Gregory Peck
Though he is most remembered for his performance as Atticus Finch, Peck was a widely respected and popular actor from the 1940s to the 60s. He was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Keys of Kingdom (1941), The Yearling (1946), and Elia Kazan’s Gentleman's Agreement (1947). Peck also starred in acclaimed films like Spellbound (1945), Roman Holiday (1954), The Big Country (1958), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Cape Fear (1962), How the West Was Won (1962), and The Omen (1976). He was the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1967, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Film Institute from 1967 to 1969, and was also a lifelong humanitarian.
Mary Badham
Mary Badham had no acting experience prior to being cast as Scout, and her performance earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role—which made her the youngest actress ever (at age 10) nominated for the category at the time. Badham had a short career thereafter, starring in “The Bewitchin’ Pool” (the final episode ofThe Twilight Zone), This Property Is Condemned (1966) starring Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, and Charles Bronson, and Let’s Kill Uncle (1966) before retiring from acting. In 2005, she came out of retirement to play a cameo in Cameron Watson’s Our Very Own, and in 2012, she attended a 50th-anniversary screening of To Kill a Mockingbird with Barack Obama at the White House.
Phillip Alford
Like Badham, To Kill a Mockingbird was Alford’s film debut. Though he was praised for his performance of Jem, his following career was somewhat lackluster, playing minor roles in television series like The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963), Disney Land (1964), and CBS Playhouse (1969). After acting for 10 years, Alford officially retired from the profession and eventually became a successful businessman in Alabama.
Brock Peters
Peters was a prolific actor, and before starring as Tom in To Kill a Mockingbird, he became noticed for his supporting role as Crown in one of the most respected and beloved musicals ever made, Porgy and Bess (1959). His portrayals of Admiral Cartwright in two Star Trek films and Joseph Sisko in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the 90s also gained Peters mainstream recognition.
James Anderson
Though best known as Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird, Anderson was a prolific television actor, making 120 appearances throughout his career.
Robert Duvall
Duvall made his stunning debut as Boo in To Kill a Mockingbird and went on to become one of the most well-known, beloved American actors of the 20th century. During the first wave of his career, he starred in an episode of The Twilight Zone and other television series. In the middle of his career, he played a supporting role in Robert Altman’s MASH (1970) and starred in George Lucas’s directorial debut, THX 1138 (1971), as the titular role. His first notable critical and commercial success surfaced in his acclaimed performance as Tom Hagen in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974). He also starred in respected films like The Conversation (1974), Network (1976), and Apocalypse Now (1979). Over the course of his career, Duvall has been nominated for seven Academy Awards and won Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Apostle (1997), a film he also wrote and directed. Duvall continues acting today and was recently nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in The Judge (2014).
