"Gregory Peck Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor. He is one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s. Peck received five Academy Award for Best Actor nominations and won once for his performance as Atticus Finch in the 1962 drama film ""To Kill a Mockingbird"". Peck also received Oscar nominations for his roles in ""The Keys of the Kingdom"" (1944), ""The Yearling"" (1946), ""Gentleman's Agreement"" (1947) and ""Twelve O'Clock High"" (1949). Other notable films in which he appeared include ""Spellbound"" (1945), ""The Gunfighter"" (1950), ""Roman Holiday"" (1953),"
"Gregory Peck. David Niven, described him as ""a pixie—timid, always warm-hearted, with a penchant for schoolboy jokes."" In 1946 his horse Triplicate won the Hollywood Gold Cup and San Juan Capistrano Handicap. He remained physically active well into his eighties. He took up skateboarding in his late seventies, and was awarded a life membership in the National Skateboard Society. At seventy-eight, he broke his left wrist while skateboarding in his driveway. He also had an interest in boxing and true crime. On June 24, 1980, at the age of 81, he married a second time. Robyn Smith (born August 14,"
"On New Year's Day in 1956, the day after his divorce was finalized, Peck married Veronique Passani (1932–2012), a Paris news reporter who had interviewed him in 1952 before he went to Italy to film ""Roman Holiday"". He asked her to lunch six months later and they became inseparable. They had a son, Anthony Peck (b. 1956), and a daughter, Cecilia Peck (b. 1958). The couple remained married until Gregory Peck's death. His son Anthony is an ex-husband of supermodel Cheryl Tiegs. His daughter Cecilia lives in Los Angeles. Peck's eldest son, Jonathan, was found dead in his home on"
"Veronique Peck Veronique Peck (née Passani; February 5, 1932 – August 17, 2012) was a French-American arts patron, philanthropist and journalist. She was married to actor, political activist and philanthropist Gregory Peck from 1955 until his death in 2003. She was born in Paris, France; her mother was an artist and writer, while her father was an architect. She began her career as a journalist for ""France Soir"", a French daily newspaper, and met Gregory Peck while conducting an interview for ""France Soir"" in 1953. The couple married on December 31, 1955, shortly after Peck's divorce from his first wife,"
"G. W. Peck G. W. Peck is a pseudonymous attribution used as the author or co-author of a number of published mathematics academic papers. Peck is sometimes humorously identified with George Wilbur Peck, a former governor of the US state of Wisconsin. Peck first appeared as the official author of a 1979 paper entitled ""Maximum antichains of rectangular arrays"". The name ""G. W. Peck"" is derived from the initials of the actual writers of this paper: Ronald Graham, Douglas West, George B. Purdy, Paul Erdős, Fan Chung, and Daniel Kleitman. The paper initially listed Peck's affiliation as Xanadu, but the"
"Cecilia Peck Cecilia Peck (born May 1, 1958) is an American film producer, director and actress. She is the only daughter of actor Gregory Peck and his second wife Veronique Passani. As an actress, Peck was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for ""The Portrait"", in which she played the daughter of her father's character. She played the leading role in ""Torn Apart"", and appeared in ""My Best Friend Is a Vampire"". Peck produced ""A Conversation with Gregory Peck"", about her father, which premiered as a Special Selection in the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and aired on TCM and PBS"
"a Senior Electrical Engineer. He currently lives in the Pacific Northwest. Charles Bates (actor) Charles Bates (born January 15, 1935) is a former American child actor. He appeared in about 43 films between 1941 and 1952, mostly in small roles. He is probably best known as young Roger Newton in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller ""Shadow of a Doubt"" (1943). Other notable roles include ""The North Star"" (1943), ""San Diego, I Love You"" (1944), ""Pursued"" (1947) and ""Shockproof"" (1949). His last film was ""The Snows of Kilimanjaro"", where he played Gregory Peck's character as a 17-year-old. Bates went on to study electrical"
"and raised in Los Angeles, Peck attended private schools Campbell Hall and Harvard-Westlake in North Hollywood. He excelled in athletics and learned to play classical cello. Peck is the grandson of actor Gregory Peck and the son of Stephen Peck (a former actor, documentary film maker, and Vietnam veteran, who is President and CEO of U.S. Veterans Initiative), and abstract artist Francine Matarazzo. He has a half-sister (from his mother's second marriage), Marisa Matarazzo, who is a novelist and creative writing professor at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. After high school, Peck attended the Tisch School"
