Gregory Peck

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AKA: Eldred Gregory Peck
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 04/05/1916
Birthplace: La Jolla, California, USA
Death Date: 06/11/2003

biography

While enrolled in the pre-med program at Berkeley, Gregory Peck took a trip to New York City, where he saw Vera Zorina in "I Married an Angel", and changed his priorities, withdrawing from medicine and joining a small theater group on campus. After returning to NYC in 1939, he won a scholarship to the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse School of Dramatics, and his acting career took off. The plays in which he appeared ("Morning Star," "The Willow and I," "Sons and Soldiers") were less than successful, but Peck's excellent notices attracted the attention of Hollywood. The scarcity of leading Continued

Credits

Robert
2003
Lee Heller
1991
Actor
1970
Atticus Finch
1962
Sam Bowden
1962
Producer
1958
James McKay
1958
Mike Hagen
1957
Captain Ahab
1956
Joe Bradley
1953
Actor
1947
John Ballantine
1945
Cleve Van Valen
Ambrose Bierce--Bitter
Andrew "Jorgy" Jorgenson
Executive Producer
General Douglas MacArthur
Mackenna
David Pollock
General Savage
F Scott Fitzgerald
Clay Lomax
Lieutenant Clemens
David Stillwell
Capt Josiah Newman
Sam Varner
Dr Josef Mengele
Forrester
Jim Douglas
Charles Keith
Dwight Towers
Dr John Hathaway
Colonel Van Dyke
Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pugh
Manuel Artiguez
Producer

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Southern California
 
While a 19-year-old undergraduate at UC-Berkely, acted in his first play, an adaptation of "Moby Dick", in which he played the first mate Starbuck
1928 
Travelled to New York with Berkeley crew team for competition; stopped off in NYC and saw first Broadway show, "I Married an Angel"; inspired to become an actor
 
Suffered spinal injury; could no longer compete in sports
 
After graduating, moved to NYC
Continued

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