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Gregory Peck was the recipient of many awards and accolades throughout his lifetime for his work in film productions, television programmes, and humanitarian endeavors. He received five Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, winning once for his performance in To Kill a Mockingbird (1963), and was honored with their Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1967 for his political and charitable contributions. Peck also won five of his eight competitive Golden Globe Awards nominations, receiving the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama twice and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture once, and was given their honorary Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1969. Peck received his only Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie as a result of his performance in the miniseries Moby Dick (1998).
Peck was also honored with multiple lifetime achievement awards, among them the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award and the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award. He has previously been recognized by the American Film Institute, having been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award and being listed as the twelfth-greatest screen legend in classic Hollywood cinema. Peck also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the film industry. Peck was the recipient of two civil awards from the United States government: the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his humanitarian and political work, and the National Medal of Arts for his accomplishments in entertainment.
The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are an annual presentation of awards organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for excellence in filmmaking. Peck received five total nominations, winning once for his portrayal as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1963). He was honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1967 for his humanitarian and charitable achievements.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1945 | The Keys of the Kingdom | Best Actor | Nominated | [1] |
1946 | The Yearling | Nominated | [2] | |
1947 | Gentleman's Agreement | Nominated | [3] | |
1949 | Twelve O'Clock High | Nominated | [4] | |
1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Won | [5] | |
1967 | — | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Honoured | [6] |
The British Academy Film Awards, or the BAFTAS, are an annual awards show presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, honoring professionals in film, television, video games, and animation. Peck garnered two competitive nominations for Best Foreign Actor.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1954 | Roman Holiday | Best Foreign Actor | Nominated | [7] |
1964 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Nominated | [8] | |
The Golden Globe Awards are presented each year by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing achievements in the film and television industry, both domestic and foreign. Peck received eight total competitive nominations, winning five times, and also received an honorary award for which he was nominated; in all he garnered awards for Best Actor twice and World Film Favorite twice, and won the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film once. Peck was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment".
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1946 | The Yearling | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Won | [9] |
1951 | — | World Film Favorite - Male | Won | [10] |
1955 | — | Won | [7] | |
1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Won | [11] |
1963 | Captain Newman, M.D. | Nominated | [12] | |
1969 | — | Cecil B. DeMille Award | Honoured | [13] |
1977 | MacArthur | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Nominated | [14] |
1978 | The Boys from Brazil | Nominated | [15] | |
1998 | Moby Dick | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Won | [16] |
The Primetime Emmy Awards are an annual awards ceremony organized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, honoring outstanding achievements in primetime television programming. Peck received one nomination for his performance in the 1998 mini-series Moby Dick .
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | Moby Dick | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated | [17] |
The Grammy Awards are a presentation of awards bestowed annually by the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for excellence in the music industry. Peck received two total competitive nominations.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1995 | The Bible (The New Testament) | Best Spoken Word Album | Nominated | [18] |
1997 | Harry S Truman: A Journey to Independence | Nominated | [19] | |
The Screen Actors Guild Awards is an annual ceremony recognizing excellence in the fields of film and primetime television by its members, the Screen Actors Guild. Peck was honored with the Life Achievement Award for "outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession."
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1970 | — | Life Achievement Award | Honoured | [20] |
The United States government bestows civil awards and decorations bestowed onto citizens for acts of accomplishment benefiting the nation as a whole. In his lifetime, Peck was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon B. Johnson for his humanitarian efforts and the National Medal of Arts by President Bill Clinton for his contributions to acting.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1969 | — | Presidential Medal of Freedom | Honoured | [21] |
1998 | — | National Medal of Arts | Honoured | [22] |
Peck's acting and humanitarianism have been recognized by numerous institutional honors, including the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Honorary Golden Bear. [23] [24] [25] [26] Peck was also given the George Eastman Award by the George Eastman House in 1987, the Career Achievement Award by the National Board of Review in 1989, and the Marian Anderson Award by Marian Anderson's estate in 1999. [27] [28] [29] Peck was a recipient at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1991. [30]
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Gregory Peck has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6100 Hollywood Boulevard. In November 2005, the star was stolen, and has since been replaced. [31] On April 28, 2011, a ceremony was held in Beverly Hills, California, celebrating the first day of issue of a U.S. postage stamp commemorating Peck. The stamp is the 17th commemorative stamp in the "Legends of Hollywood" series. [32] [33]
The Gregory Peck Award was inaugurated at the Dingle International Film Festival, the ancestral home of the Peck family, in 2008. [34] Since 2014, the award has been presented for lifetime cinematic achievement and excellence at the San Diego International Film Festival. [35] Past honorees include Gabriel Byrne, Laura Dern, Patrick Stewart and Laurence Fishburne. [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41]
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is awarded periodically by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) at the Governors Awards ceremonies for an individual's "outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes". Prior to 2009 and in 2021, this award was presented during the main Oscars ceremony. The award category was instituted in 1956 and first awarded at the 29th Academy Awards, in March 1957. Unlike the Academy Award of Merit, the awards are restricted with the nomination and voting limited to industry professionals for this that are members of the Board of Governors of AMPAS.
Jean Pierre Carl Buron, known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish-American actor. He is best known for starring on the radio series Dr. Christian (1937–1954) and in the film Heidi (1937). Asked how to pronounce his name, he told The Literary Digest, "In English, her'sholt; in Danish, hairs'hult." Of his total credits, 75 were silent films and 65 were sound films ; he directed four.
Eldred Gregory Peck was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema.
Jim Sheridan is an Irish playwright and filmmaker. Between 1989 and 1993, Sheridan directed three critically acclaimed films set in Ireland, My Left Foot (1989), The Field (1990), and In the Name of the Father (1993), and later directed the films The Boxer (1997), In America (2003), and Brothers (2009). Sheridan received six Academy Award nominations.
The 4th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best achievements in 1946 filmmaking, were held on 26 February 1947 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
The 34th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1961, were held on April 9, 1962, hosted by Bob Hope at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.
Cecilia Peck is an American film producer, director and actress. She is the only daughter of actor Gregory Peck and his second wife Veronique Passani.
The Governors Awards presentation is an annual award ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center, in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Three awards that signify lifetime achievement within the film industry – the Academy Honorary Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award – are presented at this ceremony. The first Governors Awards ceremony was held on November 14, 2009. Prior to this, these three awards were formally presented during the main Academy Awards ceremony, which now conducts a short mention and appearance of the awards recipients after displaying a montage of the Governors Awards presentation. In the years since, the awards have gained prominence as a major red-carpet destination and industry event.