Brock Peters
American actor (1927–2005)
Brock Peters was an American actor, 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.
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 9 films (1954–1973) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 11 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Carmen Jones | Films inc. | 107 mi | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1959 | Porgy and Bess. | Samuel Goldwyn Productions | 146 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1962 | The L-Shaped Room | Bryan Forbes | 1:26 | B&W | ||
| 1962 | To Kill A Mockingbird | Universal Pictures Co. Inc. | 129 min | 16mm | Color & B&W | sound |
| 1963 | The L-Shaped Room. | Romulus Films Ltd. | 123 min | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1963 | To Kill A Mockingbird. | Pakula-Mulligan Productions Inc. & Brentwood Productions Inc. | 129 min | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1965 | Where is Jim Crow? | A conversation with Brock Peters | 8:00 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1967 | The Incident. | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp | 107 min | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1973 | Slaughter’S Big Rip-Off | American International Productions | 94 min | Color | sound |