![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: April 5, 1916 in La Jolla, CA Death: June 12, 2003 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:One of the postwar era's most successful actors, "Gregory Peck" was long the moral conscience of the silver screen; almost without exception, his performances embodied the virtues of strength, conviction, and intelligence so highly valued by American audiences. As the studios' iron grip on Hollywood began to loosen, he also emerged among the very first stars to declare his creative independence, working almost solely in movies of his own choosing. Born April 5, 1916, in La Jolla, CA, "Peck" worked as a truck driver before attending Berkeley, where he first began acting. He later relocated to New York City and was a barker at the 1939 World's Fair. He soon won a two-year contract with the Neighborhood Playhouse. His first professional work was in association with a 1942 "Katherine Cornell"/"Guthrie McClintic" ensemble Broadway production of The Morning Star. There "Peck" was spotted by "David O.... Full Biography
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