Brock Peters "To Kill a Mockingbird" has died at 78

[underpants]

Talk about aging well.

RIP



Actor Brock Peters, who played the black man Atticus Finch defended in 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' is interviewed by the media before a memorial service for actor Gregory Peck on June 16, 2003, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. Peters died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005 at his Los Angeles home after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 78.(AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)

'Mockingbird' Actor Brock Peters Dies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050824/ap_en_mo/obit_brock_peters_11

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Well, he WAS a traitor to The Federation....

Sad news. He was a great actor, and will be missed.

[Terran]

3. He was a great actor

and looking at his IMDB filmography, he probably didn't get roles that his skills deserved. I also remember him in "Soylent Green" as Charleton Heston's superior. I always thoughtnhe had that 'quiet grace' thing goin' on.

[MsAnthropy]

2. I couldn't take my eyes off him in "Mockingbird"

what a fantastic actor.

[RethugAssKicker]

4. Sad to see him go.

He WAS a great actor... I especially remember him in Porgy ad Bess.

[peekaloo]

5. chifforobe

That word messed me up as a kid. He was chopping up a WHAT? :shrug:

RIP Mr. Peters.

[blondeatlast]

6. Read the book long before I saw the movie; every part perfectly cast.

RIP for a terribly underrated actor.