Unfortunately, the play opened in San Francisco just one week before the attack on Pearl Harbor. His stage career began in 1941 when he played the secretary in a Katharine Cornell production of George Bernard Shaw's play The Doctor's Dilemma. Although it was an honorary degree, it was, nonetheless, a degree from Cal, his alma mater. Much later on, after becoming a well-known actor, Peck would return to Berkeley for that degree. In 1940, Peck learned more of the acting craft, working in exchange for food, at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, appearing in five plays including Family Portrait and On Earth As It Is. He worked at the 1939 World's Fair and as a tour guide for NBC's television broadcasting. He was often broke and sometimes slept in Central Park. Peck dropped the name 'Eldred' and headed to New York City to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse with the legendary acting teacher Sanford Meisner. 'I have all I need from the University,' he told them, reassuringly. His college friends were concerned for him and wondered how he'd get along without his degree. Peck was ready to graduate from Cal Berkeley, but was not able to graduate along with his friends because he lacked one course. It woke me up and made me a human being.' In 1997, Peck donated $25,000 to the Berkeley rowing crew in honor of his coach, the renowned Ky Ebright. Peck would later say about Berkeley that 'it was a very special experience for me and three of the greatest years of my life. He was recruited by Edwin Duerr, director of the university's Little Theater, and appeared in five plays during his senior year. Although his tuition fee was only $26 per year, Peck still struggled to pay, and took a job as a 'hasher' (kitchen helper) for the Gamma Phi Beta sorority in exchange for meals.ДЄt Berkeley, encouraged by the acting coach who saw in him perfect material for university theatre, Peck became more and more interested in acting. Standing 6В ft 3В in (1.91В m), he rowed on the university crew. Peck however had ambitions to be a doctor and the following year gained admission to the University of California, Berkeley, as an English major and pre-medical student. While there, he joined the track team, took his first theatre and public-speaking courses, and pledged the Epsilon Eta fraternity. At 14, he moved back to San Diego to live with his father, attended San Diego High School, and after graduating enrolled for one year at San Diego State Teacher's College (now known as San Diego State University). While he was a student there, his grandmother died. At the age of 10 he was sent to a Catholic military school, St. Peck's parents divorced when he was five and he was brought up by his maternal grandmother, who took him to the movies every week. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck among Greatest Male Stars of Classic Hollywood cinema, ranking him at No. President Lyndon Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. Other notable films in which he appeared include Spellbound (1945), The Gunfighter (1950), Roman Holiday (1953), Moby Dick (1956, and its 1998 miniseries), The Big Country (1958), The Bravados (1958), Pork Chop Hill (1959), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Cape Fear (1962, and its 1991 remake), How the West Was Won (1962), The Omen (1976) and The Boys from Brazil (1978). Peck also received Oscar nominations for his roles in The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), The Yearling (1946), Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and Twelve O'Clock High (1949). Peck received five Academy Award for Best Actor nominations and won once for his performance as Atticus Finch in the 1962 drama film To Kill a Mockingbird. SEARCH RESULTS for 'g' (4586 records found.Veronique Passani ( m.В 1955 his deathВ 2003)Д®ldred Gregory Peck (ApвЂ“ June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s. BPLH Card Notes record that Russell died on at age 81 years Hale records date of death as. Russell married 2nd Susan Curtiss married 3rd Eunice C. Married 1st Lydia Botsford at Kensington Congregational Church he and Lydia both from Berlin.

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