Image: Wikimedia CommonsBrock Peters
American actor (1927–2005)
- Born July 2, 1922
- 6 movies
Brock Peters was an American actor best known as the villainous Crown in the film Porgy and Bess and Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird. On Broadway he earned a Tony nomination and won a Drama Desk Award for Lost in the Stars. He later voiced Darth Vader in Star Wars radio dramas and played Admiral Cartwright and Joseph Sisko in the Star Trek franchise.
Brock Peters appears in 6 films in The Rerun, from 1954 to 1973. Most of that work is in drama, musical and mystery. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Charlton Heston (2), Otto Preminger (2), Dorothy Dandridge (2), Diahann Carroll (2), Pearl Bailey (2).
Known for
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Tom Robinson. One of the two film roles he is best known for.
- Porgy and Bess (1959), Crown. He played the villainous Crown in the 1959 film version.
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Joseph Sisko. One of his two recurring roles in the Star Trek franchise.
- Soylent Green (1973). A 1970s film credit, a decade after To Kill a Mockingbird.
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Brock Peters been in?
- Brock Peters appears in Soylent Green (1973), Major Dundee (1965), The Pawnbroker (1964), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Porgy and Bess (1959) and Carmen Jones (1954) on The Remote.
- When was Brock Peters born?
- Brock Peters was born on 2 July 1922.
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