
Brock Peters
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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 5.181 |
Birthday | 1927-07-02 |
Place of Birth | Harlem, New York City, New York, USA |
Also Known As | Broc Peters, George Fisher, Brock G. Peters, Брок Петерс, Брок Питерс, |

1991

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
7/1280
After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed by an...
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

1962

To Kill a Mockingbird
7.99/2638
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their recl...
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To Kill a Mockingbird

1959

Porgy and Bess
6.1/24
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy...
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Porgy and Bess

1965

The Pawnbroker
7.2/156
A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
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The Pawnbroker

1983

A Caribbean Mystery
5.8/17
Aging Major Palgrave, an idiosyncratic but charming mystery writer, reveals to Miss Jane Marple that one of the guests at a luxurious Caribbean resort...
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A Caribbean Mystery

1976

Two-Minute Warning
6.2/90
A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter...
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Two-Minute Warning

1968

Ace High
6.5/200
After Cacopoulos manages to save himself from being hung on a false charge, he robs Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy of a lot of money and steals their hor...
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Ace High

1973

Soylent Green
6.9/1287
In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer i...
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Soylent Green

1991

Alligator 2: The Mutation
4.9/87
A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake.
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Alligator 2: The Mutation

1965

Major Dundee
6.7/161
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on a...
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Major Dundee

2002

The Wild Thornberrys Movie
6.4/256
Eliza and Debbie are two sisters who don't always get along. But their relationship is put to the test when Debbie's life is in danger, and Eliza migh...
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The Wild Thornberrys Movie

1975

Framed
6.7/15
Joe Don Baker plays a gambler who is framed for a crime he did not commit. A corrupt legal system leads him into a plea bargain and four years behind...
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Framed

1960

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
0/0
A writer reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection after a safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, after Earnest Hemingway's short st...
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro

1967

The Incident
7.347/75
Two hoodlums terrorize the passengers of a late-night New York City subway train.
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The Incident

1989

Polly
8.2/14
An musical adaptation of the book "Pollyanna" set in the 1950's in which an orphan tries to use gladness to unite the people in a small southern town.
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Polly

1973

Slaughter's Big Rip Off
4.8/5
Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff, but Slaughter escapes,...
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Slaughter's Big Rip Off

1972

Black Girl
7/6
An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
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Black Girl

1962

The L-Shaped Room
6.7/35
Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion. Afte...
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The L-Shaped Room

1970

The McMasters
4.4/8
When a black Civil War veteran becomes co-owner of the southern McMasters ranch, the incensed local Confederate veterans come gunning for him and his...
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The McMasters

1990

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
6.7/18
After a series of small tremors in Los Angeles, Dr. Clare Winslow, a local seismologist, pinpoints the exact location and time of when the long awaite...
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The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

1986

Samson and Delilah
5.5/2
From Hanna-Barbera's animated series depicting the tales of the bible, "Samson and Delilah" tells the story of the warrior Samson and the deception of...
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Samson and Delilah

1981

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
6/1
The escapades of Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, and the runaway slave, Jim, drifting down the Mississippi on a homemade raft, and their encounter with the Duk...
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1979

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
6/3
A big-city female doctor returns to her roots in the backwoods of the Blue Ridge Mountains to bring modern medicine to the local folks in the Appalach...
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The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

1992

Highway Heartbreaker
0/0
Slick amoral con man Mickey is out to fleece attractive women. But three of them join forces to bring him to justice.
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Highway Heartbreaker

1998

Fearful Symmetry
4.3/3
A documentary about the making of "To Kill a Mockingbird."
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Fearful Symmetry

1973

A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
0/0
This promotional short film for "Soylent Green" (1973) begins by showing clips of films that depicted what the future might be like beyond Earth. The...
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A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'

1974

Lost in the Stars
6.4/5
A black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son.
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Lost in the Stars

1988

To Heal a Nation
4/2
The true story of Jan Scruggs, an embittered Vietnam veteran who returns from the war a broken man. However, with the help of his loving wife Becky, h...
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To Heal a Nation

1963

Heavens Above!
6.261/23
A naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class cleric, is by mistake appointed as vicar to a small and p...
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Heavens Above!

