Book review - "Gregory Peck" by Gary Fishgall

Good solid bio of the star, very similiar in thorough research and writing to the one Fishgall did on Burt Lancaster. Much better than the previous bio on Peck I'd read but still has the same problem - Peck wasn't that interesting. Broken home, well liked at college, Broadway work (attention without being in hits), then movie stardom. Peck was in many ways lucky - dodgy back kept him out of the army during the war when there was a shortage of leading men - also blessed with a handsome face and deep voice. He was a stiff actor and remained stiff but was ideal in the serious post war world; he worked hard and had good taste, picking some excellent films. Unhappy first marriage, son who killed himself, a brief drinking problem before a happy second marriage - but one gets the feeling that even Fishgall finds his story a bit dull at times.