Brock Peters Dies at 78

23 August 2005

Actor Brock Peters Dies at 78

Actor Brock Peters, best known for his role as Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of rape in the classic film To Kill a Mockingbird, died Tuesday in Los Angeles of pancreatic cancer; he was 78. According to reports, he had been diagnosed with the disease in January and had been receiving chemotherapy treatments, and the actor passed away at his home surrounded by family. An actor with a distinctive, authoritarian baritone who worked extensively in films, television and on the stage, Peters made his film debut in the lush melodrama Carmen Jones, an re-imagining of Bizet's Carmen starring Dorothy Dandridge, and appeared five years later in another musical adaptation, Porgy and Bess.

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in "The Pawnbroker", but as a child of the 70's I remember him most for "Soylent Green"

May he rest in peace.

May the Prophets guide you to the Celestial Temple, father of the Emissary.

...he has done enough...that movie was all I needed to interest me in civil rights...

Peters had a powerful stage presence. May he rest in peace