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Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck

Actor and producer · Died June 12, 2003, aged 87 · La Jolla, California, USA

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–directed drama which earned him his first Academy Award nomination. He starred in a series of successful films, including romantic-drama The Valley of Decision (1944), Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945), and family film The Yearling (1946). He encountered lukewarm commercial reviews at the end of the 1940s, his performances including The Paradine Case (1947) and The Great Sinner (1948). Peck reached global recognition in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing back-to-back in the book-to-film adaptation of Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) and biblical drama David and Bathsheba (1951). He starred alongside Ava Gardner in The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) and Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday (1953), which earned Peck a Golden Globe award. Other notable films in which he appeared include Moby Dick (1956, and its 1998 mini-series), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Cape Fear (1962, and its 1991 remake), The Omen (1976), and The Boys from Brazil (1978). Throughout his career, he often portrayed protagonists with "fiber" within a moral setting. Gentleman's Agreement (1947) centered on topics of antisemitism, while Peck's character in Twelve O'Clock High (1949) dealt with post-traumatic stress disorder during World War II. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), an adaptation of the modern classic of the same name which revolved around racial inequality, for which he received universal acclaim. In 1983, he starred opposite Christopher Plummer in The Scarlet and The Black as Hugh O'Flaherty, a Catholic priest who saved thousands of escaped Allied POWs and Jewish people in Rome during the Second World War. Peck was also active in politics, challenging the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 and was regarded as a political opponent by President Richard Nixon. President Lyndon B. Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. Peck died in his sleep from bronchopneumonia at the age of 87.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 5, 1916
Died
June 12, 2003 (aged 87)
From
La Jolla, California, USA
Works as
Actor and producer
Titles
60 on MovieCove · 77 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 31% in 30 days

What are Gregory Peck's films like?

Across their 63 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama26 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Adventure7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 91st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
30%
Bonds
18%
Self
16%
Survival
12%
Society
12%
Power
7%
Ideas
4%
Romantic love11 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice11 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival11 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption8 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 62 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 13 · Serious 16 · Dark 33

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 35 · Stylized 22 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 32 · Intense 23

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 30 · Shifting 29 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 51 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 29 · Even-paced 31 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 22 · Engaged 30 · Full focus 10

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 11 · Affecting 26 · Heavy 25

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 50 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

55 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 38 of 55 analyzed roles.

Hero
38 of 55
Mentor
7 of 55
Shadow
4 of 55
Shapeshifter
3 of 55
Herald
1 of 55
Ally
1 of 55
Threshold guardian
1 of 55
Show the 55 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
45
Melancholic
28
Contemplative
21
Dread
15
Romantic
19
Other
42

How their films linger

Bittersweet25 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful25 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy15
  • Bittersweet31
  • Tragic9
  • Ambiguous5
  • Cyclical3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Gregory Peck's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 60 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Gregory Peck's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

77 credits, 60 with a MovieCove page; 71 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Archive Footage

  • Restoring Roman Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Joe Bradley (archive footage)

  • American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Narrator

  • Moby Dick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 2 episodes · as Father Mapple

  • 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years(1997)

    as Jimmy Ringo

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey(1993)

    as John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Narrator

  • Baseball(1994)

    Show 4 episodes · as (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • The Will Rogers Follies(1991)

    as Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Portrait(1993)

    Executive Producer · as Gardner Church

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Cape Fear(1991)

    as Lee Heller

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Other People's Money(1991)

    as Andrew Jorgenson

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Island of Whales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Narrator

  • Old Gringo(1989)

    as Ambrose Bierce

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Amazing Grace and Chuck(1987)

    as President

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Olympic Gala (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Actor

  • The Scarlet and the Black(1983)

    as Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Blue and the Gray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 3 episodes · as Abraham Lincoln

  • The Sea Wolves(1980)

    as Col. Lewis Pugh

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Boys from Brazil(1978)

    as Dr. Josef Mengele

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • MacArthur(1977)

    as Douglas MacArthur

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Omen(1976)

    as Robert Thorn

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Dove (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Producer

  • Billy Two Hats(1974)

    as Arch Deans

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Trial of the Catonsville Nine(1972)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Shoot Out(1971)

    as Clay Lomax

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • I Walk the Line(1970)

    as Sheriff Henry Tawes

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Infinite Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Narrator

