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OverviewEldred Gregory Peck, born on April 5th, 1916, La Jolla, San Diego, California, U.S., was an actor, having been one of the most popular movie stars from the 1940s to the 1960s. Peck received 5 Academy Award for Best Actor nominations, winning 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 movies in which he appeared include Spellbound (1945), The Gunfighter (1950), Roman Holiday (1953), 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). During 1969, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson honoured Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. The American Film Institute named Peck among Greatest Male Stars of Classic Hollywood cinema during 1999, having ranked him at No. 12. Full Product DetailsAuthor: L BacallPublisher: Lulu Press Inc Imprint: Lulu Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.082kg ISBN: 9781447879145ISBN 10: 1447879147 Pages: 50 Publication Date: 20 January 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable ![]() The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |