Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor born in California, graduating from the University of California, Berkeley.
In 1944, he starred in his first film, The Glorious Years, in which he played a Russian guerrilla fighter against Nazi Germany,[9] and in the same year, he played a personable priest in the feature film Journey of heaven, a role that earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the 18th Academy Awards.
In 1945, he co-starred with Ingrid Bergman in the suspense film "Dr. Edward" directed by Hitchcock, playing a mentally ill patient with amnesia; the film was the first psychoanalytically-themed film in the history of cinema and was nominated for the Best Picture Award at the 18th Academy Awards; in December, the film was released in the United States, ranking third in the national annual box office list; in the same year, co-starred in the romance film "Empty Valley Herbs" with Gloria Carson and Donald Crisp.
In 1946, in the romance film "Deer Park Changchun", he and Jane Huiman played a couple struggling between survival and love; for this film, he was nominated for the 19th Academy Award for Best Actor; in the same year, he starred in the action film "Blood in the Sun", which was a transformational work by Gregory Pike; he first tried the villain role in the film, playing the debauched Lute.
In 1947, he won the 4th Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the romantic film "Deer Park Changchun"; in the same year, he starred in the first anti-Semitic film in the history of American cinema, "Gentleman's Agreement"; in this film, Gregory Pike portrayed the upright character of the white writer Phil Green; at the 20th Academy Awards, the film won the Best Picture Award, Gregory Pike was nominated for Best Actor; on December 31, he starred in the suspense film "The Poignant Broken Intestinal Flower". Released in the United States.
In 1949, he participated in the Western film "Sands Town"; in the same year, he co-starred with Hugh Malloway and Gary Merrill in the World War II-themed war film "History of Clear Skies and Blood", playing frank, a determined and courageous Air Force commander, and was nominated for the 22nd Academy Award for Best Actor Oscar for this film.
In May 1950, the Starring Western film "Black Swan" was released. In 1951, he won the Most Popular Actor Award at the 8th Golden Globe Awards, and in the same year, he starred with Susan Hayward in the feature film "King David and the Noble Concubine". In 1952, he played the experienced and drugged writer Harry in the romance film "The Snow of Kilimanjaro", which was one of the representative works of his film career and was selected as one of the "Hollywood Top Ten High-Grossing Films of the Year".
In August 1953, he starred in the romance film Roman Holiday, which had grossed $5 million in North America as of December; Gregory Pike co-starred in a love story with Audrey Hepburn, for which he was nominated for Best Foreign Actor at the 7th BRITISH ACADEMY Film and Television Arts Awards; and ranked 4th in the "20 Greatest Love Films" contest held by the American Film Institute.
In 1954, his partner Broderick Crawford starred in the adventure film "The Night Man"; in the same year, he starred in the comedy romance film "Million Pounds", based on Mark Twain's novel of the same name, and was well known to Chinese audiences for his role as Adam. In 1955, he won the Most Popular Actor Award at the 12th Golden Globe Awards.
In 1956, he participated in the feature film "A Thousand Strands of Love in Gray"; in the same year, he starred in the adventure film "Moby Dick". On May 16, 1957, the comedy "The Wind and The Wind" starring Lauren Baicall and Edward Pratt was released, in which he broke through the previous serious and upright screen image and played a funny and humorous sports journalist.
In 1958, he co-starred with Joan Collins and Steven Boyd in the Western film "Tiger Slayer"; in the same year, he became a filmmaker for the first time, producing and starring in the romance film Splendid Land, in which he played a captain who came to the West to marry the daughter of a farmer. In 1959, he participated in the war film "Pork Chop Mountain"; in the same year, he starred in the adventure film "Seaside" with Ava Gardner. On June 22, 1961, he starred in the war film "Cannon of Navaron" in the United States, in which Pike had a confrontation with David Nevin.
In 1962, he starred in the suspense thriller "Cape fear", playing Sam, a lawyer with a sense of justice; in the same year, he played a white lawyer who did justice for black people regardless of his personal safety in the suspense film "To Kill a Mockingbird"; and he was selected as the number one screen hero for this film on the list of "One Hundred Screen Heroes and Villains" published by the American Film School. In 1963, he won the Best Actor Award at the 35th Academy Awards and the Best Actor Award at the 20th Golden Globe Awards for his suspense film "To Kill a Mockingbird", and on December 25, the comedy "Newman Military Doctor" starring him was released in the United States.
