Brock Peters Net Worth

Publish date: 2024-05-18


George Fisher net worth is
$1.9 Million

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Brock Peters (July 2, 1927 – August 23, 2005) was an American actor, best known for playing the role of Tom Robinson in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird. He also gained recognition among Star Trek fans for his portrayals of Fleet Admiral Cartwright in two of the Star Trek feature films and Joseph Sisko, father of Benjamin Sisko, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and for his role as Hatcher in Soylent Green. 
Full NameGeorge Fisher
Net Worth$1.9 Million
Date Of BirthJuly 2, 1927
Died2005-08-23
Place Of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Height6' (1.83 m)
OccupationActor
ProfessionActor, Soundtrack, Producer
SpouseDolores Danielsher death
NicknamesBrock Peters, Peters, Brock
IMDBhttp://imdb.com/name/nm0676349
AwardsCritics' Circle Theatre Award, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment and Family
Star SignCancer
#Trademark
1Deep resonant voice
#Fact
1According to Nicholas Meyer, director of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Peters found his character Admiral Cartwright's dialogue in the briefing scene regarding ending the war with the Klingon Empire so offensive that it took several takes for him to deliver it effectively.
2Had provided the voice of Jack Johnson on the album "A Tribute to Jack Johnson" by Miles Davis.
3Was friends with Charlton Heston, having worked with him in numerous plays through the 1940s and 1950s and films through the 1960s and 1970s. They were slated to star in a biracial cast of "Romeo and Juliet" in 1946 that would have had Peters playing Tybalt and Heston as Mercutio that was abandoned because of a lack of financial backing.
4He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theater at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 23, 1992.
5His birth name was George Fisher. Appropriately, he shares his first name with Star Wars creator George Lucas and his last name with Carrie Fisher, who played Darth Vader's daughter, Princess Leia Organa.
6Not counting Frank Welker's voice in Star Wars-related video games, he and Clive Revill are the only Star Trek actors who have also played characters from Star Wars, and they both played Sith Lords. Revill was the original voice of Darth Sidious in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Peters played Darth Vader in the NPR radio adaptation.
7Buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California. Revelation Section Plot Number 3529 next to his wife DiDi. The cemetery is located at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive in Los Angeles, California, bordering Griffith Park.
8Had provided the singing voice for the song "Whizzin' Away Along De Track" in Carmen Jones (1954), performed on screen by Roy Glenn.
9Inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1976.
10Had a longtime companion: Marilyn Darby.
11Was a member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1993.
12His accolades include the National Film Society Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild, and a nomination for Broadway's 1973 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Lost in the Stars".
13Read the eulogy at the funeral of Gregory Peck on June 16, 2003. Peters played Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - the black man accused of raping a white girl that Atticus Finch (Peck's character) defended in court.
14Had played Darth Vader in the NPR radio dramatizations of "Star Wars" (1981), "The Empire Strikes Back" (1983) and "Return of the Jedi" (1996).
15Sang background vocals on Harry Belafonte's hits "Banana Boat (Day-O)" and "Mama Look at Bubu".
16Had one daughter: Lise Jo Fisher.

