Carl Peter Brocco (January 16, 1903 â€" December 20, 1992) was an
American screen and stage actor. He appeared in over 300 credits,
notably Spartacus (1960) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975),
during his career spanning over 60 years.Brocco was born in Reading,
Pennsylvania. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brocco.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).Brocco appeared as a criminal type in several episodes of
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 Spector" 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.
American screen and stage actor. He appeared in over 300 credits,
notably Spartacus (1960) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975),
during his career spanning over 60 years.Brocco was born in Reading,
Pennsylvania. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brocco.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).Brocco appeared as a criminal type in several episodes of
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 Spector" 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.
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