(1927-2005) Powerful, Brooding African-American Actor, Singer & Producer. Already appearing on Broadway as a teenager, Peters got his screen start as a guest singer on Arthur Godfrey¿s Talent Scouts in 1953. In the years to follow he would make a great impression playing heavies in such films as Carmen Jones and Porgy And Bess, though it was his portrayal of the doomed, wrongly accused, Tom Robinson in the classic To Kill A Mockingbird that he is best remembered for. His other films of note include The Pawnbroker (as Rod Steiger's nemesis Rodriguez), The L-Shaped Room, The Incident, Roots: The Next Generation, Soylent Green, Adm. Cartwright in Star Trek 4 & 6 and Ghosts Of Mississippi. He also had an acclaimed parallel career on the stage (especially in the 1972 Broadway production of Lost In The Stars), served as Chairman of the California State Arts Commission and frequently appeared on NPR Radio, including as Darth Vader in their expanded adaptation of Star Wars. V. 1960's Ins. In Person Sig.

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