Battlestar Galactica and McCloud Star Terry Carter Dies at 95
Terry Carter, best known for his role in Battlestar Galactica and McCloud, passed away at 95. The death of Carter was confirmed on his official website, which stated that the actor died peacefully at home on April 23, and the cause of death is not provided.
Carter’s son, Miguel Carter DeCoste, also confirmed the news and said that he died at home in Manhattan. His manager, Ken Leicht, stated that Carter had been ill for some time. Leicht also added that Terry was a nice person and will be missed.
Carter was born on December 16, 1928, in Brooklyn as the only child of William and Mercedes Decoste. He became one of the first black actors to play a regular on the series The Phil Silver Show, in which he played the character of Pvt. Sugie Sugarman from 1955 to 1959. In 1965, he had been part of the drama ‘Combat!’ based on World War II.
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Carter also served as an anchor newscaster for WBZ-TV Eyewitness News in Boston from 1965 to 1968, which made him New England’s first black TV anchor.
In the 1970s, he starred in the TV movie ‘Company of Killers’ along with Van Johnson and Ray Milland and in the 1974 film Foxy Brown. He had been popular in his role as Sergeant Joe Broadhurst in the series McCloud, which ran from 1970 to 1977.
He gained popularity internationally by playing the role of Colonel Tigh in the science fiction series Battlestar Galactica. He also acted in the multinational action adventure film Hamilton.
In addition to acting, he also started his production company in 1975, Meta/4 Productions. It mainly focused on educational documentaries and produced over 100 documentaries, some for the Library of Congress, the National Endowment for the Arts, and PBS.
In 1979, Carter formed the Council for Positive Images, Inc, a non-profit organization for enhancing intercultural and interethnic understanding via audiovisual communication. He created many award-winning documentary programs which focused on cultural and historical topics.
He produced the Emmi-nominated documentary A Duke Named Ellington, which portrays the life of Duke Ellington. He also produced and directed the docuseries Katherin Dunham: Dancing With Life, which showcased the life of the titular choreographer.
Carter served on the board of Governors of the Academy of Television Arts and Science two times. He was also part of the Foreign Films Committee and Documentary Committee for the Oscar.
He married Anna Scratuglia in 1964, and they have two children, Miguel and Melinda. The couple separated in 1990; in 1991, he married Beate Glatved, a film editor. She died in 2006. Then, in 2009, he married Selome Zenebe.