by Lynn Haney
Cinematography by David M Walsh.
95 minutes. Color.
1971
Shootout
Gregory Peck (Clay Lomax), Pat Quinn, Robert F Lyons, Susan Tyrell, Jeff Corey, James Gregory, Rita Gam, Dawn Lyn.
Hal B Wallis Productions/Universal
Producer: Hal B Wallis.
Director: Henry Hathaway.
Screenplay: Marguerite Roberts, from the novel The Lone Cowboy by Will James.
Cinematography by Earl Rath.
95 minutes. Color.
1972
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
Gwen Arner, Ed Flanders, Barton Hayman, Mary Jackson, Richard Jordan, Nancy Malone, Donald Moffat, Davis Roberts, Leon Russom, William Schallert, David Speilberg, Peter Strauss, Douglas Watson.
VHS – Axon Video
Producer: Gregory Peck.
Director: Gordon Davidson.
Screenplay: Father Daniel Berrigan. Saul Levitt. Based on the play The Catonsville Nine (1970) by Daniel Berrigan.
Cinematography by Haskell Wexler.
85 minutes. Color.
1973
Billy Two Hats
Gregory Peck (Arch Deans), Desi Arnaz Jr, Jack Warden, David Huddleston, Sian Barbara Allen, John Pearce.
Algonquin/United Artists
Producer: Norman Jewison and Patrick Palmer.
Director: Ted Kotcheff.
Screenplay: Alan Sharp.
Cinematography by Brian West.
80 minutes. Color.
1976
The Omen
Gregory Peck (Robert Thorn), Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Leo McKern, Harvey Stephens, Patrick Troughton.
Harvey Bernhard-Mace Neufeld Productions/Twentieth Century Fox
Producers: Mace Neufeld and Harvey Bernhard.
Director: Richard Donner.
Screenplay: David Seltzer.
Cinematography by Gil Taylor.
111 minutes. Color.
1977
MacArthur
Gregory Peck (General Douglas MacArthur), Ed Flaners, Dan O’Herlihy, Ivan Boner, Ward Costello, Marj Dusay.
A Richard D. Zanuck-David Brown Production/Universal
Producer: Frank McCarthy.
Director: Joseph Sargent.
Screenplay: Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins.
Cinematography by Mario Tosi.
128 minutes. Color.
1978
The Boys From Brazil
Gregory Peck (Dr Josef Mengele), Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Uta Hagen, Steven Guttenberg, Denholm Elliott, Rosemary Harris, John Dehner, John Rubinstein, Anne Meara, Jeremy Black.
Producers Circle/Twentieth Century Fox
Producers: Robert Fryer, Martin Richards, Stanley O’Toole.
Director: Franklin J Schaffner.
Screenplay: Heywood Gould, from the novel by Ira Levin.
Cinematography by Henri Decae.
182 minutes. Color.
1981
The Sea Wolves
Gregory Peck (Colonel Lewis Pugh), Roger Moore, David Niven, Trevor Howard, Barbara Kellerman, Patrick Macnee.
Lorimar/United Artists
Producers: Chris Chrisafis and Euan Lloyd.
Director: Andrew V McLaglen.
Screenplay: Reginald Rose, from the book The Boarding Party by James Leasor.
Cinematography by Toni Imi.
120 minutes. Color.
1987
Amazing Grace and Chuck
Gregory Peck (President), Jamie Lee Curtis, Alex English, William L Peterson, Joshua Zuehlke, Lee Richardson, Alan Autry, Dennis Lipscomb, Frances Conroy.
Turnstar/David Field/TriStar/Rastar
Producer: David Field.
Director: Mike Newell.
Screenplay: David Field.
Cinematography by Robert Elawit.
115 minutes. Color.
1989
Old Gringo
Gregory Peck (Ambrose Bierce), Jane Fonda, Jimmy Smits, Patricio Conteras, Jenny Gago, Gabriel Roel, Sergio Calderon.
Fonda Films/Columbia
Producer: Lois Bonfiglio.
Director: Luis Puenzo.
Screenplay: Aida Bortnik and Luis Puenzo, from the novel Gringo Viejo by Carlos Fuentes.
Cinematography by Felix Monti.
119 minutes. Color.
1991
Other People’s Money
Gregory Peck (Andrew ‘Jorgy’ Jorgenson), Danny DeVito, Penelope Ann Miller, Piper Laurie, Dean Jones.
Yorktown/Warner Bros.
Producer: Norman Jewison, Ric Kidney.
Director: Norman Jewison.
