Brock Peters (July 2, 1927 - August 23, 2005), born George Fisher in New York City, was an African American actor probably best known for the role in the 1962 film "To Kill a Mockingbird" of Tom Robinson, the black man unjustly convicted of raping a white girl. Born of African and West Indian parentage in New York City, Brock Peters set his sights on a show business career early on, at age ten. A product of NYC's famed Music and Arts High School, … Wikipedia
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