American actor who played Benjamin Sisko's father Joseph on Deep Space Nine and Admiral Cartwright in two Star Trek films.
Brock Peters was an American actor and singer best remembered for playing Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird and Crown in the film Porgy and Bess, as well as for acclaimed work on Broadway. In Star Trek he played Admiral Cartwright in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine he played Joseph Sisko, the New Orleans restaurateur father of Benjamin Sisko, in episodes including Homefront and Image in the Sand. He died in 2005.