Brock Peters information

Brock Peters
Brock Peters
	Peters in 1961
Born	George Fisher; July 2, 1927; Harlem, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Died	August 23, 2005 (aged 78); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Brock G. Peters
Education	High School of Music & Art; City College of New York;
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	1949–2005
Spouse	Dolores Daniels (m. 1961; died 1989)
Children	1

Brock Peters (born George Fisher; July 2, 1927 – August 23, 2005)^[1] was an American actor and singer, best known for playing the villainous "Crown" in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess, and Tom Robinson in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird. He made his Broadway debut in the 1965 Norman Rosten play Mister Johnson. He was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award for his lead role as Rev. Stephen Kumalo in the 1972 Broadway revival of the musical Lost in the Stars. He received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1991 and a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1992.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Peters voiced the role of Darth Vader in the serial radio drama adaptations of the original trilogy of Star Wars films, and played two recurring roles in the Star Trek franchise: Starfleet Admiral Cartwright in two of the original-cast feature films, and Joseph Sisko (father of station commander Benjamin Sisko) in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Peters notable film roles include Carmen Jones (1954), The Pawnbroker (1964), Soylent Green (1973) and Ghosts of Mississippi (1996).

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Brock Peters
Peters in 1961
Born	George Fisher (1927-07-02)July 2, 1927 Harlem, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Died	August 23, 2005(2005-08-23) (aged 78) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Brock G. Peters
Education	High School of Music & Art City College of New York
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	1949–2005
Spouse	Dolores Daniels (m. 1961; died 1989)
Children	1