Making a living as an usher at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Peck made his Broadway debut in 1942, in The Morning Star. Though the film wasn't well-received by audiences, Peck received critical acclaim for his acting. His career as an actor was beginning to blossom.
In 1944, Peck landed a role in his first Hollywood film, Days of Glory, playing a Russian guerrilla fighter. His fame grew following the film's release, and continued to flourish later that year, with The Keys of the Kingdom, in which he played a missionary priest. The performance earned him an Academy Award nomination.
In 1947, Peck was again honored with an Oscar nomination, for his performance in Gentleman's Agreement, a film about a reporter who pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism, and discovers prejudice and hatred in the process. Peck played the lead role, reporter Philip Schuyler Green. Later in the decade, Peck was seen in several well-received films, including Spellbound (1945), Duel in the Sun (1946) and Yellow Sky (1948).
One of Peck's best-known roles is that of Atticus Finch in 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird, a film based on the acclaimed book by Harper Lee, published in 1960. For his performance, Peck received an Academy Award. In 1976, he played Robert Thorn, the father of Harvey Stephens, in the popular horror film The Omen. He went on to act in MacArthur (1977), The Boys from Brazil (1978), The Sea Wolves (1980) and Other People's Money (1980), among many other films, until retiring from acting in the 1990s.
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