Tuesday, August 23, 2005

AP: 'Mockingbird' Actor Brock Peters Dies

By GARY GENTILE, Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES - Actor Brock Peters, best known for his heartbreaking performance as the black man falsely accused of rape in "To Kill a Mockingbird," died Tuesday at his home after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 78.

Peters was also a recurring Star Trek actor, appearing as Starfleet Adm. Cartwright in Voyage Home and Undiscovered Country and Ben Sisko's father Joseph in Deep Space Nine.

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