"survived by her daughter filmmaker Cecilia Peck, son Anthony Peck, three grandchildren, and her brother, Cornelius Passani. Veronique Peck Veronique Peck (née Passani; February 5, 1932 – August 17, 2012) was a French-American arts patron, philanthropist and journalist. She was married to actor, political activist and philanthropist Gregory Peck from 1955 until his death in 2003. She was born in Paris, France; her mother was an artist and writer, while her father was an architect. She began her career as a journalist for ""France Soir"", a French daily newspaper, and met Gregory Peck while conducting an interview for ""France Soir"""
"a Doctor of Letters by the National University of Ireland. He was a founding patron of the University College Dublin School of Film, where he persuaded Martin Scorsese to become an honorary patron. Peck was also chairman of the American Cancer Society for a short time. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Gregory Peck has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6100 Hollywood Boulevard. In November 2005, the star was stolen, and has since been replaced. On April 28, 2011, a ceremony was held in Beverly Hills, California, celebrating the first day of issue of"
"William R. Peck William Raine Peck (January 31, 1818 – January 22, 1871) was a wealthy American planter, politician, and soldier who served as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. The final commander of the famed Louisiana Tigers, Peck was among the largest Civil War generals, standing 6 feet, 6 inches tall and weighing 330 pounds. Peck was born in rural Mossy Creek in Jefferson County, Tennessee. His family relocated to Louisiana in the 1840s. As a young adult, he bought a plantation across the Mississippi River from Vicksburg, Mississippi. He prospered and purchased additional"
"of 2005, he lived in Longwood, Florida with his wife. Robert Newton Peck Robert Newton Peck (born February 17, 1928) is an American author who writes young adult novels. His works include ""Soup"" and ""A Day No Pigs Would Die"". Peck claims his birth date to have been February 17, 1928, but refuses to specify his birthplace. It is believed to be Ticonderoga, New York, where he spent his early years with his mother, Lucille Dornburgh Peck, and aunt Caroline Dornburgh. He attended Ticonderoga High School. His only verified Vermont connection, which Peck hints as his real birthplace, comes from"
"of Bernice Mae ""Bunny"" (""née"" Ayres; 1894–1992), and Gregory Pearl Peck (1886–1962), a New York-born chemist and pharmacist. His father was of English (paternal) and Irish (maternal) heritage and his mother was of English and Scots ancestry. She converted to her husband's religion, Roman Catholicism, when she married Gregory Pearl, and Peck was raised as a Catholic. Through his Irish-born paternal grandmother Catherine Ashe (1864–1926), Peck was related to Thomas Ashe (1885–1917), who participated in the Easter Rising less than three weeks after Peck's birth and died while being force fed during his hunger strike in 1917. Peck's parents divorced"
"from bronchopneumonia at the age of 87 at his home in Los Angeles. His wife, Veronique, was by his side. Gregory Peck is entombed in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels mausoleum in Los Angeles. His eulogy was read by Brock Peters, whose character, Tom Robinson, was defended by Peck's Atticus Finch in ""To Kill a Mockingbird"". The celebrities who attended Peck's funeral included Lauren Bacall, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Shari Belafonte, Harrison Ford, Calista Flockhart, Mike Farrell, Shelley Fabares, Jimmy Smits, Louis Jourdan, Dyan Cannon, Stephanie Zimbalist, Michael York, Angie Dickinson, Larry Gelbart, Michael Jackson, Anjelica Huston,"
"good guy Gregory Peck), ""Avenging Angel"" (1985) and ""Pray for Morning"" (2006) and such television shows as ""Gunsmoke"", ""Medical Center"", ""Falcon Crest"", ""Roswell"" and ""Criminal Minds"". In 1999 he played Dr Lester Arnold on ""Days of Our Lives"". In 2015 he co-starred with Danny Trejo in the zombie film ""The Burning Dead"". Robert F. Lyons (actor) Robert F. Lyons (born October 17, 1938 in Albany, New York) is an American actor of film and television. He is best known for guest starring in numerous popular television shows since the 1960s and for appearing in such films as ""Dark Night of"
"Willam Belli Willam Belli (, born June 30, 1982), mononymously known as Willam, is an American actor, drag queen, model, reality television personality, recording artist, and author, who is known for his recurring role as transgender woman Cherry Peck in Ryan Murphy's medical drama ""Nip/Tuck"" and for being a contestant on the fourth season of ""RuPaul's Drag Race"", during which he became the only contestant ever disqualified from the series. In addition to acting, Belli found viral success with his music video parodies ""Chow Down"" and ""Boy Is a Bottom"" with his Los Angeles drag queen pop trio DWV. However,"
