Brock Peters (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. 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 for his role as Hatcher in Soylent Green.
According to Nicholas Meyer, director of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Peters found his character Admiral Cartwright's dialogue in the briefing scene regarding ending the war with the Klingon Empire so offensive that it took several takes for him to deliver it effectively.
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Had provided the voice of Jack Johnson on the album "A Tribute to Jack Johnson" by Miles Davis.
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Was friends with Charlton Heston, having worked with him in numerous plays through the 1940s and 1950s and films through the 1960s and 1970s. They were slated to star in a biracial cast of "Romeo and Juliet" in 1946 that would have had Peters playing Tybalt and Heston as Mercutio that was abandoned because of a lack of financial backing.
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He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theater at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 23, 1992.
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His birth name was George Fisher. Appropriately, he shares his first name with Star Wars creator George Lucas and his last name with Carrie Fisher, who played Darth Vader's daughter, Princess Leia Organa.
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Not counting Frank Welker's voice in Star Wars-related video games, he and Clive Revill are the only Star Trek actors who have also played characters from Star Wars, and they both played Sith Lords. Revill was the original voice of Darth Sidious in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Peters played Darth Vader in the NPR radio adaptation.
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Buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California. Revelation Section Plot Number 3529 next to his wife DiDi. The cemetery is located at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive in Los Angeles, California, bordering Griffith Park.
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Had provided the singing voice for the song "Whizzin' Away Along De Track" in Carmen Jones (1954), performed on screen by Roy Glenn.
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Inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1976.
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Had a longtime companion: Marilyn Darby.
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Was a member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1993.
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His accolades include the National Film Society Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild, and a nomination for Broadway's 1973 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Lost in the Stars".
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Read the eulogy at the funeral of Gregory Peck on June 16, 2003. Peters played Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - the black man accused of raping a white girl that Atticus Finch (Peck's character) defended in court.
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Had played Darth Vader in the NPR radio dramatizations of "Star Wars" (1981), "The Empire Strikes Back" (1983) and "Return of the Jedi" (1996).
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Sang background vocals on Harry Belafonte's hits "Banana Boat (Day-O)" and "Mama Look at Bubu".
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Had one daughter: Lise Jo Fisher.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Producers' Showcase
1956
TV Series
Alexander
Carmen Jones
1954
Sergeant Brown (as Broc Peters)
Borg War
2006
Video
General Mi'Qoch (voice)
JAG
2005
TV Series
Paul Revere
Static Shock
2003
TV Series
Morris Grant / Soul Power
The Locket
2002
TV Movie
Henry McCord
Star Trek: Starfleet Command III
2002
Video Game
General Mi'Qogh (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
Jomo (voice)
No Prom for Cindy
2002
Short
Doctor
10,000 Black Men Named George
2002
TV Movie
Leon Frey
The Last Place on Earth
2002
Jack Field
The Legend of Tarzan
2001
TV Series
Usula
Samurai Jack
2001
TV Series
Lazzor (Elder)
The Wild Thornberrys
1998-2000
TV Series
Jomo / Dr. Jomo / Poacher
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1996-1998
TV Series
Joseph Sisko / Preacher
Park Day
1998
Heseeit Turner
Two Weeks from Sunday
1997
Short
Spicy City
1997
TV Series
Bird
Johnny Bravo
1997
TV Series
Chronos / Squirrel
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996-1997
TV Series
The Shaman / Masai
Adventures from the Book of Virtues
1997
TV Series
King Ahasuerus
Merchant
The Pretender
1997
TV Series
Henry Cockran
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
Walter Williams
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
1996
TV Series
Ramath
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1995-1996
TV Series
Snorch's Voicebox / Man / The Pool
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1996
TV Series
Mammoth
Believe
1996
Short
An Element of Truth
1995
TV Movie
Il barone
1995
TV Mini-Series
Le roi Aschwinda
Cosmic Slop
1994
TV Movie
Minister Coombs (segment "Space Traders")
Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993-1994
TV Series
Dark Kat
The Commish
1994
TV Series
Abraham Wilkerson
Batman: The Animated Series
1992-1994
TV Series
Lucius Fox / Reporter
The Pirates of Dark Water
1991-1993
TV Series
Bloth
You Must Remember This
1992
TV Movie
Gus
The Importance of Being Earnest
1992
Doctor Chasuble
The Secret
1992
TV Movie
Thurgood 'Uncle T.' Carver III
Highway Heartbreaker
1992
TV Movie
Bert Quinn
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
Admiral Cartwright
Pacific Station
1991
TV Series
Ray Taylor
Alligator II: The Mutation
1991
Chief Speed
The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990
TV Movie
David Motubu
Gravedale High
1990
TV Series
Boneyard
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1978-1989
TV Series
Mr. Pendergast / Zechariah
The Karate Kid
1989
TV Series
Additional Characters
To Heal a Nation
1988
TV Movie
Paul Turner
Broken Angel
1988
TV Movie
Sgt. Mercurio
DuckTales
1987
TV Series
Druid
Cagney & Lacey
1987
TV Series
Mr. Higgins
Wildfire
1986
TV Series
Thunderbolt
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986
Admiral Cartwright
Murder, She Wrote
1986
TV Series
Thornton Bentley
Samson and Delilah
1986
Video short voice
Galtar and the Golden Lance
1985
TV Series
Tormack
Challenge of the GoBots
1984-1985
TV Series
General Newcastle
Magnum, P.I.
