Article: VIDEO : PECK THE MASTER OF SIMPLE DECENCY.(L.A. Life)

Byline: Robert Bianco Special to the Daily News

No actor ever has made simple human decency look sexier than Gregory Peck has.

Popular with audiences and co-stars, if not always with critics, Peck epitomized the postwar ideal of the model American man. Comfortably good-looking, he exuded strength, sincerity and gravity - qualities that made him the perfect choice for any movie that required quiet nobility.

In the '40s, he was one of Hollywood's most reliable stars, garnering four Oscar nominations in five years. He didn't win the Oscar, however, until two decades later on his fifth and final try. Fittingly, the award finally came for his best ...

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