Peck won additional Golden Globes for “The Yearling” and the TV miniseries “Moby Dick,” which also brought him an Emmy nomination as Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actor.
The role of Atticus Finch, a quietly determined Southern lawyer defending an innocent black man against charges of rape, brought him a Golden Globe win and a BAFTA nomination. He clinched the gold for “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1962), adapted from Harper Lee‘s beloved Civil Rights novel. He earned subsequent bids for playing an ex-Confederate soldier in “The Yearling” (1946), a journalist posing as Jewish in “Gentleman’s Agreement” (1947) and an Air Force commander in “Twelve O’Clock High” (1949). He earned his first Oscar nomination as Best Actor for his second movie, “The Keys of the Kingdom” (1944), playing a Catholic priest spreading Christianity in China. Let’s take a look back at 20 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.īorn in 1916, Peck made his screen debut with a starring role in “Days of Glory” (1944). Gregory Peck was the Oscar-winning actor who starred in dozens of classics, staying active on the big and small screen until his death in 2003 at the age of 87.
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