Gregory Peck-Box Office Grosses with Inflation for His Best and Worst Movies.
73Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in his # 1 movie To Kill A Mockingbird.
This Gregory Peck hub has just received a serious facelift. I wrote the original hub almost 8 months ago.....hope you enjoy the changes.
A couple of years ago, I decided to watch all the movies that had won Academy Awards® for the major categories. As I worked my way through the Oscar® winners from the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s, I started to notice that many of these movies starred Gregory Peck. Movies like Roman Holiday(Audrey Hepburn Best Actress), Twelve O'Clock High(Dean Jagger Best Supporting Actor), The Big Country (Burl Ives Best Supporting Actor), A Gentleman's Agreement(Best Picture of the Year and Elia Kazan Best Director), and of course To Kill A Mockingbird(Gregory Peck Best Actor). He also was the star in the following Academy Award® Best Picture nominated movies: 1945 Spellbound, 1946 The Yearling, 1949 Twelve O'Clock High, 1953 Roman Holiday, 1961 The Guns of Navarone , and two movies in 1962 How the West Was Won and To Kill A Mockingbird. After seeing all of this great movies I came to the conclusion that Gregory Peck is one of the most under appreciated actors.
Gregory Peck started making movies in 1944 and was immediately successful.. His second film The Keys of the Kingdom earned him his first Oscar® nomination. He had two huge hits in 1945(Spellbound and The Valley of Decision). 1946 was even better, he starred in the highest grosses western of all-time, Duel in the Sun(564.40 million in 2011 dollars) and The Yearling(he received his 2nd Oscar® nomination for Best Actor). 1947 he starred in Gentleman's Agreenent, which won the Oscar® for Best Picture of the year as well as his 3rd Best Actor nomination. He ended the 1940s with another hit and another nomination in the World War II movie Twelve O' Clock High. In the 1950s he starred in blockbuster movies like The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Roman Holiday, The Big Country, David and Bathsheba, Moby Dick, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and On the Beach. The early 1960s saw more successes with The Guns of Navarone, How the West Was Won and To Kill A Mockingbird. Winning the Oscar® for Mockingbird was the pinnacle of his career. The rest of the 1960s and early 1970s his movies became less successful. In the mid 1970s he had some more hits with The Omen, The Boys from Brazil and MacArthur but he made few movies the rest of his life. One of his last movies was Cape Fear in 1991, that was a remake of one of Gregory Peck's movies made in 1962. I believe the current actor that compares the best to Gregory Peck is Leonardo DiCaprio.
Gregory Peck in 1947's Gentleman's Agreement...his 10th biggest box office hit with 184.40 million in 2011 dollars.
Gregory Peck's Top Ten Box Office Movies in 2011 Inflated Dollars.
Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office(mil)
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|
#1 Duel in the Sun (1946)
| 564.40 million
| Jennifer Jones
|
#2 How the West Was Won (1963)
| 425.30 million
| James Stewart/John Wayne
|
#3 The Guns of Navarone (1961)
| 306.90 million
| David Niven/Anthony Quinn
|
#4 The Valley of Decision (1945)
| 286.20 million
| Greer Garson/Donald Crisp
|
#5 The Yearling (1946)
| 260.00 million
| Jane Wyman
|
#6 Spellbound (1945)
| 251.20 million
| Ingrid Bergman
|
#7 The Omen (1976)
| 227.40 million
| Lee Remick
|
#8 The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
| 206.70 million
| Susan Hayward/Ava Gardner
|
#9 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
| 186.80 million
| Robert Duvall
|
#10 Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
| 184.40 million
| Dorothy McGuire/John Garfield
|
Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in 1953's Roman Holiday....Peck's number one movie according to critics and audiences.
Gregory Peck's Top Ten Movies based on critics and audience voting.
Movie Year
| Critics Audience Rating
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|
#1 Roman Holiday (1953)
| 90%
| Audrey Hepburn
|
#2 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
| 90%
| Robert Duvall
|
#3 Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
| 87%
| Dean Jagger
|
#4 The Gunfighter (1950)
| 87%
| Helen Westcott
|
#5 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1950)
| 85%
| Virginia Mayo
|
#6 Cape Fear (1962)
| 85%
| Robert Mitchum
|
#7 The Big Country (1958)
| 85%
| Charlton Heston
|
#8 The Guns of Navarone (1961)
| 84%
| David Niven
|
#9 Spellbound (1945)
| 82%
| Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
|
#10 The Yearling (1946)
| 81%
| Jane Wyman
|
Gregory Peck in one of the gems I found on my Oscar® movie search.....# 21 The Keys to the Kingdom 1944.
Gregory Peck's 53 Movies ranked by Movie Score. Movie Score is box office results + critical reception + award recognition. Perfect score would be 100.
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
| Variety Box Office Rank for Year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st
| To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
| 186.80
| 91.86
| 90%
| 08 / 03
| 8th highest grosser of 1963
|
2nd
| The Yearling (1946)
| 260.00
| 86.22
| 81%
| 07 / 02
| 9th highest grosser of 1947
|
3rd
| Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
| 184.40
| 81.16
| 79%
| 08 / 03
| 8th highest grosser of 1948
|
4th
| The Guns of Navarone (1961)
| 306.90
| 75.77
| 84%
| 07 / 01
| #1 grosser of 1961
|
5th
| Spellbound (1945)
| 251.20
| 74.94
| 82%
| 06 / 01
| 3rd highest grosser of 1945
|
6th
| How the West Was Won (1963)
| 425.30
| 73.50
| 75%
| 08 / 03
| #1 grosser of 1963
|
7th
| Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
| 134.40
| 70.61
| 87%
| 04 / 02
| 10th highest grosser of 1950
|
8th
| The Omen (1976)
| 227.40
| 69.73
| 79%
| 02 / 01
| 3rd highest grosser of 1976
|
9th
| The Valley of Decision (1945)
| 286.20
| 68.27
| 77%
| 02 / 00
| 6th highest grosser of 1945
|
10th
| Duel in the Sun (1946)
| 564.40
| 65.70
| 70%
| 02 / 00
| 2nd highest grosser of 1947
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
| Variety Box Office Rank for Year
|
11th
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
| 206.70
| 63.72
| 64%
| 02 / 00
| 4th highest grosser of 1952
|
12th
| Cape Fear (1991)
| 149.50
| 59.01
| 75%
| 02 / 00
| 12th highest grosser of 1991
|
13th
| Roman Holiday (1953)
| 87.40
| 56.34
| 90%
| 10 / 03
| 22nd highest grosser of 1953
|
14th
| Moby Dick (1956)
| 152.60
| 54.79
| 69%
| 00 / 00
| 9th highest grosser of 1956
|
15th
| On the Beach (1959)
| 139.10
| 54.09
| 72%
| 02 / 00
| 8th highest grosser of 1960
|
16th
| David and Bathsheba (1951)
| 165.40
| 53.81
| 51%
| 05 / 00
| #1 grosser of 1951
|
17th
| The Big Country (1958)
| 101.80
| 52.31
| 85%
| 02 / 01
| 11th highest grosser of 1958
|
18th
| Yellow Sky (1948)
| 122.40
| 50.72
| 75%
| 00 / 00
| 23rd highest grosser of 1949
|
19th
| Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1950)
| 100.20
| 49.79
| 85%
| 00 / 00
| 14th highest grosser of 1951
|
20th
| The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
| 138.30
| 49.36
| 62%
| 00 / 00
| 14th highest grosser of 1956
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
| Variety Box Office Rank for Year
|
21st
| The Keys of the Kingdom (1945)
| 62.80
| 48.31
| 76%
| 04 / 00
| Not in the Top 35 of 1945
|
22nd
| The Gunfighter (1950)
| 70.80
