Brock Peters

🎭 Actor

Brock Peters

🎂 Born 2 July 1927 (age 78)✝ 23 August 2005📍 Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

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Popularity Score

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Acting Credits

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.

Known For

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

Soylent Green

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Admiral Cartwright

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Admiral Cartwright

Full Filmography(53 films)

YearTitleCharacterRating

1962To Kill a MockingbirdTom Robinson★ 8.0 1973Soylent GreenChief Hatcher★ 6.9 1986Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeAdmiral Cartwright★ 7.2 1991Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryAdmiral Cartwright★ 7.0 2002The Wild Thornberrys MovieJomo (voice)★ 6.4 1965The PawnbrokerRodriguez★ 7.1 1965Major DundeeAesop★ 6.7 1996Ghosts of MississippiWalter Williams★ 6.6 1968Ace HighThomas★ 6.5 1968P.J.Waterpark★ 5.7 1956Bloomer GirlAlexander★ 10.0 1954Carmen JonesSergeant Brown★ 6.2 1994Cosmic SlopMinister Coombs (segment 'Space Traders')★ 5.3 2002The LocketHenry McCord★ 5.2 1967The IncidentArnold Robinson★ 7.4 1990The Great Los Angeles EarthquakeDavid Motubu★ 6.7 1976Two-Minute WarningPaul★ 6.3 1959Porgy and BessCrowne★ 6.3 1991Alligator 2: The MutationChief Speed★ 4.9 1968Daring GameJonah★ 6.5 1983A Caribbean MysteryDr. Graham★ 6.3 1963Heavens Above!Matthew Robinson★ 6.6 1972Black GirlEarl★ 6.8 1992The SecretThurgood 'Uncle T.' Carver III★ 9.0 1970The McMastersBenjie★ 4.6 1979The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg LaurelJoe★ 6.8 1978SST: Death FlightDr. Ralph Therman★ 5.4 1998Park DayHeseeit Turner★ 9.7 1974Tight as a DrumBill Evans—1986Samson and DelilahPriest (voice)★ 5.5 1988To Heal a NationPaul Turner★ 6.0 1989PollyMr. Pendergast★ 8.2 1988Broken AngelSgt. Mercurio★ 6.5 1973A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'Self★ 6.5 1962The L-Shaped RoomJohnny★ 6.8 200210,000 Black Men Named GeorgeLeon Frey★ 3.9 1981The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnJim★ 7.0 1982A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's RebellionMorris Brown★ 7.0 1975FramedSam Perry★ 6.6 1992Highway HeartbreakerBert Quinn★ 5.0 1973Slaughter's Big Rip-OffReynolds★ 4.8 2003Dorothy Dandridge: An American BeautySelf★ 8.3 1960The Snows of KilimanjaroMolo—1985Puss in BootsOgre★ 5.0 1974Lost in the StarsStephen Kumalo★ 6.5 1992You Must Remember ThisGus★ 8.5 1998Fearful SymmetrySelf★ 5.3 2002The Last Place on EarthJack Field★ 5.7 1972Welcome Home, Johnny BristolBerdahl★ 8.0 1970Jack JohnsonJack Johnson (voice)★ 6.6 1978The Million Dollar Dixie DeliveranceZechariah—1992The Importance of Being EarnestDoctor Chasuble★ 8.0 1975MahaliaNarrator—

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