Who played Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird?

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Book cover for To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, featuring a silhouette of a child under a tree and a large moon, with the title in script and — To Kill a Mockingbird This book cover is one of many given to Harper Lee's classic work *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1960). The novel won a Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and the next year was made into an Academy Award-winning film.

In the 1962 film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird, the role of Atticus Finch was played by Gregory Peck. His portrayal of the principled attorney earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor and is widely regarded as one of the most iconic performances in cinema history.12