There is no doubt that the princess did become a queen---not only on the screen. One of the most loved, one of the most skillful, one of the most intelligent, one of the most sensitive, charming actresses---and friends, in my life---but also in the later stages of her life, the UNICEF ambassador to the children of the world. The generosity, sensitivity, the nobility of her service to the children of the world and the mothers of the world will never be forgotten.

He also starred with Christopher Plummer John Gielgud and Barbara Bouchet in the television film The Scarlet and The Black about Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty a real-life Roman Catholic priest in the Vatican who smuggled Jews and other refugees away from the Nazis during World War II. postage stamp commemorating Peck. His last prominent film role also came in 1991 in Other People's Money directed by Norman Jewison and based on the stage play of that name.

One of the world's most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s Peck continued to play major film roles until the late 1970s. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1983.