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Producers' Showcase1956TV SeriesAlexander
Carmen Jones1954Sergeant Brown (as Broc Peters)
Borg War2006VideoGeneral Mi'Qoch (voice)
JAG2005TV SeriesPaul Revere
Static Shock2003TV SeriesMorris Grant / Soul Power
The Locket2002TV MovieHenry McCord
Star Trek: Starfleet Command III2002Video GameGeneral Mi'Qogh (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie2002Jomo (voice)
No Prom for Cindy2002ShortDoctor
10,000 Black Men Named George2002TV MovieLeon Frey
The Last Place on Earth2002Jack Field
The Legend of Tarzan2001TV SeriesUsula
Samurai Jack2001TV SeriesLazzor (Elder)
The Wild Thornberrys1998-2000TV SeriesJomo / Dr. Jomo / Poacher
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine1996-1998TV SeriesJoseph Sisko / Preacher
Park Day1998Heseeit Turner
Two Weeks from Sunday1997Short
Spicy City1997TV SeriesBird
Johnny Bravo1997TV SeriesChronos / Squirrel
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest1996-1997TV SeriesThe Shaman / Masai
Adventures from the Book of Virtues1997TV SeriesKing Ahasuerus Merchant
The Pretender1997TV SeriesHenry Cockran
Ghosts of Mississippi1996Walter Williams
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm1996TV SeriesRamath
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters1995-1996TV SeriesSnorch's Voicebox / Man / The Pool
Captain Planet and the Planeteers1996TV SeriesMammoth
Believe1996Short
An Element of Truth1995TV Movie
Il barone1995TV Mini-SeriesLe roi Aschwinda
Cosmic Slop1994TV MovieMinister Coombs (segment "Space Traders")
Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron1993-1994TV SeriesDark Kat
The Commish1994TV SeriesAbraham Wilkerson
Batman: The Animated Series1992-1994TV SeriesLucius Fox / Reporter
The Pirates of Dark Water1991-1993TV SeriesBloth
You Must Remember This1992TV MovieGus
The Importance of Being Earnest1992Doctor Chasuble
The Secret1992TV MovieThurgood 'Uncle T.' Carver III
Highway Heartbreaker1992TV MovieBert Quinn
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country1991Admiral Cartwright
Pacific Station1991TV SeriesRay Taylor
Alligator II: The Mutation1991Chief Speed
The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake1990TV MovieDavid Motubu
Gravedale High1990TV SeriesBoneyard
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color1978-1989TV SeriesMr. Pendergast / Zechariah
The Karate Kid1989TV SeriesAdditional Characters
To Heal a Nation1988TV MoviePaul Turner
Broken Angel1988TV MovieSgt. Mercurio
DuckTales1987TV SeriesDruid
Cagney & Lacey1987TV SeriesMr. Higgins
Wildfire1986TV SeriesThunderbolt
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home1986Admiral Cartwright
Murder, She Wrote1986TV SeriesThornton Bentley
Samson and Delilah1986Video short voice
Galtar and the Golden Lance1985TV SeriesTormack
Challenge of the GoBots1984-1985TV SeriesGeneral Newcastle
Magnum, P.I.1985TV SeriesPresident Kole
Faerie Tale Theatre1985TV SeriesOgre / Guest Interviewee
This Is the Life1985TV Series
The Young and the Restless1984TV SeriesFrank Lewis
A Caribbean Mystery1983TV MovieDr. Graham
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion1982TV Movie
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1981TV MovieJim
A Bond of Iron1979TV Movie
Roots: The Next Generations1979TV Mini-SeriesAb Decker
Battlestar Galactica1979TV SeriesChief Opposer Solon
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel1979TV MovieJoe
Abe Lincoln: Freedom Fighter1978Henry
Quincy M.E.1978TV SeriesDr. Frank Matthews
The Bionic Woman1978TV SeriesJack Stratton
The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance1978TV MovieZechariah
Black Beauty1978TV Mini-SeriesMr. Carmichael
SST: Death Flight1977TV MovieDr. Ralph Therman
Seventh Avenue1977TV Mini-SeriesSgt. Rollins
Two-Minute Warning1976Paul
Jigsaw John1976TV SeriesVic Boylin
Police Story1976TV SeriesSergeant Bagney
Baretta1975TV SeriesJudson B. Taylor / John Shockley
Framed1975Sam Perry
Medical Center1975TV SeriesJames Rosemont
McCloud1974TV SeriesDDT
The Streets of San Francisco1974TV SeriesJacob Willis / Earl Barnes
Lost in the Stars1974Stephen Kumalo
The Wide World of Mystery1974TV SeriesBill Evans
Pomroy's People1973TV MovieRev. Pomroy
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off1973Reynolds
Soylent Green1973Chief Hatcher
Gunsmoke1969-1973TV SeriesJesse Dillard / Cato
Black Girl1972Earl
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury1972TV SeriesJess Florian
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol1972TV MovieBerdahl
Norman Corwin Presents1972TV Series
Night Gallery1971TV SeriesLogoda (segment "Logoda's Heads")
Mod Squad1971TV SeriesJohnny Pell
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors1971TV SeriesJohn Goodman
Longstreet1971TV SeriesDanny
The Virginian1970TV SeriesMace Ivers
Mannix1970TV SeriesSonny Carter
The McMasters1970Benjie
The Outcasts1969TV SeriesBen Pritchard
Judd for the Defense1967-1969TV SeriesMarcel Nburu / Jessie Aarons
The Felony Squad1969TV SeriesMarcel Nburu
It Takes a Thief1968TV SeriesChak
Ace High1968Thomas
Daring Game1968Jonah
P.J.1968Waterpark
The Incident1967Arnold Robinson
Tarzan1967TV SeriesM'Kone
Mission: Impossible1967TV SeriesWalter DuBruis
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.1966TV SeriesKing M'Bala
Run for Your Life1966TV SeriesLieutenant Wallace
The Trials of O'Brien1966TV SeriesIsadore Jaconey
The Loner1965TV SeriesLemuel Stove
Rawhide1965TV SeriesPhinn Harper
Major Dundee1965Aesop
Daniel Boone1964TV SeriesPompey
The Doctors and the Nurses1964TV SeriesFox
The Pawnbroker1964Rodriguez
The Eleventh Hour1964TV SeriesDennis Packsey
The Great Adventure1963TV SeriesJoe Bailey
Heavens Above!1963Matthew
Sam Benedict1963TV SeriesFrank Elton
To Kill a Mockingbird1962Tom Robinson
The L-Shaped Room1962Johnny
Buick-Electra Playhouse1960TV Series
The Snows of Kilimanjaro1960TV Movie
Adventures in Paradise1960TV SeriesNicholas
Porgy and Bess1959Crown
As the World Turns1956TV SeriesDr. Bellows #1 (1966)

