Forty-five years ago, Gregory Peck, starring as a General Douglas MacArthur, spoke to the Union’s James Meade in between filming scenes from Universal Studio’s “MacArthur” around San Diego.

From the Archives: Gregory Peck filmed MacArthur in San Diego 45 years agoFrom The San Diego Union-Tribune, Friday, June 13, 2003: Hollywood’s noble giant. By David Elliott, Movie Critic.

As a young stage actor in New York during the 1940s, Gregory Peck made the leap into making movies not for fame, but for family. “I was in debt somewhat; I’d gotten myself married [to Greta ...