| 45.20
| 87%
| 01 / 00
| 46th highest grosser of 1950
|
23rd
| Captain Newman M.D. (1963)
| 81.10
| 44.86
| 71%
| 03 / 00
| 24th highest grosser of 1963
|
24th
| The Paradine Case (1947)
| 104.10
| 43.12
| 62%
| 01 / 00
| 53rd highest grosser of 1948
|
25th
| Night People (1954)
| 81.90
| 42.87
| 74%
| 01 / 00
| 52nd highest grosser of 1954
|
26th
| The Boys from Brazil (1978)
| 64.40
| 40.24
| 68%
| 03 / 00
| 23rd highest grosser of 1978
|
27th
| Designing Woman (1957)
| 70.00
| 39.97
| 70%
| 01 / 01
| 40th highest grosser of 1957
|
28th
| The World in His Arms (1952)
| 93.80
| 38.13
| 55%
| 00 / 00
| 16th highest grosser of 1952
|
29th
| Cape Fear (1962)
| 40.50
| 37.84
| 85%
| 00 / 00
| 48th highest grosser of 1962
|
30th
| The Great Sinner (1949)
| 81.10
| 37.79
| 62%
| 00 / 00
| 46th highest grosser of 1949
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
| Variety Box Office Rank for Year
|
31st
| MacArthur (1977)
| 65.20
| 37.31
| 64%
| 00 / 00
| 34th highest grosser of 1977
|
32nd
| The Macomber Affair (1947)
| 54.10
| 36.94
| 75%
| 00 / 00
| Not in the Top 73 of 1947
|
33rd
| The Bravados (1958)
| 64.40
| 36.90
| 69%
| 00 / 00
| 39th highest grosser of 1958
|
34th
| Arabesque (1966)
| 63.60
| 36.17
| 67%
| 00 / 00
| 15th highest grosser of 1966
|
35th
| Only the Vailiant (1951)
| 70.00
| 32.66
| 53%
| 00 / 00
| 43rd highest grosser of 1951
|
36th
| Marooned (1969)
| 53.30
| 32.59
| 55%
| 03 / 01
| 33rd highest grosser of 1970
|
37th
| Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
| 33.40
| 32.34
| 73%
| 00 / 00
| 62nd highest grosser of 1964
|
38th
| Mirage (1965)
| 25.40
| 31.20
| 75%
| 00 / 00
| 57th highest grosser of 1965
|
39th
| Other People's Money (1991)
| 48.50
| 31.04
| 48%
| 00 / 00
| 36th highest grosser of 1991
|
40th
| Days of Glory (1944)
| 44.50
| 30.85
| 61%
| 01 / 00
| Not in the Top 60 of 1944
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
| Variety Box Office Rank for Year
|
41st
| The Purple Plain (1954)
| 45.30
| 30.76
| 62%
| 00 / 00
| Not in the Top 57 of 1954
|
42nd
| Pork Chop Hill (1959)
| 57.20
| 30.68
| 55%
| 00 / 00
| 45th highest grosser of 1959
|
43rd
| Man With a Million (1954)
| 39.80
| 30.36
| 64%
| 00 / 00
| Not in the Top 57 of 1954
|
44th
| The Stalking Moon (1968)
| 35.00
| 28.12
| 60%
| 00 / 00
| 37th highest grosser of 1969
|
45th
| MacKenna's Gold (1969)
| 38.20
| 27.59
| 57%
| 00 / 00
| 30th highest grosser of 1969
|
46th
| The Chairman (1969)
| 31.00
| 25.09
| 54%
| 00 / 00
| 40th highest grosser of 1969
|
47th
| Beloved Infidel (1959)
| 29.40
| 25.00
| 55%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 82 of 1959
|
48th
| Shoot Out (1971)
| 8.70
| 19.40
| 51%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 93 of 1971
|
49th
| I Walk The Line (1970)
| 4.80
| 18.45
| 50%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 74 of 1970
|
50th
| Billy Two Hats (1974)
| 4.80
| 18.10
| 49%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 98 of 1974
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
| Variety Box Office Rank for Year
|
51st
| Old Gringo (1989)
| 7.20
| 17.79
| 48%
| 00 / 00
| 126th highest grosser of 1989
|
52nd
| Sea Wolves (1981)
| 0.80
| 17.53
| 50%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 125 of 1981
|
53rd
| Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
| 8.00
| 13.73
| 35%
| 00 / 00
| 113th highest grosser of 1987
|
Flora Breen Robison's Possibly Interesting Facts About Gregory Peck.
