Draggingtree Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Jun 12, 2003: Gregory Peck diesOn this day in 2003, the film actor Gregory Peck, best known to many for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of the courageous, dignified lawyer Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), dies at his home in Los Angeles, at the age of 87. Born on April 5, 1916, in La Jolla, California, Peck graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1939. He subsequently moved to New York and got a series of odd jobs while performing in summer-stock theater productions. In 1942, he made his Broadway debut in The Morning Star in 1942; the show (and two others in which he appeared soon after) flopped, but Peck earned positive reviews for his performances. In 1944, he landed his first big-screen role, playing a Russian guerrilla in Days of Glory (1944). The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), only his second film, propelled Peck to stardom and garnered him an Oscar nod for Best Actor. Exempt from military service in World War II due to a spinal injury, http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gregory-peck-dies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 "He went against the grain to play a villain in Duel in the Sun" It is so much fun to watch a really good actor go against type. It as I recall it wasn't a very good tv movie, but Andy Griffith was just a joy to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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