"Robert Newton Peck Robert Newton Peck (born February 17, 1928) is an American author who writes young adult novels. His works include ""Soup"" and ""A Day No Pigs Would Die"". Peck claims his birth date to have been February 17, 1928, but refuses to specify his birthplace. It is believed to be Ticonderoga, New York, where he spent his early years with his mother, Lucille Dornburgh Peck, and aunt Caroline Dornburgh. He attended Ticonderoga High School. His only verified Vermont connection, which Peck hints as his real birthplace, comes from his father, who was born in Sunderland, Vermont. Peck served"
"He has also gone on record saying that he's died twice. Peck is the founder of RacePro Technologies, an off-road racing team that competes in the Lucas Oil Off Road Series. The team currently runs three professional race cars, five regional race cars, and one national junior race car. Peck is also the founder of Gear49 Nutrition, a nutritional supplement company that creates products for bodybuilders and racers. The company name is derived from Peck's father, who drove a truck for a living. His handle was ""Number Nine."" After his father passed away from cancer, Peck has said that he"
"is a member of the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame. Peck is married to Suzanne Peck, and has two sons, Rob Peck, a digital marketer and Doug Peck, a music director. Abe Peck Abe Peck is a magazine consultant, writer and professor, known for having been an editor and writer at the ""Chicago Seed"" underground newspaper from 1968-1971. Peck was born in the Bronx, New York on Jan 18, 1945. He graduated from NYU with a degree in history and pursued graduate studies before dropping out of school and into New York's East Village. In 1967, he landed in Chicago,"
"Greta Kukkonen. Veronique Peck became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1976. Veronique Peck became a well-known philanthropist in Greater Los Angeles. She and her husband raised approximately $50 million for the American Cancer Society during the 1960s. The ""Los Angeles Times"" named her ""Woman of the Year"" in 1967. She also co-founded the Inner City Cultural Center, a theater group composed of members from different ethnic backgrounds, and the Los Angeles Music Center. Shortly after Gregory Peck's death in 2003, Veronique took control of the Gregory Peck Reading Series. The series raises money on behalf of the Los Angeles Public"
"Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1986 for his portrayal of maverick policeman Ronald Craven in the television miniseries ""Edge of Darkness"". Peck married actress Jill Baker in 1982, and they had three children Hannah (born 1983), George (born 1986) and Milly (born 1990). Peck and Baker shared a seventeen-year marriage until his death in 1999. In November 1994, Peck was diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer. Peck was said to be undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy and his agent claimed that he was making a recovery. Nevertheless, Peck died at his home in London on 4 April 1999,"
"Jim Peck James Edward Peck (born June 5, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American television and radio personality based in Milwaukee and is perhaps best known for his time as a game show host. After Peck graduated from Marquette University with a double major in English and Psychology, he worked as an admissions counselor for Marquette. While thinking about his career options, Peck became interested in broadcasting. He had dabbled in acting by appearing in several theatrical plays on campus during his college years and the idea of performing intrigued him. In 1968 he joined the staff of WISN-TV"
"ex-sister-in-law of supermodel Cheryl Tiegs, and aunt of actor Ethan Peck. She holds dual citizenship in the US and France, and is French speaking. Cecilia Peck Cecilia Peck (born May 1, 1958) is an American film producer, director and actress. She is the only daughter of actor Gregory Peck and his second wife Veronique Passani. As an actress, Peck was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for ""The Portrait"", in which she played the daughter of her father's character. She played the leading role in ""Torn Apart"", and appeared in ""My Best Friend Is a Vampire"". Peck produced ""A Conversation"
"Peck is married to American artist Mary Miss. They reside in New York City, where Peck has a studio. George Peck (artist) George Peck (born 1941) is a New York-based visual artist. Born in Hungary, his work has appeared in exhibitions across the United States and Europe, and his work is represented in such museums as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York City, High Museum of Art in Atlanta, The Museum of Fine Arts Budapest, Kiscelli Museum in Budapest, and Museum of Modern Art in Sweden. Peck was born in Budapest, Hungary; he"
"Anthony Peck Anthony Peck (born Carmen Anthony Pecchio; March 20, 1947 – July 20, 1996) was an American actor. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Toledo, and his Master of Fine Arts in Acting from Temple University. He appeared in several of John McTiernan's films, such as ""Die Hard"", ""The Hunt for Red October"", ""Last Action Hero"", and ""Die Hard with a Vengeance"". Other appearances include ""Creator"", ""Unbecoming Age"", ""In the Line of Fire"", ""The Enemy Within"", and """" (This was his last film). Anthony Peck died of cancer on"