1. Gregory Peck was born Eldred Gregory Peck. His mother named him Gregory after his father and picked Eldred out of a phone book. He only used the name at school. Everyone called him Greg.
2. Gregory Peck was nominated 5 times for an Oscar® and 5 times for a Golden Globe® for his movie roles. For his role as Atticus Finch in 1963's To Kill A Mockingbird, Peck won his only Oscar® and only Golden Globe®.
3. While attending the University of California-Berkeley, Peck broke discs in his back while stretching in dance class...though the press would later called it a rowing accident to sound more manly. That kept him out of WWII.
4. Gregory Peck was the first Hollywood actor to have a non-exclusive contract with a studio. Because he was 4-F from the war and several actors were off fighting, Peck was in a position to drive hard bargains. He made movies with every major and minor studio during the studio system.
5. Gregory Peck broke his ankle during the filming of 1948's Yellow Sky when his horse bolted and fell on him. In his haste to return to filming as quickly as possible, the break never healed properly he limped forever afterwards. When watching the film(which was not filmed in sequence)-you can see scenes where Peck limps and doesn't limp with no logic to the story.
6. When Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall were filming 1957's Designing Woman, Bacall's husband Humphrey Bogart passed away. It was Gregory Peck who escorted Bacall to her husband's funeral.
7. Gregory Peck was married two times in his life. His first marriage was to Greta Kukkonen from 1942-1955. The marriage produced three sons. His second marriage was to Veronique Passani from 1955 until Peck's death. That marriage produced a son and a daughter. Peck's daughter Cecilia, played his daughter in the TV movie The Portrait. In the film Cecilia plays an artist determined to paint her parents' portrait before they die. Peck was reunited with Lauren Bacall as his co-star 36 years after making Designing Woman in 1957.
8. Gregory Peck served many terms on many Board of Directors of several Hollywood associations. These include: He was the first president of the American Film Institute. He was president of the Academy of Motion Pictures from 1967-1970. When Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1967 Peck had the Oscars® postponed.
9. When longtime friend Ava Gardner passed away in 1990. Gregory Peck took in Ava Gardner's housekeeper and cat.
10. Gregory is one of 71 actors/actresses to receive a Cogerson career review hub page. My Greatest Actors/Actress Table has two separate tables....the first table ranks the 71 actors using all of their movies. Gregory Peck comes in at #17 on that table one spot behind of #16 Jack Nicholson. The second table only looks at the actor's Top Ten Movie Score Movies. On that table Gregory Peck comes in at #10....just behind #9 Ingrid Bergman and just ahead of #11 Spencer Tracy.
Gregory Peck tribute video by Dr. Samoora
Movie Score card for Gregory Peck's # 10 movie Duel in the Sun.
So what the heck are Movie Scores?
There are all kinds of ways to determine if you want to see or skip a movie. You can depend on your favorite critic.My favorites are Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin. You might go to Rotten Tomatoes to get the consensus of all the critics. You might watch the viewer ratings at Yahoo Movies and IMDB. You might depend on which movies are doing the best at the box office. You might wait for the end of the year awards. Movie Score takes all of these options and creates a mathematical equation that generates a score from 1 to 100. The higher the score the better the movie.
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Humphrey Bogart; Marlon Brando; James Cagney; Bing Crosby; Clark Gable; Cary Grant;Katharine Hepburn; Charlton Heston; Rock Hudson; Burt Lancaster; Myrna Loy; Steve McQueen; Marilyn Monroe; Paul Newman; Gregory Peck; James Stewart;John Wayne; Richard Widmark;
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What an amazing actor. He has to be in the top 5 ever. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is one of the greatest performances in one of the greatest films ever. My personal favorite Peck fim is "the Guns of Navarone".
You have me convinced, I have not seen any of his older movies, I never hear anything about him as a great actor, great hub
I still love "To Kill A Mocking Bird"! I love Gregory Peck also - my daughters have even seen and love that movie. Their favorite character - Boo Radley:-). I'm not sure about the spelling of that name but thanks for a great hub!