In 1964, he starred with Tony Curtis and Angie Dickinson in the war film "Ten Faces Ambush Dragon", and in the same year, he was nominated for the Best Actor Award at the 21st Golden Globe Awards for the comedy "Newman Military Doctor". On May 26, 1965, the suspense film "Mirage" starring in the United States was released in the United States. In 1966, he participated in the thriller "Spy Sea Code War". In 1967, he became President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In 1968, he received the American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award; in the same year, the American Film Academy awarded The Jean Humane Special Award to Parker for his contributions to the film industry; on December 25, he starred in the Western film "Moonfall" in the United States. In 1969, he co-starred with Omar Sharif and Julie Newma in the adventure film "McKenna's Gold", in which he played the American sheriff McKenna; on June 25, he starred in the feature film "The President", in which he played a scientist who went to China to solve the problem of famine; in the same year, he won the 26th American Golden Globe Awards Cecil M. B. Demir Award.
In 1970, he became president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences again. On October 13, 1971, the Western film Dangerous Lover, co-starring Donne Lynn and Papi Serna, was released in the United States. In 1974, he worked as a producer for the feature film Dove, and in the same year, he starred in the Western action film Wanderings, a transformational work by Gregory Pike, in which he broke through the previous gentleman image and played the bank robber Dean.
On December 25, 1975, the suspense film "Active", which co-starred with Bert Reynolds and Catherine Deneuve, was released in the United States. In 1976, he played The American diplomat Robert in the horror film Omen, which grossed $60.92 million annually worldwide and topped the North American box office charts for 5 weeks.
On June 30, 1977, Gregory Pike starred in the war film "The Legend of MacArthur", which was released in the United States, in which he played the life of the military scientist Douglas MacArthur from winning the war to being forced to retire by the president, and was nominated for the 35th Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in the Drama Category.
In 1978, he co-starred with Lawrence Oliver and James Mason in the thriller "Nazi Mania", in which he changed his previous path to challenge the villain and played the ambitious officer Menger in the film; for this film, he was nominated for Best Actor in the Drama Category at the 36th Golden Globe Awards. In 1980, he starred in the war film "SeaWolf", based on true events; after that, he gradually faded from the big screen and shifted the focus of his acting career to television dramas.
In 1982, he played U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War television series Blue and Gray. In 1983, he co-starred with Christopher Plummer and John Gilgood in the war film "Red Robe and The Dark Curtain", based on a true story, in which he played the pastor Feleherty, who insisted on helping others despite his personal safety.
In 1987, he starred in the feature film Silent Protest. In 1989, he starred in the romance film "Old American Yankee", in which he played the writer Beers who had a father-daughter love with Harriet; in the same year, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 42nd Cannes International Film Festival.
In 1991, he starred in the romantic comedy "The World of Money Grabs", in which he played the capital representative of the wire and cable company, André Jogan, and in the same year, he starred in the suspense thriller "Cape of Horror" with Robert De Niro and Nick Knott. In 1993, he worked as a producer for the feature film The Portrait, after which he stopped making films; in the same year, he won the Golden Bear award for lifetime achievement at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.
In 1995, he was awarded the Honorary César Award at the 20th French César Award. In 1998, he starred in the television film Moby Dick, which was his last film, for which he was nominated for best supporting actor at the 50th Emmy Awards, and in the same year, won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 48th German Film Awards. In 1999, he was selected by the American Film Institute as the 12th greatest actor in a hundred years. In 2003, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 47th David Awards in Italy; on June 12, Gregory Parker died in Los Angeles, USA, at the age of 87.
In "Roman Holiday", he has preserved the classic love story in people's hearts forever with his near-perfect performance. In "To Kill a Mockingbird", he portrayed a respectable civilian hero on the screen with his superb and restrained acting skills and dashing performance style. (Shenyang Today, Chengdu Business Daily, Wen Wei Po, Sina Network Review)
Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn