Brock Peters

Brock Peters

1927-07-02 Harlem, New York City, New York, USA 56 Credits

Biography

Brock Peters or Brock G. Peters (born George Fisher) 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...

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Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

2003

as Self

7.5
Acting

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

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

2002

as Jomo (voice)

6.3
Acting

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...

The Locket

The Locket

2002

as Henry McCord

5.2
Acting

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 ...

10,000 Black Men Named George

10,000 Black Men Named George

2002

as Leon Frey

4.0
Acting

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 ...

The Last Place on Earth

The Last Place on Earth

2002

as Jack Field

5.0
Acting

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...

Park Day

Park Day

1998

as Heseeit Turner

10.0
Acting

Residents of a black Missouri community experience a long and eventful day of reckoning.

Fearful Symmetry

Fearful Symmetry

1998

as Self

4.3
Acting

A documentary about the making of "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Ghosts of Mississippi

Ghosts of Mississippi

1996

as Walter Williams

6.6
Acting

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...

Cosmic Slop

Cosmic Slop

1994

as Minister Coombs (segment 'Space Traders')

4.3
Acting

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

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

1992

as Doctor Chasuble

Acting

An all-black version of Oscar Wilde's play.

The Secret

The Secret

1992

as Thurgood 'Uncle T.' Carver III

Acting

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...

Highway Heartbreaker

Highway Heartbreaker

1992

as Bert Quinn

1.0
Acting

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

You Must Remember This

You Must Remember This

1992

as Gus

Acting

An independent filmmaker has left his profession and keeps it a secret. Years later, his niece finds his old films in a locked trunk and discovers hi...

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

1991

as Admiral Cartwright

7.0
Acting

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...

Alligator 2: The Mutation

Alligator 2: The Mutation

1991

as Chief Speed

4.8
Acting

A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake.

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

1990

as David Motubu

6.7
Acting

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...

Polly

Polly

1989

as Mr. Pendergast

8.2
Acting

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.

To Heal a Nation

To Heal a Nation

1988

as Paul Turner

4.0
Acting

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...

Broken Angel

Broken Angel

1988

as Sgt. Mercurio

6.5
Acting

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

Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah

1986

as Priest (voice)

5.5
Acting

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...

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

1986

as Admiral Cartwright

7.2
Acting

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...

Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots

1985

as Ogre

5.0
Acting

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 ...

A Caribbean Mystery

A Caribbean Mystery

1983

as Dr. Graham

5.8
Acting

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

A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

1982

as Morris Brown

6.0
Acting

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...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1981

as Jim

6.0
Acting

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...

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

1979

as Joe

6.0
Acting

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...

The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance

The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance

1978

as Zechariah

Acting

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...

Abe Lincoln: Freedom Fighter

1978

as Henry

5.0
Acting

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...

SST: Death Flight

SST: Death Flight

1977

as Dr. Ralph Therman

5.3
Acting

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 ...

Two-Minute Warning

Two-Minute Warning

1976

as Paul

6.2
Acting

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 ...

Mahalia

Mahalia

1975

as Narrator

Acting

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...

Framed

Framed

1975

as Sam Perry

6.6
Acting

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 ...

Lost in the Stars

Lost in the Stars

1974

as Stephen Kumalo

6.4
Acting

A black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son.

Tight as a Drum

Tight as a Drum

1974

as Bill Evans

Acting

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

Five on the Black Hand Side

Five on the Black Hand Side

1973

Producer

6.8
Producing

Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values whe...

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

1973

as Reynolds

4.8
Acting

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, ...

Soylent Green

Soylent Green

1973

as Chief Hatcher

6.9
Acting

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

A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'

A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'

1973

as Self

Acting

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 ...

Black Girl

Black Girl

1972

as Earl

6.1
Acting

An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

1972

as Berdahl

8.0
Acting

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...

Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson

1970

as Jack Johnson (voice)

6.6
Acting

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

The McMasters

The McMasters

1970

as Benjie

4.4
Acting

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 ...

Ace High

Ace High

1968

as Thomas

6.5
Acting

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...

P.J.

P.J.

1968

as Waterpark

5.2
Acting

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...

Daring Game

Daring Game

1968

as Jonah

4.0
Acting

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...

The Incident

The Incident

1967

as Arnold Robinson

7.3
Acting

Two hoodlums terrorize the passengers of a late-night New York City subway train.

The Pawnbroker

The Pawnbroker

1965

as Rodriguez

7.1
Acting

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.

Major Dundee

Major Dundee

1965

as Aesop

6.7
Acting

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...

Gone Are the Days!

Gone Are the Days!

1963

Producer

6.7
Producing

A young, idealistic man returns home to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. With him, he brings his fiance, Lutiebelle, in hopes of convinci...

Heavens Above!

Heavens Above!

1963

as Matthew Robinson

6.3
Acting

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...

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962

as Tom Robinson

8.0
Acting

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...

The L-Shaped Room

The L-Shaped Room

1962

as Johnny

6.8
Acting

Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion. Afte...

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

1960

as Molo

Acting

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...

Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess

1959

as Crowne

6.1
Acting

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

Bloomer Girl

Bloomer Girl

1956

as Alexander

Acting

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...

Carmen Jones

Carmen Jones

1954

as Sergeant Brown

6.0
Acting

At an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engag...