Peter Brocco

About Peter Brocco

Who is it?: Actor
Birth Day: January 16, 1903
Birth Place:  Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Died On: December 20, 1992(1992-12-20) (aged 89)\nLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Birth Sign: Aquarius
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1932-1991

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Peter Brocco was born on January 16, 1903 in  Reading, Pennsylvania, United States, is Actor. Prolific, sharp-featured American character actor of somewhat skeletal and dishevelled appearance, accentuated later in his career by thinning hair and a scraggly goatee. A former theology student, Brocco began his career playing leading roles in stock theatre. He subsequently honed his craft touring France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland, before returning to the U.S. in 1947, eventually joining the Federal Theater Group. On films from as early as 1932, he was at his most effective portraying eccentrics, scientists, small-time crooks, alcoholics, or nervous, downtrodden little men. His particular forte lay in the genre of science-fiction, where he graced the small screen on numerous occasions as assorted victims (The Outer Limits (1963), The Time Tunnel (1966), The Invaders (1967)) or aliens (Lost in Space (1965), Star Trek (1966), Mien Ao Anh (1959)). His occasional film appearances include a dementia patent in Bay Tren To Chim Cuc Cu (1975) and a rare starring role in the black comedy Homebodies (1974), late in his career. As a liberal-minded individual, Brocco was briefly blacklisted during the McCarthy era, but this did not prove detrimental to his career in the long run.
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Biography/Timeline

1920

Brocco lived for some 40 years in Laurel Canyon,in a 1920s Spanish style home on Laurel Canyon Blvd. near the Country Store. He had his ceramics studio in the ground floor, a source of income when he was blacklisted for a while during the red scare of the early 1950s.

1927

Brocco acted on stage with the Walter Hampton Players. He debuted on Broadway in Centuries (1927); he also performed in The Merry Wives of Windsor (1938).

1955

Brocco displayed a comedic talent portraying "Peter The Waiter" for 8 episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show on CBS during their 1955-1956 New York City season.

1975

Brocco played Colonel Matterson, a wheelchair-bound patient suffering from dementia, in the Academy Award-winning One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). He also appeared as the patient in the hospital, Mr. Eagane, in the Happy Days 1974 episode "Hardware Jungle". In 1983 he played Ali MacGraw's father in the epic TV miniseries The Winds of War.

1992

Brocco died from a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, on December 20, 1992, aged 89.