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Brock Peters, who emerged as a prominent actor of the 1960s, was born George Fisher in 1927, to Sonny and Alma Fisher in New York City. Prior to concentrating on an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, he attended the University of Chicago, and later City College in New York.

Peters began his career as a stage performer in off-Broadway productions of Kwamina, King of the Dark Chamber, and Anna Lucasta. He then appeared in the Broadway productions Porgyand Bess and South Pacific before making his film debut as Sergeant Brown in the all-black cast film Carmen Jones (1954) opposite Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte. Five years later, he was Crown in the film version of Porgy and Bess

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(1959). But it was his role in the 1962 film adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird that elevated Peters’ career. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Peters portrays Tom Robinson, a black man wrongl

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Brock Peters

Brock Peters (1927 – 2005)

Biography and Movie Career

Brock Peters, originally born George Fisher on July 2, 1927, in New York City, was raised in Harlem. His parents, Sonnie Fisher, a sailor, and Alma A. Norford, a homemaker of African and West Indian descent, nurtured him in a household that valued hard work and determination. Growing up in Harlem, Peters was exposed to a vibrant cultural scene, which would significantly shape his future career. He attended the prestigious Music & Art High School (now Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts), where he initially aspired to a career in music.

His first love was singing, and he had a deep baritone voice that would later become one of his trademarks. His voice training and natural talent led him to sing in choirs and perform in various musical productions. Despite his musical inclinations, Peters found himself drawn to acting, influenced by the rich culture and the inspiring Harlem Renaissance environment around him. He briefly attended the University of Chicago before

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Brock Peters

American actor (1927–2005)

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.

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