"Lionel Richie, Louise Fletcher, Tony Danza, and Piper Laurie. Peck was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning once. He was nominated for ""The Keys of the Kingdom"" (1945), ""The Yearling"" (1946), ""Gentleman's Agreement"" (1947), and ""Twelve O'Clock High"" (1949). He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film ""To Kill a Mockingbird"". In 1967, he received the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Peck also received many Golden Globe awards. He won in 1947 for ""The Yearling"", in 1963 for ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", and in 1999 for the TV miniseries ""Moby"
"""Moby Dick"" (1956, and its 1998 miniseries), ""The Big Country"" (1958), ""The Bravados"" (1958), ""Pork Chop Hill"" (1959), ""The Guns of Navarone"" (1961), ""Cape Fear"" (1962, and its 1991 remake), ""How the West Was Won"" (1962), ""The Omen"" (1976) and ""The Boys from Brazil"" (1978). U.S. President Lyndon Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck among Greatest Male Stars of Classic Hollywood cinema, ranking him at No. 12. Eldred Gregory Peck was born on April 5, 1916, in San Diego, California, the son"
"Gregory Peck, where he was featured in an extensive role as Peck's second-in-command. His second film role was perhaps his most notable: As painter Basil Hallward in ""The Picture of Dorian Gray"" (1945), the film adaption of Oscar Wilde's literature classic. Another notable role was the District Commissioner in the Oscar-winning adventure film ""King Solomon's Mines"" (1950) with Deborah Kerr. Although Gilmore was born in the United States, the ""suave-looking, wavy-haired supporting actor"" often portrayed British characters like doctors, officers and aristrocrats. His roles were often dapper and sometimes also cads and villains. One of his best roles was probably"
"in a new home at the University of California, San Diego where it still thrives today. It has attracted Hollywood film stars on hiatus both as performers and enthusiastic supporters since its inception. Peck's first film, ""Days of Glory"", was released in 1944. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor five times, four of which came in his first five years of film acting: for ""The Keys of the Kingdom"" (1944), ""The Yearling"" (1946), ""Gentleman's Agreement"" (1947), and ""Twelve O'Clock High"" (1949). ""The Keys of the Kingdom"" emphasized his stately presence. As the farmer Ezra ""Penny"" Baxter"
"in both the military and civilian worlds to teach the principles of leadership. In its initial release, the film took in $3,225,000 in rentals in the U.S. alone. ""Twelve O'Clock High"" won Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Dean Jagger and Best Sound Recording. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Gregory Peck and Best Picture. In addition, Peck received the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, and the film was nominated for Best Picture by the National Board of Review. In 1998, the film was selected for preservation"
"a U.S. postage stamp commemorating Peck. The stamp is the 17th commemorative stamp in the ""Legends of Hollywood"" series. On April 5, 2016, the 100th anniversary of Peck's birth, Turner Classic Movies, cable/satellite TV channel honored the actor by showing several of his films. The moving image collection of Gregory Peck is held at the Academy Film Archive. The film material at the Academy Film Archive is complemented by material in the Gregory Peck papers at the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library. Gregory Peck Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor. He is one"
"of his life touring the world doing speaking engagements in which he would show clips from his movies, reminisce, and take questions from the audience. He did come out of retirement for a 1998 miniseries version of one of his most famous films, ""Moby Dick"", portraying Father Mapple (played by Orson Welles in the 1956 version), with Patrick Stewart as Captain Ahab, the role Peck played in the earlier film. It would be his final performance, and it won him the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film. Peck had been offered the role"
"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"
"Director; and Scott won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Scott refused to attend the 43rd Academy Awards, so McCarthy accepted Scott's Oscar on Scott's behalf. The next day, Scott refused his Oscar (the first actor to do so) and McCarthy therefore returned it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. McCarthy later produced an early TV movie, ""Fireball Forward"", a 1972 war drama. In 1977, he produced the film ""MacArthur"", an account of General Douglas MacArthur's life from 1942 to 1952 starring Gregory Peck. McCarthy died of cancer on December 1, 1986 at the Motion Picture &"
"the Best Actor Oscar for ""Save the Tiger"" (1973), becoming the first actor to achieve this rare double (the only other actors to have done so are Robert De Niro, Gene Hackman, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Spacey, and Denzel Washington). He was also nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the controversial film ""Missing"" in 1982, and for his roles in ""Some Like It Hot"" (1959), ""The Apartment"" (1960), ""Days of Wine and Roses"" (1962), ""The China Syndrome"" (1979), for which he was also awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, and ""Tribute"" (1980). He won another"
"films portraying the roles of Captain Sebastian Belger in ""Merisairas"", Françoise's father in ""Surviving Picasso"", Ravn in ""Smilla's Sense of Snow"", Harry Briggs in """" and Denton (based on Lancelot Dent) in the film ""The Opium War"" (Chinese name ""Yapian zhangzheng""). He also appeared in the direct-to-TV film ""The Scold's Bridle"" (1998). In 2000, a year after Peck's death from cancer, the stop-motion animated film ""The Miracle Maker"", was released, in which Peck voiced the character of Joseph of Arimathea. The film was dedicated to Peck's memory. Peck won a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor at the British"
"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"
"were ""Spellbound"" (1945), ""The Paradine Case"" (1947), ""The Gunfighter"" (1950), ""Moby Dick"" (1956), ""The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit"" (1956), ""On the Beach"" (1959), which brought to life the terrors of global nuclear war, ""The Guns of Navarone"" (1961), and ""Roman Holiday"" (1953), with Audrey Hepburn in her Oscar-winning role. Peck and Hepburn were close friends until her death; Peck even introduced her to her first husband, Mel Ferrer. Peck once again teamed up with director William Wyler in the epic Western ""The Big Country"" (1958), which he co-produced. Peck won the Academy Award with his fifth nomination, playing"
"July 30, 1996, at age 49. 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)."
