ACTOR

Brock Peters

1927 - 2005

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Brock Peters (born George Fisher; July 2, 1927 – August 23, 2005) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brock Peters has received more than 1,781,460 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Brock Peters is the 4,544th most popular actor (down from 4,326th in 2019), the 6,661st most popular biography from United States and the 2,033rd most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.8M

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  • 48.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Brock Peters ranks 4,544 out of 13,578. Before him are Natalia Tena, Clarence Williams III, Julie Depardieu, Jenna Fischer, Jack Gilford, and Francis Ford. After him are Donal Logue, David Dencik, Kirk Alyn, Mary Alice, Otto Gebühr, and Sara Allgood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Brock Peters ranks 308. Before him are Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Estelle Parsons, David Dinkins, Ad-Diba, Walter Zeman, and Karl Stotz. After him are Charles Jarrott, Corín Tellado, Robert Guillaume, Qurratulain Hyder, Maati Bouabid, and Elliot See. Among people deceased in 2005, Brock Peters ranks 236. Before him are Vladimir Toporov, Natalya Meklin, George Gerbner, Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas, Shirley Chisholm, and Klara Luchko. After him are Ivan Kolev, César Lattes, Ilse Werner, Eugénio de Andrade, Aulis Kallakorpi, and Atef Sedky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brock Peters ranks 6,661 out of 20,380. Before him are George Herbig (1920), Todd Haynes (1961), Jack Gilford (1908), Francis Ford (1881), Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890), and Hal Connolly (1931). After him are Darryl Jones (1961), Kirk Alyn (1910), Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867), Abraham Polonsky (1910), Mary Alice (1941), and Anna Schwartz (1915).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Brock Peters ranks 2,033. Before him are Haley Lu Richardson (1995), Sean Patrick Flanery (1965), Clarence Williams III (1939), Jenna Fischer (1974), Jack Gilford (1908), and Francis Ford (1881). After him are Kirk Alyn (1910), Mary Alice (1941), Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967), Jason Lee (1970), Carol Ann Susi (1952), and Wendie Malick (1950).

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Television and Movie Roles

To Kill a Mockingbird
Tom Robinson
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
Dec 20th 19628 / 10
Soylent Green
Chief Hatcher
In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.
Apr 18th 19736.9 / 10
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Admiral Cartwright
When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize earths oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet.
Nov 26th 19867.1 / 10