Screenplay: Alvin Sargent, from the play by Jerry Sterner.
Cinematography by Haskell Wexler.
101 minutes. Color.
1991
Cape Fear
Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck (Lee Heller).
Amblin/Cappa/Tribeca/Universal
Producer: Barbara DeFina.
Director: Martin Scorsese.
Screenplay: Wesley Strick, from the screenplay by James R Webb and the novel The Executioners by John D MacDonald.
Cinematography by Freddie Francis.
123 minutes. Color.
Major Television Appearances
1982
The Blue and the Gray
Gregory Peck (Abraham Lincoln), John Hammond, Stacy Keach, Colleen Dewhurst, Lloyd Bridges, Diane Baker, Kathleen Beller, Penny Peyser, Michael Horton, Cooper Huckabee, Dan Shor, Julia Duffy, Robin Gammell, Davis S Haroer.
Producers: Hugh Benson, Harry Thomason.
Executive Producers: Larry White, Lou Reda.
Director: Andrew V McLaglen.
Teleplay: Ian McLellan Hunter, from a story by John Leekley and Bruce Catton, based on the writings of Bruce Catton.
Cinematography by Al Francis.
Eight hours. Color.
1983
The Scarlet and the Black
Gregory Peck (Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty), Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud, Raf Vallone, Kenneth Colley, Walter Gottell, Barbara Bouchet, Julian Holloway.
ITC Productions/CBS-TV
Producer: Bill McCutchen.
Director: Jerry London.
Teleplay: David Butler, from the book The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican by J P Gallagher.
Cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno.
180 minutes. Color.
1993
The Portrait
Gregory Peck (Gardner Church), Lauren Bacall, Cecilia Peck, Paul McCrane, Donna Mitchell, Joyce O’Connor, Mitchell Lawrence, William Prince.
Robert Greenwald Productions/Atticus/TNT
Producer: Philip Keinbart.
Executive Producers: Robert Greenwald, Gregory Peck, Carla Singer.
Director: Arthur Penn.
Teleplay: Lynn Roth, from the play Painted Churches by Tina Howe.
Cinematography by Dick Quinlan.
120 minutes. Color.
1998
Moby Dick
Gregory Peck (Father Mapple), Patrick Stewart, Henry Thomas, Ted Levine, Piripi Warentini, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Shane Feeney, Michael Edward-Stevens.
A Whale/Nine Network Australian Production and United Kingdom/Australia coproduction in association with USA Pictures
Producer: Franc Roddam, Kris Noble, Steve McGlothen.
Executive Producers: Robert Halmi Sr, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Fuchs.
Director: Franc Roddam.
Teleplay: Anton Diether and Franc Roddam, from the novel by Herman Melville. Cinematography by Anton Diether.
Cinematography by David Connell.
240 minutes. Color.
Broadway Productions
The Morning Star
Gregory Peck (Cliff Parrilow), Brenda Forbes, Gladys Cooper, Jill Esmond, Cecil Humphreys, Rhys Williams, Wendy Barrie, Nicolas Joy.
Morosco Theater
Producer: G
uthrie McClintic.
Director: Guthrie McClintic.
Playwright: Emlyn Williams.
14 September 1942. 24 performances.
The Willow and I
Gregory Peck (Robin Todd and Kirkland Todd), Martha Scott, Barbara O’Neil, Amanda Randolph, R Davis Williams, Edward Pawley, Cora Witherspoon, Robert Harrison
The Windsor Theater
Producer: Donald Blackwell, Raymond Curtis and David Merrick.
Director: Donald Blackwell.
Playwright: John Patrick.
10 December 1942. 28 performances.
Sons and Soldiers
Gregory Peck (Andrew Tadlock), Geraldine Fitzgerald, Herbert Rudley, Millard Mitchell, Jack Willet, Joan Sweeney, Ted Donaldson, Karl Malden, Stella Adler, Jesse White.
The Morosco Theater
Producers: Max Reinhardt, Norman Bel-Geddes and Richard Meyers.
Director: Max Reinhardt.
Playwright: Irwin Shaw.
4 March 1943. 22 performances.
The Will Rogers Follies
Keith Carradine, Dee Hoty, Dick Latessa, Cady Huffman (only Greg’s voice was featured in the production).
Producers: Pierre Cossette, Martin Richards, Sam Crowthers, James M Nederlander, Stewart F Lane, Max Weitzenhoffer in association with Japan Satellite Broadcasting, Inc.
Director: Tommy Tune.
Book by Peter Stone. Music by Cy Coleman. Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
1991. 983 performances.