I love To Kill a Mockingbird too.....never even heard of the yearling, and the movie Duel in the Sun, made that much money? Great hub.
Wow! I had no idea that Peck was such a star, I love Mockingbird but I never realized that was the end of his ride, thanks for a excellent and educational hub.
Guns of Navarone has always been a favorite of mine but Gregory Peck made so many good movies...The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit was on a couple of weeks ago and I enjoyed it. Thanks for all the interesting facts...Duel in the Sun was a very good western movie - quite an ending....KellyE1967...you should watch it some time.
I enjoyed both Cape Fear movies, but Mitchum was scarier than Deniro
Gregory Peck was a talented actor and amazing human being. To Kill A Mockingbird is a great movie and book and I had the honor of playing Jean Louise Finch in a stage version in San Francisco many years ago. Also, Twelve O' Clock High was often used by business consultants as a tool for examining changes in management style. People joked that Savage (Peck's character) would change his style every time he stomped out a cigarrette. Great film.
Hey WillStarr, he made some quality movies in his career, thanks for reading and commenting
Rob....5th is a good guess....on my Hollywood Abstract page it has a list of all the actors I have done...and Peck is coming in at # 6..I greatly appreciate you for reading and commenting...
Hinton1966, I think if you watch some of his Top 10 movies you will be greatly impressed with his acting
KellyE....yep it made that much money....the producer behind Gone With The Wind....was trying to top himself....movie is good but the 71 million in ticket sells is awesome
RealHousewife....you spelled it correctly Arthur 'Boo' Radley..played by future star Robert Duvall...it is a movie that still has great meaning....thanks for reading
You are welcome Yankees rule.....Mr. Peck had one great run from 1944 to 1962.....
BERN1960......all three of the movies you mention....made into his Top 20.....9th, 10th and 19th
Tree33....both Cape Fears are great.....but Robert DeNiro seems scarier to me
That is awesome Jeanastra about you playing Jean Louise Finch in a play....I am sure that has to be one of your favorite memories....great information about business consultants using Twelve O'Clock High as a tool for management....thanks for reading and commenting
Great hub, Gregory Peck was an awesome man and actor. My favorite Peck movie is Amazing Grace and Chuck, he played the US president.
Enjoyed seeing the tributes to Warren Beatty...could not see Robert Downey, Jr. but heard his speech. Interesting information. THANKS.
That is a great list of top ten movies, nice list
Thank you ShaunBroncoMan, Bern1960, and Timothy....thanks for commenting and reading
What a comprehensive list. Every now and then, I have "old movie night". Gregory Peck is one of my favorites.
Thank you Fay....Mr. Peck offers lots of quality movies on "old movie night"...growing up in my family...my mom used to make us watch....her favorite On the Beach ...while my dad was and is a huge Twelve O'Clock High fan...thanks for reading and commenting
I see you have a nice selection of older actors, do you have one on Frederich March or Spencer Tracy?
Gregory Peck - wow - not only totally handsome but one great actor. His role as Atticus Finch will never be forgotten - the best movie of a book ever!
Thanks for stopping by Dolores....Peck was a huge star that does not seem to be mentioned nearly enough....but his Atticus Finch is by far his greatest role.
Leonardo Decaprio? really? Anyway Gregary peck was always among my favorite actors, up there with Burt lancaster, Kirk douglas and Charton Heston. I just seen 12'o'clock high first time two weeks ago. Awesome movie. Loved how he turned the squadron around then fell apart at the end. A realistic protrayal of men in war.
Hey ruffridyer....12 o'clock high is my dad's favorited film of all-time....he probably has made me watch it at least 10 times if not more than .....Peck never seems to get much credit for how great an actor he was...on my list of hubs to do....Lancast, Douglas and Charlton Heston are on the short list of actors to do....thanks for the comments.
