Gregory Peck appeared in a film.
Gregory Peck . He had also been nominated for an Oscar for the same category for The Keys of the Kingdom ( 1944 ) , The Yearling ( 1946 ) , Gentleman 's Agreement ( 1947 ) and Twelve O'Clock High ( 1949 ) . The Keys of the Kingdom is a 1944 American film based on the 1941 novel The Keys of the Kingdom by A. J. Cronin . It stars Gregory Peck , Thomas Mitchell , and Vincent Price , and tells the story of the trials and tribulations of a Catholic priest who goes to China to evangelize .