1968

Daring Game
0/0
Survival Devices, Inc are an organisation that employ a team of adventurers known as "the Flying Fish" who are adept in sky diving, scuba diving and m...
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Daring Game

1977

SST: Death Flight
5.3/8
On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly...
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SST: Death Flight

1974

Tight as a Drum
0/0
A military school graduation ceremony is interrupted when a student's dope-smuggling father is killed in the gym.
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Tight as a Drum

1986

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
7.147/1497
When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back wha...
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

1968

P.J.
5.2/13
Reluctant New York City private eye P.J. Detweiler is hired as a bodyguard to protect Maureen Preble, the mistress of shady millionaire William Orbiso...
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P.J.

1972

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
8/1
An American soldier manages to endure his captivity in a Vietnamese POW camp by keeping alive the memories of life in his home town. When he is finall...
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Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

1994

Cosmic Slop
6/2
In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the destiny of the world's minorities: Part I: A conservative...
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Cosmic Slop

1988

Broken Angel
5.3/3
A man combs Los Angeles for his missing daughter, and discovers she belongs to a gang dealing in crack.
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Broken Angel

2002

The Last Place on Earth
5/2
Rob Baskin, a businessman who travels to Lake Tahoe in order to spread the ashes of his late mother, meets Ann Field, a woman who'll change his life f...
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The Last Place on Earth

1954

Carmen Jones
6/84
At a parachute factory during WWII, vixen Carmen Jones seduces an engaged soldier to avoid imprisonment.
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Carmen Jones

1992

The Importance of Being Earnest
0/0
An all-black version of Oscar Wilde's play.
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The Importance of Being Earnest

1985

Puss in Boots
5/1
A young man (Gregory Hines) journeys from rags-to-riches thanks to his talented Puss in Boots (Ben Vereen). Starring Ben Vereen, Gregory Hines, Alfre...
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Puss in Boots

1970

Jack Johnson
6.7/5
Jack Johnson is a 1970 documentary film directed by Jim Jacobs about the boxer Jack Johnson.
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Jack Johnson

1998

Park Day
10/2
Residents of a black Missouri community experience a long and eventful day of reckoning.
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Park Day

2002

10,000 Black Men Named George
4/6
In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied...
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10,000 Black Men Named George

2003

Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
7.5/2
Actor Obba Babatundé hosts this biopic showcasing the life of acclaimed African-American singer and actress Dorothy Dandridge, who overcame racism and...
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Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

1978

The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance
0/0
A Confederate officer kidnaps for a $1,000,000 ransom five well-to-do children from a Yankee boarding school; a wounded black Union soldier helps them...
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The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance

1975

Mahalia
0/0
Mahalia Jackson was the greatest gospel singer in the world. Shortly before her death in 1972, she embarked on a triumphant European tour, and this fi...
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Mahalia

1956

Bloomer Girl
0/0
In 1956, BLOOMER GIRL was presented in a live television production starring the magnificent Barbara Cook, whose star was then on the rise, with leadi...
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Bloomer Girl

1992

The Secret
0/0
Mostly on account of a pride struggle, Mike Dunmore has lived his whole life keeping a secret which he believed would only cause shame if it came to l...
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The Secret

1982

A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
6/1
Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this fa...
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A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

1996

Ghosts of Mississippi
6.6/147
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights...
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Ghosts of Mississippi

1978

Abe Lincoln: Freedom Fighter
5/1
In this alleged retelling of Lincoln's early life, the President-to-be is rescued by Henry, a Black man and freed slave who has lost his papers. Local...
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Abe Lincoln: Freedom Fighter

2002

The Locket
5.7/9
A bereaved man takes a job at a health care center, where he befriends an elderly and embittered woman - and as time passes, he becomes obsessed with...
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The Locket

1992

Feat of Clay
0/0
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