Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck is pictured in this 1940 photo taken at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Va. Dorothy Stickney, center, was the person credited with selecting Peck to receive a scholarship to act at the Barter Theatre in 1940. Evelyn Wells Fargo, right, was the other actor selected.

Actors Eddie Albert, Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn all sit on a Vespa scooter during the shooting of "Roman Holiday" in Rome in 1953.

Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in another scene from 1953's "Roman Holiday."

Actor Gregory Peck shown in 1955 on the set of the film, "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit."

Actor Gregory Peck, center, is shown as attorney Atticus Finch in a scene from the 1962 drama "To Kill a Mockingbird." Finch grabbed the top spot on the American Film Institute's list of screen heroes, while killer Hannibal Lecter from "The Silence of the Lambs" was first among villains.

Gregory Peck in "Big Country," 1958.

Gregory Peck in a scene from 1977's "MacArthur," the story of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander during World War II and United Nations Commander for the Korean War.

Gregory Peck, holding pocket watch, jokes with, from left, Patty Duke, Joan Crawford and Ed Begley backstage at the Academy Awards at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles, Calif., April 8, 1963.

Actor Gregory Peck seen in a scene from the 1968 movie "MacKenna's Gold."

Gregory Peck and Ingrid Bergman costarred in "Spellbound" in 1945.

Gregory Peck and Barbara Payton share a scene in "Only The Valiant," 1951.

Greogory Peck in a scene from "The Omen."

Gregory Peck is seen with his wife Veronique Passani and his daughter Cecilia Peck at New York City's nightspot Studio 54 in this photo from the late 1970s.

Gregory Peck speaks after he was awarded with Commander in the Legion of Honor award by French President Jacques Chirac during a private ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Sept. 9, 1995. Peck was honored for his achievements as an artist.

Gregory Peck, left, is congratulated by singer Harry Belafonte after receiving the Marian Anderson Award during ceremonies in Philadelphia on June 26, 1999. Belafonte won the first Anderson Award in 1998.

Gregory Peck, right, and his wife Veronique Peck, left, during a photocall for their film documentary "Conversation with Gregory Peck", directed by American Barbara Kopple. It was shown out of competition at the Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 16, 2000.