"a factual book about an Alabama serial murderer, but also put it aside when she was not satisfied. Her withdrawal from public life prompted unfounded speculation that new publications were in the works. Lee said of the 1962 Academy Award–winning screenplay adaptation of ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" by Horton Foote: ""I think it is one of the best translations of a book to film ever made."" She became a friend of Gregory Peck, and after his death remained close to the actor's family; Peck's grandson, Harper Peck Voll, is named after her. Peck won an Oscar for his portrayal of"
"Dick"". He was nominated in 1978 for ""The Boys from Brazil"". He received the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1969, and was given the Henrietta Award in 1951 and 1955 for ""World Film Favorite – Male"". In 1969, 36th U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. In 1971, the Screen Actors Guild presented Peck with the SAG Life Achievement Award. In 1989, the American Film Institute gave Peck the AFI Life Achievement Award. He received the Crystal Globe award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema in 1996. He"
"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"
"received the Career Achievement Award from the U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures in 1983. In 1986, Peck was honored alongside actress Gene Tierney with the first Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain for their body of work. In 1987, Peck was awarded the George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film. In 1993, Peck was awarded with an Honorary Golden Bear at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 1998, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. In 2000, Peck was made"
"About Cats & Dogs"", which starred Oscar-nominated actress Uma Thurman. James Schamus (BA 1982, MA 1987, PhD 2003) has collaborated on screenplays with Oscar-winning director Ang Lee on the Academy Award-winning movies ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" and ""Brokeback Mountain"". Collectively, alumni have won at least 20 Academy Awards. Gregory Peck (BA 1939), nominated for four Oscars during his career, won an Oscar for acting in ""To Kill a Mockingbird"". Chris Innis (BA 1991) won the 2010 Oscar for film editing for her work on best picture winner, ""The Hurt Locker"". Walter Plunkett (BA 1923 ) won an Oscar for costume"
"It would be short-lived, however, as ""Ben-Hur"" broke the record with eleven Oscars the following year. ""Gigi"" was the last film until ""The Last Emperor"" (1987) to win Best Picture without any acting nominations. It also had the biggest clean sweep at the time, winning all nine of its nominations, a record that would be tied by ""The Last Emperor"". This record was broken in 2003 when """" won all 11 of its nominations. The ceremony was hosted by an ensemble of actors: Jerry Lewis, Mort Sahl, Tony Randall, Bob Hope, David Niven, and Laurence Olivier. Niven won Best Actor"
"Sound). ""The Graduate"" is, as of the 90th Academy Awards, the last film to win Best Director and nothing else. Due to an all-out push by Academy President Gregory Peck, 18 of the 20 acting nominees were present at the ceremony. Only Katharine Hepburn and the late Spencer Tracy, who was nominated posthumously, were missing. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger (). Gregory Peck Alfred Hitchcock Arthur Freed was presented for distinguished service to the Academy and the production of six top-rated Awards telecasts. These films had multiple nominations: The following films received"
"as Best Supporting Actor for his performance as well as the Golden Globe Award. The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for the musical score by Jerome Moross. Successful sea captain James McKay (Gregory Peck) travels to the American West to join his fiancée Patricia (Carroll Baker) at the enormous ranch owned by her father, Henry Terrill (Charles Bickford), referred to by all as ""The Major."" Terrill has been feuding with Rufus Hannassey (Burl Ives), the patriarch of a poorer, less refined ranching clan, over water rights in the arid grazing lands of the high plains. Patricia's friend,"
"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,"
"to win an Academy Award, surpassing the 431-minute long ""War and Peace,"" which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1969. Following the five-part documentary's win, new Academy rules barred any ""multi-part or limited series"" from being eligible for documentary categories. With Casey Affleck winning the Oscar for Best Actor, him and his older brother, Ben Affleck, became the 16th pair of siblings to win Academy Awards. Mahershala Ali became the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar. Viola Davis became the first black person to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting with her Oscar, Emmy, and"
