Gregory PeckNewport, NC

Father Peck
Greg

Peck was born in La Jolla, California. His father was a druggist in San Diego. His parents divorced when he was five years old. An only child, he was sent to live with his grandmother. He never felt he had a stable childhood. His fond memories are of his grandmother taking him to the movies every we...

Tony Fontana <[email protected]>

Veronique Passani (31 December 1955 - 12 June 2003) (his death); 2 children
Greta Kukkonen (5 October 1942 - 30 December 1955) (divorced); 3 children

Almost always played courageous, nobly heroic good guys who sawinjustice and fought it.

His earliest movie memory is of being so scared byThe Phantom of the Opera (1925) at age 9 that his grandmotherallowed him to sleep in the bed with her that night.
U.C. Berkeley graduate (BA '39), oarsman on Cal's JV crew.
Of his own movies, To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) is Peck'sfavourite.
Children, with Kukkonen, Jonathan (b. 1944 - d. 1975),Stephen Peck (IV) (b. 1945), Carey Paul Peck (b. 1949).
Children with Veronique Passani: Tony Peck (I) (b. 1956)and Cecilia Peck (b. 1958).

"Rockette: A Holiday Tribute to the Radio City Music Hall" (14 December1978), as Host
(1 January 1988) Grand Marshal, Tournament of Roses parade
Album: Narrated the 1949 Decca recording "Lullaby of Christmas".
Print ads Chesterfield cigarettes (1947, 1948 & 1950)
Stage: Appeared in "The Will Rogers Follies" on Broadway (1991). Musical.

Gary Fishgall. _Gregory Peck: A Biography._ New York: Scribner, 2002.ISBN 068485290X
Gerard Molyneaux. _Gregory Peck: A Bio-Bibliography._ Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995.ISBN 031328668X
Lynn Haney. _Gregory Peck: A Charmed Life._ New York: Carroll & Graf, 2004.ISBN 0786714735
M. Freedland. _Gregory Peck._
John Griggs. _The Films of Gregory Peck._ Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press, 1984.

[when he discovered that his second wife, French journalistVeronique Passani, had passed up an opportunity to interviewAlbert Schweitzer at a lunch hosted by Jean-Paul Sartrein order to go out on a date with Peck] You made the right choice,kiddo!
[on his 1962 Oscar-winning role in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)]I put everything I had into it - all my feelings and everything I'dlearned in 46 years of living, about family life and fathers andchildren. And my feelings about racial justice and inequality andopportunity.
They say the bad guys are more interesting to play but there is more toit than that - playing the good guys is more challenging because it'sharder to make them interesting.
I just do things I really enjoy. I enjoy acting. When I'm driving to thestudio, I sing in the car. I love my work and my wife and my kids andmy friends. And I think, "You're a lucky man, Gregory Peck, a damnlucky man."
Gregory Peck is the hottest thing in town. Some say he is a secondGary Cooper (I). Actually, he is the first Gregory Peck.

The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000) (TV)
Slick Hare (1947)

The Purple Plain (1954): $250,000.00
The Million Pound Note (1954): $250,000.00
Only the Valiant (1951): $60,000.00
Days of Glory (1944): $10,000.00

A Conversation with Gregory Peck (1999)
The American Film Institute Salute to Gregory Peck (1989) (TV)
Gregory Peck and Henry King (2003) (TV)

Cineastas contra magnates (2005) Biography
Roman Holiday (1953) Romance
Spellbound (1945) Mystery
The Paradine Case (1947) Crime
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Mystery
Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (2007) (TV) Documentary
Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008) (TV) Documentary
Strictly Courtroom (2008) (TV) Documentary
The Million Pound Note (1954) Romance
"Shi jie dian ying zhi lv" (2002) {Te bie jie mu: Yong yuan de 'Luo ma jia ri' (#7.8)}