Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The Cult-TV Faces of: Brock Peters (1927 - 2005)
award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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#3. "Murder on the Rising Star" - Battlestar Galactica (original).
ReplyDeleteGrayson,
ReplyDeleteYep # 3 is "Murder on the Rising Star" and that's Brock Peters as Solon, a prosecutor in the Colonial Fleet.
Nicely done!
best,
JKM
#2 is Brock as Logoda in Night Gallery's "Logoda's Head."
ReplyDeleteSlasherfan: Outstanding. You correctly identified Brock Peters in that second season Night Gallery story. Awesome job!
ReplyDeleteBest,
JKM
#4 is the ogre in the Faerie Tale Theater production of Puss in Boots.
ReplyDeleteSirrus:
ReplyDeleteWow! Great job identifying Brock Peters in Faerie Tale Theater! And as the ogre in "Puss in Boots," down to the role and title.
Nice!
best,
JKM
# 6 is Joseph Sisko from "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"
ReplyDeleteHoward,
ReplyDeleteAs always, you rock. Awesome! That's Captain Sisko's dad all right!
best,
JKM