Awards and Honors
Academy Awards
1968 – Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
1963 – Won Oscar – Best Actor in Leading Role for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
1950 – Nominated for Oscar, Best Actor in Leading Role for Twelve O’Clock High (1950)
1948 – Nominated for Oscar, Best Actor in Leading Role for Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
1947 – Nominated for Oscar, Best Actor in Leading Role for Yearling (1946) 1946 – Nominated for Oscar, Best Actor in Leading Role for The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
American Civil Liberties Union
1991 – Bills of Rights Award
American Film Institute
1989 – Life Achievement Award
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
1990 – Board of Governors Award
Angelus Awards Student Film Festival
2003 – Spirit of Angelus Award (Bestowed posthumously)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards
1964 – Nominated for BAFTA Film Award, Best Foreign Actor for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
1954 – Nominated for BAFTA Film Award, Best Foreign Actor for Roman Holiday (1953)
Banff Television Festival
1983 – Award of Excellence
Berlin International Film Festival
1993 – Honorary Golden Berlin Bear
Cannes Film Festival
1989 – Palme d’Or Award
César Awards, France
1995 – César, Honorary Award
David di Donatello Awards
2003 – Special David
Emmy Awards
1998 – Nominated, Emmy, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Moby Dick (1998) (TV)
Film Society of Lincoln Center
1992 – Gala Tribute
Franklin and Marshal College
1977 – Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
George Eastman Award
1987 – For Distinguished Contribution to the Art of Film
Golden Apple Award
1998 – Golden Apple, Male Star of the Year 1947 – Golden Apple, Most Cooperative Actor 1945 – Golden Apple, Most Cooperative Actor
Golden Globes, USA
1999 – Won, Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture for Moby Dick (1998) TV. Tied with Don Cheadle for The Rat Pack (1998) TV
1979 – Nominated, Golden Globe, Best Motion Picture Actor – Drama, for The Boys From Brazil (1978)
1978 – Nominated, Golden Globe, Best Motion Picture Actor – Drama for MacArthur (1977)
1969 – Won, Cecil B DeMille Award
1964 – Nominated, Golden Globe, Best Motion Picture Actor – Drama for Captain Newman, MD (1963)
1963 – Won, Golden Globe, Best Motion Picture Actor – Drama for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
1955 – Won, Golden Globe, World Film Favorite – Male 1951 – Won, Golden Globe, World Film Favorite – Male (Henrietta) The
1947 – Won, Golden Globe, Best Motion Picture Actor for The Yearling (1946)
Golden Scroll Award
1977 – Best actor in a horror film in 1976 for The Omen (1976)
Hearst Award
Presented to Veronique and Gregory Peck for outstanding humanitarian service
International Jewish Film Festival
1999 – Humanitarian Award
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
1996 – Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema
Kennedy Center Honors
1991 – Lifetime contribution to the Performing Arts
Laurel Awards
1970 – Nominated, Golden Laurel, Male Star, 12th place 1967 – Won, Golden Laurel, Special Award Nominated, Golden Laurel, Action Performance for Arabesque (1966)
1966 – Nominated, Golden Laurel, Male Star, 5th place
1965 – Nominated, Golden Laurel, Male Star, 14th place 1964 – Nominated, Golden Laurel, Top Male Star, 5th place
1963 – 2nd place, Golden Laurel, Top Male Dramatic Performance for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 3rd place, Golden Laurel, Top Male Star
1962 – 3rd place, Golden Laurel, Top Male Dramatic Performance for The Guns of Navarone (1961)
1960 – Nominated, Golden Laurel, Top Male Star, 13th place 1959 – 3rd place, Golden Laurel, Top Action Performance for The Bravados (1958)
Légion d’honneur
1993 – Award for Outstanding Contribution to Arts, France’s highest national honor
Look Magazine
1947 – Best Actor for the year 1947 1946 – Outstanding Actor of 1946
Marion Anderson Award
1999 – Humanitarian Award
National Board of Review
1983 – Career Achievement Award
New York Film Critics Circle Award
1950 – NYFCC Award, Best Actor for Twelve O’Clock High (1949)
Paris Film Festival
1949 – Best Foreign Actor of 1949 for Paradine Case (1947)
Photoplay Magazine
1946 – Gold Medal Award for Best Actor for The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Reno Chamber of Commerce
1950 – Silver Spurs Award, Top Western Star
San Sebastian International Film Festival
1986 – Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1971 – Life Achievement Award
White House
1969 – Medal of Freedom Award
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