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Brock Peters is a Actor and Producer American born on 2 july 1927 at New York City (USA)

Brock Peters

Brock Peters
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Birth name George Fisher
Nationality USA
Birth 2 july 1927 at New York City (USA)
Death 23 august 2005 (at 78 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

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", starring Sidney Poitier. In later years, he also 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, and was also notable for his role as Hatcher in Soylent Green.

Biography

Peters delivered Gregory Peck's eulogy at Peck's funeral in 2003. His character, Tom Robinson, was defended by Peck's Atticus Finch in 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird.

Usually with

Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Nimoy
(2 films)
Ralph Winter
Ralph Winter
(2 films)
Cliff Lyons
Cliff Lyons
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Brock Peters (33 films)

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Actor

Porgy and Bess, 2h18
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas
Actors Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters
Roles Crowne
Rating69% 3.4923453.4923453.4923453.4923453.492345
Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully. While high on cocaine supplied by Sportin' Life, Crown kills Robbins after the latter vanquishes him in a craps game; Bess urges Crown to flee. Sportin' Life suggests she accompany him to New York City, an offer Bess declines.
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Carmen Jones, 1h45
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Films based on operas, Children's films
Actors Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Harry Belafonte, Roy Glenn, Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters
Roles Sergeant Brown
Rating66% 3.3445053.3445053.3445053.3445053.344505
Set during World War II, the story focuses on Carmen Jones, a vixen who works in a parachute factory in North Carolina. When she is arrested for fighting with a co-worker who reported her for arriving late for work, foreman Sgt. Brown assigns young soldier Joe to deliver her to the authorities, much to the dismay of Joe's fiancée Cindy Lou, who had agreed to marry him during his leave.

Producer

Five on the Black Hand Side, 1h36
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Clarice Taylor, Leonard Jackson, Godfrey Cambridge, Virginia Capers, Glynn Turman, D'Urville Martin
Roles Producer
Rating63% 3.1963953.1963953.1963953.1963953.196395
During the weekend of her daughter's wedding, Mrs. Gladys Ann Brooks, a meek wife (played by Clarice Taylor) and her three children; Gideon Brooks (Glynn Turman), Booker T. Washington-Brooks (D'Urville Martin), and Gail Brooks (Bonnie Banfield) finally decides to stand up to their overbearing husband and father Mr. John Henry Brooks Jr. (Leonard Jackson) who displays retrogressive behavior.