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.
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| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | Had provided the voice of Jack Johnson on the album "A Tribute to Jack Johnson" by Miles Davis. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | Had provided the singing voice for the song "Whizzin' Away Along De Track" in Carmen Jones (1954), performed on screen by Roy Glenn. |
| 9 | Inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1976. |
| 10 | Had a longtime companion: Marilyn Darby. |
| 11 | Was a member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1993. |
| 12 | 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". |
| 13 | 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. |
| 14 | Had played Darth Vader in the NPR radio dramatizations of "Star Wars" (1981), "The Empire Strikes Back" (1983) and "Return of the Jedi" (1996). |
| 15 | Sang background vocals on Harry Belafonte's hits "Banana Boat (Day-O)" and "Mama Look at Bubu". |
| 16 | Had one daughter: Lise Jo Fisher. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| 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) |
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