1985
TV Series
President Kole
Faerie Tale Theatre
1985
TV Series
Ogre / Guest Interviewee
This Is the Life
1985
TV Series
The Young and the Restless
1984
TV Series
Frank Lewis
A Caribbean Mystery
1983
TV Movie
Dr. Graham
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
1982
TV Movie
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981
TV Movie
Jim
A Bond of Iron
1979
TV Movie
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
TV Mini-Series
Ab Decker
Battlestar Galactica
1979
TV Series
Chief Opposer Solon
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
1979
TV Movie
Joe
Abe Lincoln: Freedom Fighter
1978
Henry
Quincy M.E.
1978
TV Series
Dr. Frank Matthews
The Bionic Woman
1978
TV Series
Jack Stratton
The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance
1978
TV Movie
Zechariah
Black Beauty
1978
TV Mini-Series
Mr. Carmichael
SST: Death Flight
1977
TV Movie
Dr. Ralph Therman
Seventh Avenue
1977
TV Mini-Series
Sgt. Rollins
Two-Minute Warning
1976
Paul
Jigsaw John
1976
TV Series
Vic Boylin
Police Story
1976
TV Series
Sergeant Bagney
Baretta
1975
TV Series
Judson B. Taylor / John Shockley
Framed
1975
Sam Perry
Medical Center
1975
TV Series
James Rosemont
McCloud
1974
TV Series
DDT
The Streets of San Francisco
1974
TV Series
Jacob Willis / Earl Barnes
Lost in the Stars
1974
Stephen Kumalo
The Wide World of Mystery
1974
TV Series
Bill Evans
Pomroy's People
1973
TV Movie
Rev. Pomroy
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
Reynolds
Soylent Green
1973
Chief Hatcher
Gunsmoke
1969-1973
TV Series
Jesse Dillard / Cato
Black Girl
1972
Earl
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
1972
TV Series
Jess Florian
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
TV Movie
Berdahl
Norman Corwin Presents
1972
TV Series
Night Gallery
1971
TV Series
Logoda (segment "Logoda's Heads")
Mod Squad
1971
TV Series
Johnny Pell
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1971
TV Series
John Goodman
Longstreet
1971
TV Series
Danny
The Virginian
1970
TV Series
Mace Ivers
Mannix
1970
TV Series
Sonny Carter
The McMasters
1970
Benjie
The Outcasts
1969
TV Series
Ben Pritchard
Judd for the Defense
1967-1969
TV Series
Marcel Nburu / Jessie Aarons
The Felony Squad
1969
TV Series
Marcel Nburu
It Takes a Thief
1968
TV Series
Chak
Ace High
1968
Thomas
Daring Game
1968
Jonah
P.J.
1968
Waterpark
The Incident
1967
Arnold Robinson
Tarzan
1967
TV Series
M'Kone
Mission: Impossible
1967
TV Series
Walter DuBruis
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
TV Series
King M'Bala
Run for Your Life
1966
TV Series
Lieutenant Wallace
The Trials of O'Brien
1966
TV Series
Isadore Jaconey
The Loner
1965
TV Series
Lemuel Stove
Rawhide
1965
TV Series
Phinn Harper
Major Dundee
1965
Aesop
Daniel Boone
1964
TV Series
Pompey
The Doctors and the Nurses
1964
TV Series
Fox
The Pawnbroker
1964
Rodriguez
The Eleventh Hour
1964
TV Series
Dennis Packsey
The Great Adventure
1963
TV Series
Joe Bailey
Heavens Above!
1963
Matthew
Sam Benedict
1963
TV Series
Frank Elton
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
Tom Robinson
The L-Shaped Room
1962
Johnny
Buick-Electra Playhouse
1960
TV Series
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960
TV Movie
Adventures in Paradise
1960
TV Series
Nicholas
Porgy and Bess
1959
Crown
As the World Turns
1956
TV Series
Dr. Bellows #1 (1966)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Major Dundee
1965
performer: "Shall We Gather at the River?" - uncredited
Daniel Boone
1964
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Porgy and Bess
1959
performer: "What You Want With Bess?", "God and Me", "A Red Headed Woman"
Carmen Jones
1954
performer: "WHIZZIN' AWAY ALONG DE TRACK" - as Broc Peters
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Five on the Black Hand Side
1973
producer
Gone Are the Days!
1963
producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
I Build the Tower
2006
Documentary and thanks to
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
Documentary extra special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Black Line
Documentary announced
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Journeys in Black
2002
TV Series documentary
Himself
Fearful Symmetry
1998
Video documentary
Himself
20th NAACP Image Awards
1988
TV Special
Himself - Presenter
Living the Dream: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.