struggles to recover his memory before the people who are trying to kill him succeed. Who is he, who are they, and w...

Uncertain Verification
1965
as (archive footage)
A short film containing a collection of clips from various Hollywood movies.

Behold a Pale Horse
1964
as Manuel Artiguez
Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting ...

Captain Newman, M.D.
1963
as Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital i...

Captain Newman, M.D.
1963
Producer
In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital i...

To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
as Atticus Finch
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their recl...

To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
Producer
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their recl...

How the West Was Won
1962
as Cleve Van Valen
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one ...

Cape Fear
1962
as Sam Bowden
Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and hi...

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as Self (uncredited)
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in t...

The Guns of Navarone
1961
as Capt. Keith Mallory
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range fiel...

On the Beach
1959
as Dwight Towers
In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual...

Beloved Infidel
1959
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
In the late 1930s, Sheilah Graham’s Hollywood column quickly becomes popular for its biting tone. At a party, she meets author F. Scott Fitzgerald, an...

Pork Chop Hill
1959
as Lt. Joe Clemons
Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied...

Pork Chop Hill
1959
Executive Producer
Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied...

The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
This 1958 Christmas spectacular was produced by the USO for the entertainment of troops stationed overseas. Over 50 top names from stage, screen and t...

The Big Country
1958
as James McKay
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, a...

The Big Country
1958
Producer
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, a...

The Bravados
1958
as Jim Douglass
Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts ...

Fun in the Big Country
1958
as Self
Behind-the-scenes look during the filming of William Wyler's 1958 western, "The Big Country."

The Hidden World
1958
as Narrator
The Hidden World is a 1958 American science documentary film produced by Robert Snyder and narrated by Gregory Peck. The film is about insects. It was...

Designing Woman
1957
as Mike Hagen
A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the othe...

Moby Dick
1956
as Captain Ahab
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a s...

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956
as Tom Rath
Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which ...

Stars of Cabaret
1956
as Self (archive footage)
A collection of amateur films made by photographer Roderic Vickers and friends.

The Purple Plain
1954
as Bill Forrester
An RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has...

Night People
1954
as Col. Steve Van Dyke
A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the Russians kidnap a young Army private, the son of prominent ...

Boom on Paris
1954
as Self
In the early 1950s, the popular radio show "La Kermesse aux Étoiles", hosted by the famous Jean Nohain, mixing lottery games and performances of vario...

The Million Pound Note
1954
as Henry Adams
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a ...

Roman Holiday
1953
as Joe Bradley
Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor k...

The World in His Arms
1952
as Captain Jonathan Clark
A boisterous sea captain in the Pacific Coast, circa 1850, has a plan to buy Alaska from the Russians… if they don’t kill him first.

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
as Harry Street
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.

David and Bathsheba
1951
as King David
King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.

Pictura
1951
as Narrator: Carpaccio episode (voice)
Pictura is a documentary film directed by seven famous directors, and narrated by several famous Hollywood actors. The film attempts to give the gener...

Only the Valiant
1951
as Capt. Richard Lance
Only the Valiant, a classic western adventure, based on a novel by Charles Marquis Warren, the film tells the story of a Cavalry officer who volunteer...

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
as Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship a...

The Gunfighter
1950
as Jimmy Ringo
The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

Twelve O'Clock High
1949
as Brigadier General Frank Savage
In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deal...

The Art Director
1949
as Self - Philip Schuyler Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This short film walks the viewer through art directors' ...

The Great Sinner
1949
as Fedja
A young man succumbs to gambling fever.

Yellow Sky
1948
as James "Stretch" Dawson
In 1867, a gang robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws encounter a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a ho...

The Paradine Case
1947
as Anthony Keane
Attorney Anthony Keane agrees to represent Londonite Mrs. Paradine, who has been fingered in her husband's murder. From the start, the married lawyer ...

Gentleman's Agreement
1947
as Philip Schuyler Green
A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.

The Macomber Affair
1947
as Robert Wilson
A big-game hunter takes a rich American couple on an African safari. Film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber".

The Macomber Affair
1947
Co-Producer
A big-game hunter takes a rich American couple on an African safari. Film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber".

Duel in the Sun
1946
as Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad...

The Yearling
1946
as Ezra "Penny" Baxter
Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?

Spellbound
1945
as John Ballantine
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, dis...

The Valley of Decision
1945
as Paul Scott
Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the we...

The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
as Fr. Francis Chisholm
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a prie...

Days of Glory
1944
as Vladimir
A heroic guerilla group fights back against impossible odds during the 1941 Nazi invasion of Russia.