Peter Brocco


Carl Peter Brocco was an American screen and stage actor. He appeared in over 300 credits, notably Spartacus and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, during his career spanning over 60 years.
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Early years

Brocco was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brocco.

Career

Brocco acted on stage with the Walter Hampton Players. He debuted on Broadway in Centuries ; he also performed in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Brocco appeared as a criminal type in three episodes of TV's Adventures of Superman. He holds the distinction of having been killed off in two of them, a relative rarity for villains in the series. In the first, The Secret of Superman, he deduces that Kent is Superman, but is killed in a police shootout soon after. In The Clown Who Cried, he falls off a building and Superman is unable to save him. He also appeared as "The Spectre" in The Phantom Ring, where the criminals developed a machine that can make them invisible. Finally, in that episode, he survives, albeit rather banged up by Superman. Brocco was also on two episodes of Combat!, "The Long Walk" in 1964 and "The Flying Machine" in 1966. He appeared as Claymare, an Organian council member, in the Star Trek episode "Errand of Mercy", which established the uneasy treaty of peace between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire. In 1969, he played an artist on the TV series Adam-12.
Brocco displayed a comedic talent portraying Peter The Waiter for 8 episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show on CBS during its 1955–1956 season.
Brocco played Colonel Matterson, a patient who used a wheelchair and had dementia, in the Academy Award-winning One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He also appeared as the patient in the hospital, Mr. Egan, 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.
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.

Death

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

Selected filmography

Roar of the Dragon as Wireless OperatorDevil and the Deep as Wireless OperatorStand By All Networks as Cab DriverThe Return of Monte Cristo as ClerkAlias Mr. Twilight as Brick RobeyThe Lone Wolf in Mexico as EmilThe Swordsman as GroomThe Argyle Secrets as ScanlonThe Vicious Circle as Dr. Georges SamoschThe Saxon Charm as Cyril LeathamThe Gallant Blade as Sergeant Jacques, Cadeau's ServantThe Countess of Monte Cristo as Hotel Desk ClerkThe Boy with Green Hair as Bit PartAppointment with Murder as Giuseppe DonattiBoston Blackie's Chinese Venture as RolfeThe Undercover Man as JohnnySearch for Danger as Morris JasonSusanna Pass as Coroner CarterThe Lady Gambles as Horse PlayerFlaming Fury as E.V. WessmanJolson Sings Again as HeadwaiterPost Office Investigator as Bruno AntistaMiss Grant Takes Richmond as Prospective Home Buyer, Father of TripletsThe Reckless Moment as Pete, BartenderTension as BalewHouse by the River as Harry – CoronerKey to the City as WaiterGunmen of Abilene as Henry TurnerGuilty of Treason as Judge Vilmos OlteyBlack Hand as Roberto ColumboChampagne for Caesar as Fortune TellerThe Gunfighter as Card PlayerPeggy as Bob WintersThe Breaking Point as MachoThree Secrets as StephaniThe Killer That Stalked New York as Tom the WinoBelle Le Grand as TylerFlame of Stamboul as Sadik RaschinFrancis Goes to the Races as Dr. MarberryThe Great Caruso as Father BronzettiThe Fat Man as Racetrack BookkeeperSirocco as The BarberHollywood Story as Charles RodaleThe Tall Target as FernandinaHis Kind of Woman as Thompson's First HenchmanChain of Circumstance as ClerkDrums in the Deep South as Union CorporalRoadblock as Bank Heist ManThe Whip Hand as Nate GarrToo Young to Kiss as WaiterRadar Men from the Moon as KrogHarem Girl as AmeenMutiny as Sykes, GunnerThe Narrow Margin as Vincent YostYoung Man with Ideas as ButlerActor's and Sin as Mr. Herbert Cripple Creek as Cashier EdHoliday for Sinners as FatherBig Jim McLain as Dr. CarterThe Ring as Barney WilliamsThe Prisoner of Zenda as JohannWoman in the Dark as Nick PetzikThe Bandits of Corsica as AngeloThe Story of Three Loves as Bartender Invaders from Mars as Brainard, Wilson's AideMa and Pa Kettle on Vacation as Adolph WadeThe Desert Song as Old RefugeeEl Alamein as SelimDuffy of San Quentin as NealyTobor the Great as Dr. GustavRogue Cop as George 'Wrinkles' FallonThe Atomic Kid as Comrade MosleyThe Silver Chalice as Stall KeeperThe Racers as GattiWyoming Renegades as DawsonI'll Cry Tomorrow as DoctorDiane as Court PainterHot Blood as Doctor Robert TurchinoStranger at My Door as SaddlerHe Laughed Last as Al FusaryBlack Patch as Harper