Terry Carter Dead: 'The Phil Silvers Show,''Battlestar Galactica' And 'McCloud' Actor Was 95
He was also one of the first Black regulars on the 1956 TV sitcom series "The Phil Silvers Show," in which he played Private Sugarman.
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He was also one of the first Black regulars on the 1956 TV sitcom series "The Phil Silvers Show," in which he played Private Sugarman.
Terry Carter, who starred in 1970s TV shows uncluding Battlestar Glactica and McCloud, has died.
Carter was born John Everett DeCoste in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 16, 1928. He began is TV career with roles in such shows as “Combat,” and “The Phil Silvers Show” where he was one of the first Black actors to appear as a regular on a TV sitcom.
New England's first Black news anchor at WBZ in Boston from 1965-68, Terry Carter also broke color barriers onstage in the 1950s and ’60s and later produced multicultural documentaries.
Known for his roles as Colonel Tigh and Sergeant Joe Broadhurst, Terry Carter died at the age of 95 at his home in New York City His son confirmed the news on Tuesday