
Gregory Peck
Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor. He was one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s. Peck received five nominations for Academy Award for Best Actor and won once – for his performance as Atticus Finch in the 1962 drama film To Kill a Mockingbird. Peck's other Oscar-nominated roles are in the following films: 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), Moby Dick (1956, and its 1998 mini-series), The Big Country (1958), 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. |
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Birth and Death Data: Born April 5th, 1916 (La Jolla), Died June 12th, 2003 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1949
Roles Represented in DAHR: narrator
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | L 5063 | 6/26/1949 | Lullaby of Christmas: Part 1 | Gregory Peck | narrator | |||
Decca | L 5064 | 6/26/1949 | Lullaby of Christmas: Part 2 | Gregory Peck | narrator | |||
Decca | L 5065 | 7/26/1949 | Lullaby of Christmas: Part 3 | Gregory Peck | narrator | |||
Decca | L 5066 | 6/26/1949 | Lullaby of Christmas: Part 4 | Gregory Peck | narrator | |||
Decca | L 5067 | 6/26/1949 | Lullaby of Christmas: Part 5 | Gregory Peck | narrator | |||
Decca | L 5068 | 6/26/1949 | Lullaby of Christmas: Part 6 | Gregory Peck | narrator |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Peck, Gregory," accessed March 3, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/336902.
Peck, Gregory. (2021). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 3, 2021, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/336902.
"Peck, Gregory." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2021. Web. 3 March 2021.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
External Sources
Wikipedia: Gregory Peck
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80108803
Wikidata: Gregory Peck - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q108366
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/114908240/
MusicBrainz: Gregory Peck - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bf49f0f6-bd96-4d6f-8849-f6243c58a2ef
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