Brock Peters
American actor (1927-2005) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 78
Brock Peters was an American actor, best known for playing the villainous "Crown" in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess, and Tom Robinson in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird. He made his Broadway debut in the 1965 Norman Rosten play Mister Johnson.
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Something wrong?A life in dates
Dorothy Dandridge: An American BeautyFilm2001Paul Robeson AwardAward
Samurai JackSeries, 2001Lazzor (Elder) (voice)1998
The Wild ThornberrysSeries, Dr. Jomo / Poacher (voice)
Fearful SymmetryFilm, 19981994
Aaahh!!! Real MonstersSeries, The Pool (voice)
Cosmic SlopFilm, 1994Minister Coombs (segment 'Space Traders')1992
Batman: The Animated SeriesSeries, Lucius Fox (voice)1990
The Great Los Angeles EarthquakeFilm, David Motubu1988
Broken AngelFilm, Sgt. Mercurio1984
Murder, She WroteSeries, Thornton Bentley1983
A Caribbean MysteryFilm, Dr. Graham1980
Magnum, P.I.Series, President Kole1978
SST: Death FlightFilm, Dr. Ralph Therman1976Black Filmmakers Hall of FameAward
Two-Minute WarningFilm, 1976Paul1974
Lost in the StarsFilm, Stephen Kumalo1972
Black GirlFilm, Earl1969
Medical CenterSeries1968
Ace HighFilm, Thomas1966
Mission: ImpossibleSeries, Walter DuBruis1965
Major DundeeFilm, Aesop1962
The L-Shaped RoomFilm, Johnny1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1956
Tony AwardsSeries1954
Carmen JonesFilm, Sergeant Brown1927Born2 July 1927People around Brock
Close ties
Otto Preminger Directed Carmen Jones and Porgy and Bess
René Auberjonois Also in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Michael Dorn Also in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Larry Peerce Directed The Incident and Two-Minute Warning
Ira Steven Behr Produced Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Ely Landau Produced The Pawnbroker and Lost in the Stars
Morgan Freeman Duets: Lucius Fox, also in The Pawnbroker (1965)
Charlton Heston Also in Soylent Green and Major Dundee
Leonard Nimoy Directed Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Nichelle Nichols Also in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1992)
Nicholas Meyer Directed Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1992)
Aron Eisenberg Also in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Homefront
Samuel Goldwyn Produced Porgy and Bess (1959)
Louis Gossett Jr. Duets: Lucius Fox
Dorothy Dandridge Also in Porgy and Bess and Carmen Jones
Alan J. Pakula Produced To Kill a Mockingbird (1963)
Dee Wallace Also in Alligator II - The Mutation (1991)
Robert Mulligan Directed To Kill a Mockingbird (1963)
Kane Hodder Also in Alligator II - The Mutation (1991)
Bonnie Bartlett Also in The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
Michael Piller Produced Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Don Stansauk Also in P.J. and Framed- Reza Badiyi Directed Paradise Lost (1996)
- Edgar Scherick Produced The Incident (1967)
Known for
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To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
The Incident 1967
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 1986
The Pawnbroker 1965
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991
Filmography 40
121 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Awards
About this person
He was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award for his lead role as Rev. Stephen Kumalo in the 1972 Broadway revival of the musical Lost in the Stars. He received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1991 and a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1992.