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Major Dundee1965performer: "Shall We Gather at the River?" - uncredited
Daniel Boone1964TV Series performer - 1 episode
Porgy and Bess1959performer: "What You Want With Bess?", "God and Me", "A Red Headed Woman"
Carmen Jones1954performer: "WHIZZIN' AWAY ALONG DE TRACK" - as Broc Peters

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Five on the Black Hand Side1973producer
Gone Are the Days!1963producer

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
I Build the Tower2006Documentary and thanks to
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson2004Documentary extra special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Black LineDocumentary announced
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty2003TV Movie documentaryHimself
Journeys in Black2002TV Series documentaryHimself
Fearful Symmetry1998Video documentaryHimself
20th NAACP Image Awards1988TV SpecialHimself - Presenter
Living the Dream: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.1988TV SpecialHimself
Passion and Memory1986TV Movie documentaryHimself
Diggers1984TV Movie documentaryNarrator (voice)
Mahalia1975DocumentaryNarrator
A Look at the World of SOYLENT GREEN1973Documentary shortHimself
The 27th Annual Tony Awards1973TV SpecialHimself
Soul Train1972TV Series documentaryHimself
The David Frost Show1972TV SeriesHimself
Jack Johnson1970DocumentaryJack Johnson (voice)
Della1970TV SeriesHimself
Allen Ludden's Gallery1969TV SeriesHimself
The Joey Bishop Show1968TV SeriesHimself
The Merv Griffin Show1965TV SeriesHimself
That Regis Philbin Show1964TV SeriesHimself
The Garry Moore Show1963TV SeriesHimself
Showtime1961TV SeriesHimself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show1960TV SeriesHimself

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Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1992Star on the Walk of FameWalk of FameLive PerformanceAwarded on April 23, 1992 at 7000 Hollywood Blvd.
1991Life Achievement AwardScreen Actors Guild Awards

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1999OFTA Television AwardOnline Film & Television AssociationBest Guest Actor in a Syndicated SeriesStar Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
1964Golden LaurelLaurel AwardsTop Male New Face14th place.

Known for movies

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