Brock Peters
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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
Credits
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
as Tom Robinson
Soylent Green (1973)
as Chief Hatcher
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
as Admiral Cartwright
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
as Admiral Cartwright
The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)
as Jomo (voice)
The Pawnbroker (1965)
as Rodriguez
Major Dundee (1965)
as Aesop
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
as Walter Williams
Ace High (1968)
as Thomas
P.J. (1968)
as Waterpark
Bloomer Girl (1956)
as Alexander
Carmen Jones (1954)
as Sergeant Brown
Abe Lincoln: Freedom Fighter (1978)
as Henry
Cosmic Slop (1994)
as Minister Coombs (segment 'Space Traders')
The Locket (2002)
as Henry McCord
The Incident (1967)
as Arnold Robinson
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
as David Motubu
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
as Paul
Porgy and Bess (1959)
as Crowne
Alligator 2: The Mutation (1991)
as Chief Speed
Daring Game (1968)
as Jonah
A Caribbean Mystery (1983)
as Dr. Graham
Heavens Above! (1963)
as Matthew Robinson
Black Girl (1972)
as Earl
The Secret (1992)
as Thurgood 'Uncle T.' Carver III
The McMasters (1970)
as Benjie
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979)
as Joe
SST: Death Flight (1978)
as Dr. Ralph Therman
Park Day (1998)
as Heseeit Turner
Tight as a Drum (1974)
as Bill Evans
Samson and Delilah (1986)
as Priest (voice)
To Heal a Nation (1988)
as Paul Turner
Polly (1989)
as Mr. Pendergast
Broken Angel (1988)
as Sgt. Mercurio
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green' (1973)
as Self
The L-Shaped Room (1962)
as Johnny
10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)
as Leon Frey
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981)
as Jim
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion (1982)
as Morris Brown
Framed (1975)
as Sam Perry
Highway Heartbreaker (1992)
as Bert Quinn
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)
as Reynolds
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003)
as Self
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1960)
as Molo
Puss in Boots (1985)
as Ogre
Lost in the Stars (1974)
as Stephen Kumalo
You Must Remember This (1992)
as Gus
Fearful Symmetry (1998)
as Self
The Last Place on Earth (2002)
as Jack Field
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972)
as Berdahl
Jack Johnson (1970)
as Jack Johnson (voice)
The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance (1978)
as Zechariah
The Importance of Being Earnest (1992)
as Doctor Chasuble
Mahalia (1975)
as Narrator