Question 1

True or false: Peck's first major film role was in the 1944 western The Ox-Bow Incident.

Accepted Answer

False. His breakout came in 1944's The Keys of the Kingdom, not The Ox-Bow Incident, though both were early hits.

Question 2

True or false: Peck was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1969.

Accepted Answer

True. Lyndon B. Johnson awarded him the Medal of Freedom for his humanitarian work, particularly in civil rights and arts advocacy.

Question 3

True or false: Gregory Peck's son, Stephen Peck, became a prominent film director and producer.

Accepted Answer

False. Stephen Peck worked as a documentarian, but none of Peck's children became major Hollywood directors or producers.

Question 4

True or false: Gregory Peck turned down the role of Atticus Finch before accepting it in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Accepted Answer

False. He actively pursued the role; the film's director said Peck was the only choice for Atticus Finch from the start.

Question 5

True or false: Peck was a vocal supporter of the Hollywood blacklist and testified before HUAC.

Accepted Answer

False. He opposed the blacklist, signed petitions for accused colleagues, and never named names to the House Un-American Activities Committee.

Question 6

True or false: Gregory Peck co-founded the American Film Institute and served as its first board chairman.

Accepted Answer

True. He helped establish AFI in 1967 and chaired the board for years, championing film preservation and education.

Question 7

True or false: Gregory Peck was the first actor to win an Oscar for playing a character who had already won an Oscar.

Accepted Answer

True. He played Atticus Finch, who later won the AFI's top hero ranking; the film itself won Best Actor for Peck in 1963.

Question 8

True or false: Peck served as an ambulance driver in the Spanish Civil War before becoming an actor.

Accepted Answer

True. In 1937, Peck drove an ambulance for the Republican side in Spain, an experience that shaped his humanitarian views.

Gregory Peck Trivia Questions