One of the reasons he is underappreciated today is because everything looks so natural when he is acting. He got his break because he was 4f during the war-he had broken the disks in his back at university. Because of his looks, height and 4f status he was in high demand during WWII. He was the first actor to have a non-exclusive contract. In another era, he couldn't have done this, but marketable leading me were scarce. This contract plan allowed him to work at all of the major studios. I do not normally watch war films and westerns, but I will watch them with my favourite actors. And it is impossible to truly consider yourself a Peck fan, and not watch these two genres-together they represent a huge percentage of his career.
Hey FloraBreenRobison.....good points on Mr. Peck.....some of his best movies were indeed war movies like Twelve O' Clock High, Pork Chop Hill, MacArthur and Keys to the Kingdom(even though he plays a priest).....my favorite Peck western is The Big Country...I liked that his character refused to fight. Thanks for all the great comments.
@Cogerson..."Guns of Navarone", "To Kill A Mockingbird", "The Yearling", "Twelve O'Clock High", "Roman Holiday", "Cape Fear", "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit", "The Bravados" -- all on my shelves, and more.
He said himself, his favorite role of his career was Atticus Finch. Like Heston, he was one of Hollywood's old faithfuls.
I miss these guys! Thanks for your hubs!
Thanks for checking out my Gregory Peck hub, Barbsbitnpieces. It is disappointing that Peck does not get mentioned very often when people talk about the great actors. His peak years from roughly 1944 to 1963....he had it all...box office success....critical success....and Oscar success. All the movies you mention are great movies...especially Navarone, Mockingbirg, 12 O'Clock and Roman Holiday. I must admit I have not seen The Bravados....but it is one of my mom's favorite Peck movies. I agree with you 100%...Peck was one of Hollywood's Old Faithfuls.
@Cogerson...The thing about "The Bravados" is the way Peck's character goes through the gambit from good-to-bad and back again in the single-minded pursuit he undertakes with such viciousness. And Peck did it very well!
Then, he could portray a more mild pursuit for a different reason, as he did in
"Roman Holiday". Great stuff!
And congratulations again on your great hubs!
I am adding it to my list of movies to watch Barbsbitnpieces...that list keeps getting longer no matter how many classic movies I watch....I just finished Boom Town this afternoon...so it comes off the list and Bravados goes on the list.
Can't believe I missed this one Conanson, one of the all time great Hollywood actors.
Mockingbird no.1 no surprises there, great film. Atticus Finch was voted no.1 movie hero by the AFI with Indiana Jones at no.2 and James Bond no.3.
http://www.afi.com/100years/handv.aspx
I would have put Bond at no.1 :)
From your list I count 29 films I've seen, not bad.
Mackenna's Gold is a guilty pleasure, a bonkers mad western, highly recommended.
This is the bit where I complain about something - The Yearling is far too high on the list Bruce, so many great films below that, can you place it lower when no one's looking? :-)
Watched Guns of Navarone recently, a bit creaky but still holds up. Peck trying to speak Greek always makes me laugh.
Boys from Brazil is another film I've watched many times, one of the rare times Peck played evil and you can't get much more evil than Josef Mengele.
The Omen is one of my favourite horror films and I think I've included it on my 100 favourite movies list.
Enjoyed the hub and Flora's trivia, well done.
Voted Up, Useful and Interesting.
p.s How about Anthony Quinn for a future hub? So good in Navarone and Arabia. David Niven? James Mason? Okay I'll stop now.
I can not believe it has been 7 months since I saw this hub or the old hub the first time. Nice update although I am not sure I remember what the old hub looked like. So are you giving up the Possibly Interesting Facts? Voted up and interesting again. LOL.
Thanks for the byline, Cogerson.
As I've said before somewhere else, there are only 5 titles I've not scene including his TV movie The Portrait, and that isn't included here. Of the titles you listed, I've seen 94% of his movies.n 91%. There are some TV guest spots I haven't seen. They are harder to find.
I have Behold a Pale Horse and Night People taped and ready for me when I can be assured of quiet (?if?).
I love to Kill A Mockingbird, of course, but you may be surprised to hear my second favourite is The Guns of Navarone. It's lot of fun..a fantasy war film with lots of humour. My favourite lines:
Niven: Sir, I've inspected this boat, and I think you ought to know that I can't swim.