  • Marooned(1969)

    as Charles Keith

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Chairman(1969)

    as John Hathaway

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Mackenna's Gold(1969)

    as Marshal MacKenna

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Stalking Moon(1968)

    as Sam Varner

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Movie Orgy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Captain Ahab (archive footage)

  • Arabesque(1966)

    as Prof. David Pollock

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Narrator

  • Mirage(1965)

    as David Stillwell

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Uncertain Verification (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as (archive footage)

  • Behold a Pale Horse(1964)

    Producer · as Manuel Artiguez

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Captain Newman, M.D.(1963)

    Producer · as Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • To Kill a Mockingbird(1962)

    Producer · as Atticus Finch

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • How the West Was Won(1962)

    as Cleve Van Valen

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Cape Fear(1962)

    as Sam Bowden

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Guns of Navarone(1961)

    as Capt. Keith Mallory

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • On the Beach(1959)

    as Dwight Towers

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Beloved Infidel(1959)

    as F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Pork Chop Hill(1959)

    Executive Producer · as Lt. Joe Clemons

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Big Country(1958)

    Producer · as James McKay

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Bravados(1958)

    as Jim Douglass

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Hidden World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Narrator

  • Designing Woman(1957)

    as Mike Hagen

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Moby Dick(1956)

    as Captain Ahab

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit(1956)

    as Tom Rath

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Purple Plain(1954)

    as Bill Forrester

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Night People(1954)

    as Col. Steve Van Dyke

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Boom on Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as lui-même

  • Man with a Million(1954)

    as Henry Adams

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Roman Holiday(1953)

    as Joe Bradley

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The World in His Arms(1952)

    as Captain Jonathan Clark

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro(1952)

    as Harry Street

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • David and Bathsheba(1951)

    as King David

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Pictura (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Narrator (segment "The Legend of St. Ursula") (voice)

  • Only the Valiant(1951)

    as Capt. Richard Lance

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Captain Horatio Hornblower(1951)

    as Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Gunfighter(1950)

    as Jimmy Ringo

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Twelve O'Clock High(1949)

    as Brigadier General Frank Savage

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Great Sinner(1949)

    as Fedja

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Yellow Sky(1948)

    as James "Stretch" Dawson

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Paradine Case(1947)

    as Anthony Keane

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Gentleman's Agreement(1947)

    as Philip Schuyler Green

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Macomber Affair(1947)

    Co-Producer · as Robert Wilson

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Duel in the Sun(1946)

    as Lewton "Lewt" McCanles

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Yearling(1946)

    as Ezra "Penny" Baxter

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Spellbound(1945)

    as John Ballantine

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Valley of Decision(1945)

    as Paul Scott

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Keys of the Kingdom(1944)

    as Fr. Francis Chisholm

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Days of Glory(1944)

    as Vladimir

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 76 titles from 1944 to 2022; peak year 1961.

Biggest box office

Cape Fear (1991)

$182M worldwide

Highest rated

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Cape Fear (1991)

Film career

19442022

Peak 1961 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 38 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting74 of 76: 67 only acting, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score77thProducing9 of 76: 2 only producing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score74th

76 titles, 7 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

1940s12 · 12 acting · 1 crew1950s21 · 21 acting · 2 crew1960s15 · 15 acting · 3 crew1970s9 · 7 acting · 2 crew1980s7 · acting1990s10 · 10 acting · 1 crew2000s1 · acting2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 1st · top billed in 84% of 51 roles
444954596474

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Gregory Peck's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 59; across their 62 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 62

Approval · how many liked their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 62

Reach · how many have seen their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 62

Midcredits score across 60 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up32
  • 50th to 74th16
  • 25th to 49th12

Shape of the crowd

36 of their 60 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved11
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser36
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · producer

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972)

85th percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, producer

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Midcredits 99th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 58 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Gregory Peck's work okay for kids?

Across up to 18 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore15 titles20–79 · median 45 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity18 titles5–52 · median 16 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity14 titles4–45 · median 24 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs14 titles29–39 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense13 titles13–83 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Gregory Peck work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gregory Peck's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alfred Newman shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles