Harper Lee once said the role of Atticus Finch gave Gregory Peck the chance to play himself, Anthony Peck told the San Diego Union-Tribune (via Tribune News Service), noting that his father ...

“Gregory Peck was a beautiful man. Atticus Finch gave him the opportunity to play himself.” Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter @lizabethron ...

I don’t think it was a coincidence of casting that Gregory Peck played both Phil Green and Atticus Finch. Off-screen, Peck was a lifelong progressive in politics and a vigorous advocate of ...

ATTICUS FINCH (played by Gregory Peck): ("To Kill a Mockingbird") Witnesses for the state with the exception of the sheriff of the county, have presented themselves, gentlemen, to this court in ...

“Harper Lee once said the role of Atticus Finch gave Gregory Peck the chance to play himself. Because he was that man.” ...

Jean-Claude Deutsch/Jacques Lange/Paris Match via Getty Gregory Peck played beloved father Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, and according to his children, the Oscar-winning actor wasn’t ...

From his role as Atticus Finch in Robin Mulligan's To Kill a ... the indigenous people in order to survive. Screen icon Gregory Peck played the lead role of Captain Richard Lance in Only The ...

Gregory Peck tried his hand ... "His role as Atticus Finch was slightly ironic for those of us who knew him, in that it was a part in which he only had to play himself, not someone else," said ...

Actor Gregory Peck may be best known for his Oscar-winning performance as Atticus Finch in 1962’s To Kill ... Jr.) is captured by Sheriff Gifford, played by Jack Warden. Billy’s partner ...

Much like the characters he played, Gregory “was always ... nomination in 1948. gregory-peck-family A little more than a decade later, the part of Atticus Finch, the Southern lawyer who defends ...

“So every kid in America knows Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch.” Peck won the 1963 Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Atticus Finch. Everett Collection / Everett Collection Although he could ...

Gregory Peck played beloved father Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, and according to his children, the Oscar-winning actor wasn’t too far off the mark in real life. “Of all the children ...