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Brock Peters

1927 - 2005

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Brock Peters is the 4,743rd most popular actor (down from 4,540th in 2024), the 7,508th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,660th in 2019) and the 2,177th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Brock Peters ranks 4,743 out of 13,578. Before him are Kane Hodder, Ford Sterling, Lindsay Crouse, René Steinke, Rita Renoir, and Slim Pickens. After him are Goo Hara, Richard Dormer, Asunción Balaguer, Bebe Neuwirth, Cha Seung-won, and Valeri Zolotukhin.

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Among people born in 1927, Brock Peters ranks 334. Before him are Edward Babiuch, Elliot See, Maurice Lafont, Roberto Suazo Córdova, Joachim Fuchsberger, and Fathima Beevi. After him are Uta Ranke-Heinemann, Maati Bouabid, Oskar Pastior, Zdravko Rajkov, Michael Constantine, and Kenojuak Ashevak. Among people deceased in 2005, Brock Peters ranks 243. Before him are Annemarie Heinrich, Karen Lancaume, Aulis Kallakorpi, Maurice Lafont, Klara Luchko, and Isabella Bashmakova. After him are Gennady Sarafanov, Kihachi Okamoto, Stéphane Bruey, Viktor Kapitonov, Jean Cayrol, and Natalya Gundareva.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brock Peters ranks 7,510 out of 20,380. Before him are Ford Sterling (1883), Lindsay Crouse (1948), Louis McLane (1786), Andy Roddick (1982), Russell Kirk (1918), and Slim Pickens (1919). After him are Willie Steele (1923), Carrie Nation (1846), Bebe Neuwirth (1958), Robert Lowell (1917), Frederic Remington (1861), and Karl Lashley (1890).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Brock Peters ranks 2,178. Before him are Jenny McCarthy (1972), Bethany Joy Lenz (1981), Kane Hodder (1955), Ford Sterling (1883), Lindsay Crouse (1948), and Slim Pickens (1919). After him are Bebe Neuwirth (1958), Harold Gould (1923), Diana Muldaur (1938), Steve Schirripa (1958), Zero Mostel (1915), and Darlanne Fluegel (1953).

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