
July 2, 1927 · 99 years old
Brock Peters or Brock G. Peters (born George Fisher; 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 and for his role as "Crown" in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess. In later years, he gained recogni…

A widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama defends a black man against a false rape charge while teaching his young children about the sad reality of prejudice.

To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.

On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.

A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.

After losing a cheetah cub to ruthless poachers, Eliza must redeem her folly and go on a quest to save him.

A Jewish pawnbroker, victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.

In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.

Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.

A Greek bandit forms an unlikely alliance with two bounty hunters and an acrobat to take his revenge on the people who framed him.

Late one night, two young toughs hold hostage the passengers in one car of a New York subway train.

A crazed sniper is set to kill spectators at an L.A. Coliseum football championship game and the police race against time to eliminate him.

A giant alligator makes a city lake his new feeding ground and must be stopped before he breaks out into the surroundings.

A single, pregnant woman moves into a London boarding house where she meets a group of fellow misfits.

A minister is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish.

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An aspiring dancer and her wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.