<P> The local judge ( Paul Fix ) appoints Atticus to defend a black man , Tom Robinson ( Brock Peters ) , against an accusation of rape of a white girl , Mayella Ewell ( Collin Wilcox ) . Atticus accepts the case . Jem and Scout experience schoolyard taunts for their father 's decision . Later , as Atticus is sitting in front of the local jail to safeguard Robinson , a lynch mob arrives , which includes Mr. Cunningham . Scout , Jem and their friend , Dill ( John Megna ) , interrupt the confrontation . Scout , unaware of the mob 's purpose , recognizes Cunningham as the man who paid her father in hickory nuts and tells him to say hello to his son , who is her schoolmate . Cunningham becomes embarrassed and the mob disperses . </P>
<P> The local judge ( Paul Fix ) appoints Atticus to defend a black man , Tom Robinson ( Brock Peters ) , against an accusation of rape of a white girl , Mayella Ewell ( Collin Wilcox ) . Atticus accepts the case . Jem and Scout experience schoolyard taunts for their father 's decision . Later , as Atticus is sitting in front of the local jail to safeguard Robinson , a lynch mob arrives , which includes Mr. Cunningham . Scout , Jem and their friend , Dill ( John Megna ) , interrupt the confrontation . Scout , unaware of the mob 's purpose , recognizes Cunningham as the man who paid her father in hickory nuts and tells him to say hello to his son , who is her schoolmate . Cunningham becomes embarrassed and the mob disperses . </P>
who played the judge in to kill a mockingbird
who played the judge in to kill a mockingbird
Paul Fix
Paul Fix