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My Take
For me Brock Peters will always be Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird, one of the most quietly devastating performances in American film. Born George Fisher in Harlem in 1927, he trained at the High School of Music and Art and City College before breaking through as the villain Crown in Porgy and Bess. What I admire is the range, from menace to heartbreak, and the dignity he brought to roles in an era stacked against Black actors. The Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award and his Walk of Fame star feel earned. A character actor's character actor.
Overview
Brock Peters (born George Fisher; July 2, 1927 – August 23, 2005) 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Brock Peters
- Name (Japanese)
- ブロック・ピーターズ
- Reading
- ぶろっく・ぴーたーず
- Born
- July 2, 1927 – August 23, 2005
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rabbit
- Origin
- New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / actor / character actor / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- High School of Music & Art
- University
- City College of New York
Awards & achievements
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
- 1976 Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
- 2001 Paul Robeson Award
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.