Peck: I'll keep that in mind.
When Peck turned 85, my Gregory Peck fan club sent him a book of letters we wrote along with our pictures. He did indeed get the book We used stationary to reflect our personality. Mine was music notes. We talked about three films. I wrote about about mockingbird, Navarone and Designing Woman, one of the few chances this man who was naturally funny got to show it on screen.
Gregory Peck's always been one of my favorite actors from that age of film, with some favorites being "To Kill a Mockingbird" (of course) and "Roman Holiday." Reading your hub, it's clear to me I have a lot more of his films to see! Thanks for the great overview of his career.
It is about time you got around to fixing up this old hub....love ya Pops.
Hey Steve...thanks for finally checking out my Gregory Peck hub...lol. That is an interesting list of greatest heroes...I like that Atticus is first....Bond and Indy seem more like superheroes than Atticus who was just a good man.
Wow I am the slacker of the bunch with only 15 movies seen....you almost double my total and Flora completely destroys me. I will have to check out MacKenna's Gold I see at my local library all the time....the next time I see it I will check it out.
Alright now to your complaints...lol. The scores on this hub are his performance in the movie...the movie sometimes gets its own score....looking at the just the movies here would be the new Top 5
1. Gentleman's Agreement 89.41 hard to argue with a Best Picture Winner
2. To Kill A Mockingbird 85.48
3. Guns of Navarone 82.52
4. The Yearling 82.47 ...so it moves down 2 spots on this list
5. Spellbound 81.70
The Yearling has some great numbers...his 5th biggest box office hit....his 10th best movie according to critics and audiences....7 Oscar noms...including one for Best Picture...2 Oscar wins....and Peck got one of his 5 nominations for the movie.
Between The Omen and The Boys of Brazil....The Omen easily wins out over Brazil for me at least....although Olivier is great in The Boys of Brazil. Thanks for the votes up....I will add your trifecta of actors to my ever expanding list. Thanks for the great comment.
Hey KellyE...thanks for coming back and checking out the new Gregory Peck hub....basically it now looks like all my new hubs....Top Tens for box office and critics and audience score were added,numerous photos were included as well.....I have changed the Movie Score equation since I wrote the original hub....so the entire 3rd table has all new numbers and rankings....and I included with Flora's help the Possibly Interesting Facts part....plus three or four old capsules were deleted. Other than that it is the same hub...lol. As for giving up writing Possibly Interesting Facts....on this hub I knew that Flora would know so much more than I could ever figure out on Gregory Peck...so I asked a favor and she was nice enough to do this one for me....so my next hub will be back to the old boring facts by me.
Hey you are most certainly welcome for giving you a byline...and thanks once again for coming up with most of the facts. I have noticed that Ask.com has sent a few people to this hub for answers on Peck questions..so maybe someone will find your hubs through this hub.
Good luck in finding some quiet time so you can watch two of the five you have not seen. Revisiting this Peck hub has got me interested again in checking out more of his movies....my mom has an unopened copy of Pork Chop Hill just waiting to be watched.
I love that line myself from Guns of Navarone....they made a great team in that movie. I would say my second favorite would be Keys to the Kingdom.
That is awesome that Peck was able to see the letters....I really like stories like that....so glad when the stars seem to appreciate their fans.
Thanks for stopping by PaintedSeahorse....I am thinking the same thing as you...I have a lot more of his films to see! Just looking at his Top Ten movies in all the tables represents some many wonderful classic movies. Thanks for the comment they are greatly appreciated.
Hey JScott757..I am glad that I am not disappointing you anymore....that is a load off my back. Thanks for visiting.
I FORGOT TO SIGN IN EARLIER - JUST DID. ENJOYED THE GREGORY PECK UPDATE. I HAVE SEEN JUST ABOUT ALL HIS MOVIES...GUNS OF NAVARONE WAS A GOOD WAR STORY AND STILL GOOD TO SEE TODAY...HE WAS A GREAT ACTOR AND I DID NOT REALIZE THAT HE HAD THAT MANY CHILDREN. I ENJOYED THE VIDEO AS WELL. GOOD JOB ONCE AGAIN COGERSON.
