Editing Gregory Peck (section)

== Personal life ==
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In October 1942, Peck married Finnish American {{ill|Greta Kukkonen|fi}} (1911–2008), with whom he had three sons: Jonathan (1944–1975), Stephen (b. 1946), and Carey Paul (b. 1949). They were divorced in December 1955.{{sfn|Fishgall|2002|p=190}} Peck's eldest son was found dead in his home on June 26, 1975, in what authorities believed was a suicide.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/28/archives/gregory-pecks-son-dead.html|title=Gregory Peck's Son Dead|date=June 28, 1975|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=May 13, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>  "It's the most terrible thing that has happened to me in my life," Peck said once. "You never get over a thing like that."<ref name="people"/>

During his first marriage, Peck had a brief affair with ''[[Spellbound (1945 film)|Spellbound]]'' co-star [[Ingrid Bergman]].{{sfn|Haney|2005|p=23}} He confessed the affair to [[Brad Darrach]] of ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' in a 1987 interview, saying: "All I can say is that I had a real love for her, and I think that's where I ought to stop{{nbsp}}... I was young. She was young. We were involved for weeks in close and intense work."{{sfn|Fishgall|2002|p=98}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Smit|first=David|year=2012|title=Ingrid Bergman: The Life, Career and Public Image|publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]]|pages=29–30|isbn=9780786472260|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cRWgEXLEzFQC&pg=PA29}}</ref><ref name="people">{{cite magazine|last=Darrach|first=Brad|title=Gregory Peck|date=June 15, 1987|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20096523,00.html|access-date=October 5, 2015|archive-date=October 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006071300/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20096523,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On New Year's Eve in 1955, the day after his divorce was final, Peck married [[Veronique Peck|Véronique Passani]] (1932–2012),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-usa-veroniquepeck-idUSBRE87H09620120819 |title=Gregory Peck's widow Veronique, an arts supporter, dies at 80 |date=August 18, 2012 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=July 27, 2015 |archive-date=September 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916074326/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/19/entertainment-us-usa-veroniquepeck-idUSBRE87H09620120819| url-status=live}}</ref> a Paris news reporter who had interviewed him in 1952 before he went to Italy to film ''[[Roman Holiday]]''. He asked her to lunch six months later, and they became inseparable. They had a son, Anthony Peck (b. 1956),{{sfn|Fishgall|2002|p=196}} and a daughter, [[Cecilia Peck]] (b. 1958).{{sfn|Fishgall|2002|p=203}} The couple remained married until Peck's death. His son Anthony is a former husband of supermodel [[Cheryl Tiegs]]. Peck had grandchildren from both marriages.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.afi.com/100years/handv.aspx |title=AFI's 100 Years: Heroes and Villains |last=Snyder |first=Louis |type=graduation address |date=July 3, 2010 |access-date=May 23, 2011 |archive-date=October 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023071414/http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/handv.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=June 2023}} One of his grandsons from his first marriage is actor [[Ethan Peck]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/ethan-peck-on-growing-up-in-hollywood-and-the-secret-to-mens-style-a3198771.html |title=Ethan Peck on Growing Up in Hollywood and the Secret to Men's Style |last=Patel |first=Anish |date=March 10, 2016 |work= Evening Standard Magazine |access-date=June 19, 2023 |archive-date=January 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102135325/https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/ethan-peck-on-growing-up-in-hollywood-and-the-secret-to-mens-style-a3198771.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

Peck was the owner of [[thoroughbred]] [[steeplechase (horse racing)|steeplechase]] [[horse racing|race horses]]. In 1963, Owen's Sedge finished seventh in the [[Grand National]].<ref>{{cite news |title=[[Illustrated London News]] |volume= 242| issue = 2 |date=April 6, 1963}}</ref> Another of his horses, Different Class, raced in the 1968 Grand National.<ref name="Pedigree">{{cite web |url=http://www.pedigreequery.com/different+class3| title=Pedigree Query |date=April 30, 2007}}</ref> The horse was favored, but finished third.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Molyneaux |first=Gerard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nE7EEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22gregory+peck%22+%22grand+national%22&pg=PA160 |title=Gregory Peck: A Bio-Bibliography |date=1995-06-30 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-36985-8 |pages=160 |language=en}}</ref>

Peck's hobbies included [[gardening]], reading, and listening to music, including classical, opera and jazz. Peck and his wife often hosted dinners in support of the arts and humanitarian or social justice causes.<ref>{{cite web | title=Unknown Details of Gregory Peck's Life — Interview with His Daughter | website=GeorgianJournal | date=2022-02-26 | url=https://georgianjournal.ge/culture/37822-unknown-details-of-gregory-pecks-life-interview-with-his-daughter.html | language=ka | access-date=2023-10-19}}</ref>

Peck was [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], and once considered entering the priesthood. Later in his career, a journalist asked Peck if he was a practicing Catholic. Peck answered: "I am a Roman Catholic. Not a fanatic, but I practice enough to keep the franchise. I don't always agree with the Pope{{nbsp}}... There are issues that concern me, like [[Catholic Church and abortion|abortion]], contraception, the [[Catholic Church doctrine on the ordination of women|ordination of women]]{{nbsp}}... and others."<ref name="The Religion of Gregory Peck">{{cite web|url=http://www.adherents.com/people/pp/Gregory_Peck.html|title=The religion of Gregory Peck, actor|publisher=Adherents.com|access-date=October 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003082115/http://www.adherents.com/people/pp/Gregory_Peck.html|archive-date=October 3, 2018|url-status=usurped}}</ref> His second marriage was performed by a justice of the peace, not by a priest, because [[Christian views on divorce#Roman Catholic Church|the Church prohibits remarriage]] if the first spouse is still living and the first marriage was not [[Annulment (Catholic Church)|annulled]]. Peck was a significant fund-raiser for the missionary work of a priest friend of his, Father Albert O'Hara, and served as co-producer of a [[Compact Cassette|cassette]] recording of the [[New Testament]] with his son Stephen.<ref name="The Religion of Gregory Peck"/>