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Actor Born July 2, 1927 in New York, NY. Died Aug. 23, 2005 of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles, CA. B rock Peters was an actor best remembered for his touching portrayal of a black man wrongly accused of raping a white woman in the Oscar-winning film "To Kill a Mockingbird." The actor, known for his rich, deep voice, began his 60-year acting ...
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Brock Peters. Highest Rated: 97% Major Dundee (1965) Lowest Rated: 29% Two Minute Warning (1976) Birthday: Jul 2, 1927. Birthplace: New York, New York, USA. One of the leading black film actors of ...
Among Peters' other films were his star turn as the villain Crown in Otto Preminger's "Porgy and Bess" in 1959, "The Pawnbroker" in 1965, "Soylent Green" in 1973 and "Ghosts of Mississippi" in 1996. Peters produced the 1973 film "Five on the Black Hand Side." Peters enjoyed great success starring as the South African minister in the stage and ...
Aug 23, 2005 · Brock Peters. Actor. Born George Fisher in Harlem, New York City, the son of French-African sailor, Sonnie Fisher, and West Indian Alma Norford. As a child, he sang soprano in the church choir segueing into baritone at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art. He made his stage debut as 'Jim' in Porgy and Bess in 1943....
Nov 22, 2023 · Brock Peters in ‘The L-Shaped Room’ With the Thanksgiving holiday upon us, I find myself again offering thanks to one of my all-time favorite actors, the late, great Brock Peters. Happily, in April 1990, I was privileged to talk at length with this great Black star of screen and stage, about the Academy Awards’ appalling failure—at the ...
Aug 23, 2005 · Brock Peters Obituary. Published by Legacy Remembers from Aug. 23 to Aug. 26, 2005. LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actor Brock Peters, best known for his heartbreaking performance as the black man falsely ...
