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To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American coming-of-age legal drama crime film directed by Robert Mulligan starring Gregory Peck and Mary Badham, with Phillip Alford, John Megna, Frank Overton, James Anderson, and Brock Peters in supporting roles. It marked the film debut of Robert Duvall, William Windom, and Alice Ghostley.
Mary Badham had no film acting experience before being cast in To Kill a Mockingbird. The Oscar in her category went to another child actress, Patty Duke , for The Miracle Worker . During filming, Badham became particularly close to actor Gregory Peck , who played Scout's father, Atticus Finch ; she kept in contact with him, always calling him ...
Peters and Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). Brock Peters (born George Fisher; July 2, 1927 – August 23, 2005) [1] was an American actor and singer, best known for playing the villainous "Crown" in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess, and Tom Robinson in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird.
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 ...
Watching — and reading — Harper Lee's seminal story, To Kill a Mockingbird, has been a rite of passage for multiple generations of American teens.But for the film's star, Mary Badham ...
Atticus is a masculine name of Greek origin meaning “from Attica.” [1] [2] The name is often used in reference to Atticus Finch, a heroic lawyer who represents an African American man accused of rape by a white woman in a racist Southern United States town in Harper Lee’s 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Usage of the name continued to ...
Number of Academy Awards that the To Kill a Mockingbird movie won. 3: Number of Golden Globes that the To Kill a Mockingbird movie won. 2.5: Number of years that it took Harper Lee to write To ...
John Anthony Megna was born in Ozone Park, Queens, New York, to Ralph W. Megna, a pharmacist, [1] and Eleanor McGinley, a one-time nightclub singer. He was a half-brother of Connie Stevens through their mother, and an ex-brother-in-law of Eddie Fisher, both famous singers.