Gregory Peck

Object Details

Exhibition Label: In 1948, Time billed Hollywood actor Gregory Peck, then thirty-one, as “the average man on the flying trapeze.” Unpretentious by nature, Peck enjoyed projecting the image of the typical family man earning a living for an adoring wife and two young sons. Yet acting was his passion, and he strove to further hone his skills. Already he was one of the most valuable male talents in the business, largely because of, Time reported, “his good looks, which invest any role he undertakes with a certain idealized, legendary quality.” Later, his acting skills alone would win him a Best Actor Oscar in 1963 for his supreme performance as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).; En 1948, Time describió en su portada al actor hollywoodense Gregory Peck, entonces de treinta y un años, como “un hombre normal montado en un trapecio volante”. De naturaleza sencilla, Peck prefería proyectar la imagen de hombre de familia típico que se ganaba el sustento para su amorosa esposa y sus dos hijos. No obstante, su pasión era actuar, e hizo grandes esfuerzos por pulirse. Ya para esa época era uno de los talentos masculinos más valiosos en la industria, sobre todo porque, según Time, “su atractivo físico infunde a cada papel que interpreta un aire idealizado, legendario”. Pero serían sus destrezas actorales las que le ganarían un Oscar al mejor actor en 1963 por su soberbia caracterización de Atticus Finch en To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Boris Chaliapin. Conserved with funds from The Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation

1948

National Portrait Gallery

Topic: Symbols & Motifs\Star; Personal Attribute\Teeth; Gregory Peck: Male; Gregory Peck: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Movie; Gregory Peck: Oscar; Gregory Peck: Presidential Medal of Freedom; Portrait

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