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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
2003
as Self
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
2002
as Jomo (voice)
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
2002
as Henry McCord
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
2002
as Leon Frey
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
2002
as Jack Field
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
1998
as Heseeit Turner
Residents of a black Missouri community experience a long and eventful day of reckoning.

Fearful Symmetry
1998
as Self
A documentary about the making of "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
as Walter Williams
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
1994
as Minister Coombs (segment 'Space Traders')
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
1992
as Doctor Chasuble
An all-black version of Oscar Wilde's play.

The Secret
1992
as Thurgood 'Uncle T.' Carver III
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
1992
as Bert Quinn
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
1992
as Gus
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
1991
as Admiral Cartwright
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
1991
as Chief Speed
A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake.

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990
as David Motubu
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
1989
as Mr. Pendergast
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
1988
as Paul Turner
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
1988
as Sgt. Mercurio
A man combs Los Angeles for his missing daughter, and discovers she belongs to a gang dealing in crack.

Samson and Delilah
1986
as Priest (voice)
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
1986
as Admiral Cartwright
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
1985
as Ogre
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
1983
as Dr. Graham
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
1982
as Morris Brown
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
1981
as Jim
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
1979
as Joe
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
1978
as Zechariah
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
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
1977
as Dr. Ralph Therman
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
1976
as Paul
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
1975
as Narrator
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
1975
as Sam Perry
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
1974
as Stephen Kumalo
A black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son.

Tight as a Drum
1974
as Bill Evans
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
1973
Producer
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
1973
as Reynolds
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
1973
as Chief Hatcher
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'
1973
as Self
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
1972
as Earl
An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
as Berdahl
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
1970
as Jack Johnson (voice)
Jack Johnson is a 1970 documentary film directed by Jim Jacobs about the boxer Jack Johnson.

The McMasters
1970
as Benjie
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
1968
as Thomas
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.
1968
as Waterpark
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
1968
as Jonah
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
1967
as Arnold Robinson
Two hoodlums terrorize the passengers of a late-night New York City subway train.

The Pawnbroker
1965
as Rodriguez
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
1965
as Aesop
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!
1963
Producer
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!
1963
as Matthew Robinson
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
1962
as Tom Robinson
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
1962
as Johnny
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
1960
as Molo
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
1959
as Crowne
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
1956
as Alexander
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
1954
as Sergeant Brown
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...