"""An Ungentlemanly Act"". In 1993, Peck made his biggest film appearance, when he was cast as park gamekeeper Robert Muldoon in the blockbuster smash hit ""Jurassic Park"", directed by Steven Spielberg from the 1990 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. After appearing in ""Jurassic Park"", Peck appeared in the popular television show ""The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles"" in 1993 playing General Targo in one episode. He also played Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Verdi in a television movie documenting the life and success of the composer. In the later years of his life and career, Peck appeared in more"
"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"
"top-notch performances make more magnificent, displays a wide range of human emotions, without recourse to cheap sensationalism or dialog. Grosbard's perceptive direction keeps the bickering and banter from becoming shrill histrionics."" ""TV Guide"" rated the film four stars, citing ""the terrific acting, sharp writing, and outstanding direction from Grosbard"" and adding, ""Never does the emotion explode into oratory, so almost every scene has an underlying tension that continues to bubble."" The film has a rare 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Jack Albertson won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Patricia Neal was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress"
"Post"" said the film was ""anchored by a quietly volcanic central performance by Casey Affleck, in a breathtaking breakout role he's long deserved."" David Fear of ""Rolling Stone"" stated: ""He's given impressive turns before [but] the way Affleck gradually shows you the man's bone-deep grief and emotional damage makes you believe that one of this generation's finest actors has simply been waiting to be coaxed out."" Affleck won the National Board of Review, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy Award for his performance. After dropping out of Lowery's ""Pete's Dragon"" in order to star in ""Manchester by the Sea"","
"won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" (1980). Her other Oscar nominated roles include ""Missing"" (1982), ""The River"" (1984), ""Crimes of the Heart"" (1986) and ""In the Bedroom"" (2001). Her other films include ""Raggedy Man"" (1981), ""JFK"" (1991), ""Affliction"" (1997), ""The Straight Story"" (1999), ""Tuck Everlasting"" (2002), ""Nine Lives"" (2005), ""The Help"" (2011), and ""The Old Man & the Gun"" (2018). On television, Spacek received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for ""The Good Old Boys"" (1995), ""Last Call"" (2002), ""Big Love"" (2011) and portrayed matriarch Sally Rayburn on the Netflix thriller"
"as the director increasingly loses his way in all the bitterness and invented horror stories and leaves us dangling over how to get out of such an irredeemable world (where modern man is perceived as forgotten in death)."" The film has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The film won the Oscar, the Golden Globe, the WGA, and the BAFTA for Best Screenplay for Chayefsky's script. Despite having rejected the Oscar the previous year for his work in ""Patton"", Scott was nominated for Best Actor, but the award went instead to Gene Hackman for"
"Gentleman's Agreement Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 American drama film based on Laura Z. Hobson's best-selling novel of the same name. It concerns a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who poses as a Jew to research an exposé on the widespread distrust and dislike of Jews in New York City and the affluent communities of New Canaan, Connecticut and Darien, Connecticut. See also anti-Semitism. It was nominated for eight Oscars and won three: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Celeste Holm), and Best Director (Elia Kazan). The movie was controversial in its time, as was a similar film on the same"
"in ""The Yearling"", his good-humored warmth and affection toward the characters playing his son and wife confounded critics who had been insisting he was a lifeless performer. ""Duel in the Sun"" (1946) showed his range as an actor in his first ""against type"" role as a cruel, libidinous gunslinger. ""Gentleman's Agreement"" established his power in the ""social conscience"" genre in a film that took on the deep-seated but subtle antisemitism of mid-century corporate America. ""Twelve O'Clock High"" was the first of many successful war films in which Peck embodied the brave, effective, yet human fighting man. Among his other films"
"and we said, 'That's the girl! Originally, the film was to have had only Gregory Peck's name above its title, with ""Introducing Audrey Hepburn"" beneath in smaller font. However, Peck suggested to Wyler that he elevate her to equal billing so that her name appeared before the title and in type as large as his: ""You've got to change that because she'll be a big star and I'll look like a big jerk."" The film was a box office success, and Hepburn gained critical acclaim for her portrayal, unexpectedly winning an Academy Award for Best Actress, a BAFTA Award for"