Brock Peters
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
Porgy and Bess
1959
The Pawnbroker
1965
A Caribbean Mystery
1983
Two-Minute Warning
1976
Ace High
1968
Soylent Green
1973
Alligator 2: The Mutation
1991
Major Dundee
1965
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
Framed
1975
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960
The Incident
1967
Polly
1989
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
Black Girl
1972
The L-Shaped Room
1962
The McMasters
1970
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990
Samson and Delilah
1986
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
1979
Highway Heartbreaker
1992
Fearful Symmetry
1998
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973
Lost in the Stars
1974
To Heal a Nation
1988
Heavens Above!
1963
Daring Game
1968
SST: Death Flight
1978
Tight as a Drum
1974
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986
P.J.
1968
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
Cosmic Slop
1994
Broken Angel
1988
The Last Place on Earth
2002
Carmen Jones
1954
The Importance of Being Earnest
1992
Puss in Boots
1985
Jack Johnson
1970
Park Day
1998
10,000 Black Men Named George
2002
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
2003
The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance
1978
Mahalia
1975
Bloomer Girl
1956
The Secret
1992
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
Abe Lincoln: Freedom Fighter
1978
The Locket
2002
You Must Remember This
1992
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Magnum, P.I.
1980
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
Challenge of the GoBots
1984
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
Static Shock
2000
The Great Adventure
1963
The Bionic Woman
1976
The Pretender
1996
The Legend of Tarzan
2001
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Baretta
1975
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Commish
1991
The Pirates of Dark Water
1991
Medical Center
1969
Gunsmoke
1955
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Night Gallery
1970
Mission: Impossible
1966
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Felony Squad
1966
Rawhide
1959
Run for Your Life
1965
Daniel Boone
1964
The Outcasts
1968
Police Story
1973
McCloud
1970
Galtar and the Golden Lance
1985
Adventures in Paradise
1959
The Loner
1965
Judd for the Defense
1967
The Legend of Tarzan
2001
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
1996
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
Spicy City
1997
Seventh Avenue
1977
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Gunsmoke
1955
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
The Trials of O'Brien
1965
The Mod Squad
1968
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
DuckTales
1987
Johnny Bravo
1997
Black Beauty
1978
Pacific Station
1991
Samurai Jack
2001
Battlestar Galactica
1978
Mannix
1967
Gravedale High
1990
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Sam Benedict
1962
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Tony Awards
1956