Cogerson's Mom-yes, Jonathan, Carey and Steven from his first marriage, and Anthony and Cecelia from his second. Sadly, Jonathan committed suicide when he was 31.
I am not a big fan of western movies. It seemed like 8 of 10 movies was a western, I just got sick of them for a long time. However any western starring Gregory Peck I did enjoy. The Gunfighter sad but true, The Big Country, I liked how Peck fought Heston,another favorite of mine, but one 0n one, not in front of an audience.
I didn't know Duel at Diablo was the top grossing western, I did hear it was one of the most expensive western films ever. The film crew actually brought in a fully grown tree and transplanted it on set. The investment obviously payed off. Pecks villian was very good.
Thanks for checking out my Peck facelift, BERN1960. I just had to add one line of personal stuff for you. Thanks for the compliment and the comment.
Hey Flora....yes it was very sad about Jonathan....I am sure Peck never ever got over that tragedy. Thanks for information. FYI. I think the facelife turned out well....plus the hub has received almost 200 hits since I shared it again.....the power of Peck.
Hey ruffridyer....I agree Peck's westerns were usually pretty good...I also love the fact that he refused to fight Heston in front of everybody...I love the long shots of that fight scene....out in the middle of the desert with not a soul around.
Duel in the Sun was a monster hit....and pretty much the exact opposite of most of Peck's roles....I always liked the Joseph Cotten part in that movie....thanks for checking out my almost new Peck hub page.
re: Duel in the Sun-nicknamed lust in the Dust, this was Selznick's attempt to match the glory of Gone With the Wind. No such luck. It went overtime and over budget -it was this film and its difficulties that kept DOS away from the set of Notorious and allowed Hitch to complete the gem without any interference.
Hey Flora....I am glad Hitchcock was able to finish the classic film, Notorious, while Selznick was trying to match his Gone With The Wind magic.
I wonder if you could travel back in time and tell Selznick that he would never have a movie as successful as Gone With The Wind do you think he would have calmed down a little or do you think that would motivate him more to top Gone With The Wind?
If you look at his track record after Gone With The Wind...he ruined his life trying to top Gone With The Wind...including selling the rights to GWTW to finance another movie. As always thanks for your input.
Cogerson-Selznick was motivated to avenge his father's status as his father had been one of the founding fathers of Hollywood but didn't fare well. That was his driving force. Unfortunately, like Welles and Citizen Kane, he reached his masterpiece early in his career. If he had been in the business, say, 15 years before he made Gone With the Wind, things wouldn't have been so bad. It is a disaster to achieve glory when you are young and to go downhill from there. He wanted desperately to produce a film that would match or eclipse GWTW so that when he died, Gone With the wind would not be in the headline. That aim failed.
Hey Flora...it is just a shame that he could not stop a smell the roses.....he died at the relative young of age of 63.....and the headlines were....David O. Selznick, producer of Gone With The Wind, dies of....
I think the fact that he brought Alfred Hitchcock to the United States is another huge accomplishment....as well as bringing Ingrid Bergman over as well....think of all the classic movies those two made over the years.....and Selznick made that happen.
Peck was astonishing in "Gentleman's Agreement." Great hub.
Hey KF Raizor.....Like Bogart I have been watching a ton of Peck movies since writing this hub...in the last month I have watched The Yearling, On The Beach, MacKenna's Gold, The Stalking Moon and Pork Chop Hill. It is making me appreciate his career even more. I agree that Gentleman's Agreement is outstanding. Thanks for the comments.
An update on the Peck acting family (the second generation was mostly behind the camera):
Hey Flora....thanks for sharing the link on Ethan Peck...I wish he lots of luck with his new show....it would be awesome if Ethan go become a star....that would make Granddad Gregory even more proud of the young man.
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WillStarr Level 8 Commenter 14 months ago
Reading through your list, I realized that I've seen all but a few.