"Austin Peck Jeffrey Austin Peck (born April 9, 1971) known professionally as Austin Peck, is an American actor. He is best known for his work in daytime soap operas. Peck was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and moved to San Francisco at age eight after his parents divorced. He briefly attended Santa Monica High School where he played football as a linebacker on the fresh/sophomore team in 1986–87. He left school to pursue acting and did not graduate from Santa Monica in 1989. He began modeling and appeared in magazines ""Esquire"", ""GQ"" and ""Vogue"". In his spare time, Peck writes poetry"
"in World War II as a machine-gunner in the U.S. Army 88th Infantry Division. After he returned to the United States, Peck entered Rollins College, graduating in 1953. He then entered Cornell Law School, but failed to complete his studies. Peck published his first novel, ""A Day No Pigs Would Die"", which was a semi-autobiography of his childhood, in 1972 at the age of forty-four. To date, his credits include fifty-five novels, six nonfiction works, thirty-five songs, three television specials and over one hundred poems. He married Dorothy Anne Houston and fathered two children: Anne and Christopher. The best man"
"1916 in Milwaukee at age 75 of Bright's disease and was buried at Forest Home Cemetery. After his death, his ""Peck's Bad Boy"" writings became the basis for several films and a short-lived television show, including ""Peck's Bad Boy"" and ""Peck's Bad Girl"". His former home in La Crosse is located in what is now known as the 10th and Cass Streets Neighborhood Historic District. George Wilbur Peck George Wilbur Peck (September 28, 1840 – April 16, 1916) was an American writer and politician from Wisconsin. He served as the 17th Governor of Wisconsin and the 9th Mayor of Milwaukee."
"continue teaching in order to pursue his increasing interest in the cause of ending world starvation. Peck's altruistic concerns dominated his time for several years until he re-emerged with the popular orchestra piece, Signs of Life, in 1983. Russell Peck Russell Peck was an American composer born in Detroit on January 25, 1945 to Thorland (Tom) and Margaret (Carlson) Peck. He died in Greensboro, North Carolina on March 1, 2009. Peck's early music education was grounded in Mozart and Beethoven, but also heavily influenced by the soul music emerging from Detroit during his formative years. Peck was the youngest of"
"– May 1985) of the Ferry Place Plantation in Sicily Island, the daughter of William Smith Peck, Sr. (1873–1946), and the former Estelle Woodard (1893–1983). With his marriage, Gilbert moved nine miles south from Wisner to Sicily Island. Barbara Peck was the sister of Sicily Island civic figures William S. Peck, Jr. (April 12, 1916 – February 1987), and Henry C. Peck, Sr. (June 21, 1919 – January 24, 2004), a contractor, rancher, farmer, past president of the Sicily Island State Bank, and, from 1946 to 2000, a director of Concordia Bank and Trust Company. Another future state representative and"
"George Washington Peck George Washington Peck (June 4, 1818 – June 30, 1905) was a United States Representative from the state of Michigan. Peck was born in New York City and pursued classical studies, attending Yale College and studying law in New York City. He moved to Michigan in 1839 and settled in Brighton, where he was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice there in the same year. He was a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives in 1846 and 1847 and served as speaker the last term. He moved to Lansing, when the state"
"Sheldon Peck Sheldon Peck (August 26, 1797 - March 19, 1868) was an American folk artist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, and social activist. Peck's portraiture – with its distinctive style — is a prime example of 19th century American folk art. He also become known for advocating abolitionism , racial equality, temperance, public education, women's rights, and pacifism. Peck was born in Cornwall, Vermont, the ninth son of Jacob and Elizabeth Peck. Peck's ancestors helped found the New Haven Colony; his father worked as a blacksmith and served as a private in the Revolutionary War. Peck married Harriet Corey"
"A Day No Pigs Would Die A Day No Pigs Would Die is a semi-autobiographical novel by Robert Newton Peck about Rob Peck, a boy coming of age in rural Vermont on an impoverished farm. Originally published in 1972, it is one of the first books to be categorized as young adult fiction, in addition to being Peck's first novel; the sequel, ""A Part of the Sky"", was published in 1994. Robert Newton Peck was born on February 17, 1928, in rural Vermont to Haven Peck and Lucile Dornburgh Peck, farmers who had an interest in the tenets of Shakerism."