Brock Peters Overview:

Actor, Brock Peters, was born George Fisher on Jul 2, 1927 in New York City, NY. Peters died at the age of 78 on Aug 23, 2005 in Los Angeles, CA .

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Live Performance.

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Brock Peters Quotes:

Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: Mr. Aesop, I am... we would like to complement you and your men on the way you handled the river crossing this afternoon.
Aesop: Thank you, sir.


Tom Robinson: I can't use my left hand at all. I got it caught in a cotton gin when I was twelve years old. All my muscles were tore loose.


Aesop: Sir. I'd like to volunteer, sir. Me and my six coloreds.
Maj. Amos Dundee: I haven't asked for volunteers from the command yet.
Aesop: We're the ones doing the asking, sir.
Maj. Amos Dundee: Why?
Aesop: To fight, sir. We've been standing guard and cleaning stables for nearly two years now.
Maj. Amos Dundee: Tomorrow, you ask the officer of the day to see me... you and your six coloreds.
Aesop: [salutes Dundee] Thank you, sir.


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Brock Peters Facts
He provided the singing voice for the song "Whizzin' Away Along De Track" in Carmen Jones (1954), performed on screen by Roy Glenn.

He played Darth Vader in the NPR radio dramatizations of "Star Wars" (1981), "The Empire Strikes Back" (1983), and "Return of the Jedi" (1996).

Not 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.

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