Brock Peters

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1927-07-02

Place of Birth

Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
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Brock Peters

Biography

Brock Peters or Brock G. Peters (born George Fisher; July 2, 1927 – August 23, 2005) was an American actor, best known for playing the role of Tom Robinson in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and for his role as "Crown" in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess. In later years, he gained recognition among Star Trek fans for his portrayals of Fleet Admiral Cartwright in two of the Star Trek feature films and Joseph Sisko, father of Benjamin Sisko, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He was also notable for his role as Hatcher in Soylent Green.

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Acting History

2003
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty as Self
2002
The Wild Thornberrys Movie as Jomo (voice)
2002
The Locket as Henry McCord
2002
10,000 Black Men Named George as Leon Frey
2002
The Last Place on Earth as Jack Field
2001
The Legend of Tarzan as (voice)
2001
The Legend of Tarzan as Usula (voice)
2001
Samurai Jack as Lazzor (Elder) (voice)
2000
Static Shock as Morris Grant / Soul Power (voice)
1998
The Wild Thornberrys as Dr. Jomo / Poacher (voice)
1998
The Wild Thornberrys as Jomo (voice)
1998
Park Day as Heseeit Turner
1998
Fearful Symmetry as Self
1997
Spicy City as Bird (voice)
1997
Johnny Bravo as Chronos (voice)
1996
Ghosts of Mississippi as Walter Williams
1996
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm as Ramath (voice)
1996
The Pretender as Henry Cockran
1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as The Shaman (voice)
1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Masai (voice)
1994
Cosmic Slop as Minister Coombs (segment 'Space Traders')
1994
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters as The Pool (voice)
1994
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters as Snorch's Voicebox (voice)
1993
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron as Dark Kat (voice)
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Joseph Sisko
1992
Batman: The Animated Series as Lucius Fox (voice)
1992
The Importance of Being Earnest as Doctor Chasuble
1992
The Secret as Thurgood 'Uncle T.' Carver III
1992
Highway Heartbreaker as Bert Quinn
1992
You Must Remember This as Gus
1991
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Admiral Cartwright
1991
The Commish
1991
Pacific Station as Ray Taylor
1991
Alligator 2: The Mutation as Chief Speed
1991
The Pirates of Dark Water as Bloth (voice)
1990
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake as David Motubu
1990
Gravedale High as Boneyard (voice)
1989
Polly as Mr. Pendergast
1988
To Heal a Nation as Paul Turner
1988
Broken Angel as Sgt. Mercurio
1987
DuckTales as Druid (voice)
1986
Samson and Delilah as Priest (voice)
1986
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home as Admiral Cartwright
1985
Puss in Boots as Ogre
1985
Galtar and the Golden Lance as Tormack (voice)
1984
Challenge of the GoBots
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Thornton Bentley
1983
A Caribbean Mystery as Dr. Graham
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre as Guest Interviewee
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre as Ogre
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion as Morris Brown
1981
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Jim
1980
Magnum, P.I. as President Kole
1979
Roots: The Next Generations as Ab Dekker
1979
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel as Joe
1978
Battlestar Galactica as Chief Opposer Solon
1978
SST: Death Flight as Dr. Ralph Therman
1978
The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance as Zechariah
1978
Black Beauty as Mr. Carmichael
1978
Abe Lincoln: Freedom Fighter as Henry
1977
Seventh Avenue as Sgt. Rollins
1976
Two-Minute Warning as Paul
1976
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Bionic Woman
1975
Mahalia as Narrator
1975
Framed as Sam Perry
1975
Baretta
1974
Lost in the Stars as Stephen Kumalo
1974
Tight as a Drum as Bill Evans
1973
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off as Reynolds
1973
Soylent Green as Chief Hatcher
1973
Police Story
1973
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green' as Self
1972
Black Girl as Earl
1972
The Streets of San Francisco as Jacob Willis / Earl Barnes
1972
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol as Berdahl
1970
Night Gallery as Logoda (segment "Logoda's Heads")
1970
Jack Johnson as Jack Johnson (voice)
1970
The McMasters as Benjie
1970
McCloud
1969
Medical Center
1968
Ace High as Thomas
1968
The Mod Squad as Johnny Pell
1968
The Outcasts
1968
P.J. as Waterpark
1968
Daring Game as Jonah
1967
The Incident as Arnold Robinson
1967
Mannix as Sonny Carter
1967
Judd for the Defense
1966
Mission: Impossible as Walter DuBruis
1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as King M'Bala
1966
Felony Squad
1965
The Loner
1965
The Trials of O'Brien as Isadore Jaconey
1965
Run for Your Life as Lieutenant Wallace
1965
The Pawnbroker as Rodriguez
1965
Major Dundee as Aesop
1964
Daniel Boone as Pompey
1963
The Great Adventure as Joe Bailey
1963
Heavens Above! as Matthew Robinson
1962
To Kill a Mockingbird as Tom Robinson
1962
The L-Shaped Room as Johnny
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962
Sam Benedict as Frank Elton
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1960
The Snows of Kilimanjaro as Molo
1959
Adventures in Paradise as Nicholas
1959
Porgy and Bess as Crowne
1959
Rawhide as Phinn Harper
1956
Bloomer Girl as Alexander
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1955
Gunsmoke as Cato
1955
Gunsmoke as Jesse Dillard
1954
Carmen Jones as Sergeant Brown
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Mr. Pendergast
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Henry McCord