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Terry Carter(1928-2024)

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  • Director
  • Music Department
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Terry Carter
A marriage counselor becomes possessed by the demon of sexuality, when her father-in-law, an exorcist, freed it while in Africa.
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Abby (1974)
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Terry Carter, a native of Brooklyn, New York, is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School in New York City. He attended Hunter College, Boston University - School of Communications, U.C.L.A. - School of Theater, Film, and Television, and St. John's University School of Law. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Northeastern University (1983).

Carter studied acting with Howard DaSilva, Bret Warren, Uta Hagen, Herbert Berghof, and Stella Adler. He studied playwriting with Arnold Perl. He studied directing with Alan Schneider.
BornDecember 16, 1928
DiedApril 23, 2024(95)
BornDecember 16, 1928
DiedApril 23, 2024(95)
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 1 nomination total

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Known for

Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Battlestar Galactica
6.8
  • Colonel Tigh
  • 1978
Pam Grier in Foxy Brown (1974)
Foxy Brown
6.5
  • Michael Anderson
  • 1974
Dennis Weaver in McCloud (1970)
McCloud
6.9
TV Series
  • Sgt. Joe Broadhurst
  • Detective Broadhurst
  • Sergeant Joe Broadhurst
  • Det. Broadhurst
  • Det. Joe Broadhurst
American Masters (1985)
American Masters
8.2
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Actor



  • Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation (2012)
    Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
    6.3
    • Josef Bekele
    • 2012
  • Galacticon
    7.8
    Video
    • Colonel Tigh
    • 2003
  • Peter Stormare in Hamilton (2001)
    Hamilton
    6.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Texas Slim
    • 2001
  • Allan Hagan and Richard Hatch in Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming (1999)
    Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming
    7.0
    Short
    • President Tigh
    • 1999
  • Hamilton (1998)
    Hamilton
    5.8
    • Texas Slim
    • 1998
  • One West Waikiki (1994)
    One West Waikiki
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Dr. Carter Reeves
    • 1994
  • The Return of Sam McCloud (1989)
    The Return of Sam McCloud
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • Chief Joe Broadhurst
    • 1989
  • The Highwayman (1987)
    The Highwayman
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Lt. Broadside
    • 1988
  • Marla Gibbs, Regina King, Curtis Baldwin, Kia Goodwin, Alaina Reed-Hall, Jackée Harry, Helen Martin, and Hal Williams in 227 (1985)
    227
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Fred Dalton
    • 1988
  • Mr. Belvedere (1985)
    Mr. Belvedere
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Mr. Bark
    • 1987
  • Lee Majors and Heather Thomas in The Fall Guy (1981)
    The Fall Guy
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Stephen Bates
    • 1982–1985
  • Falcon Crest (1981)
    Falcon Crest
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Frank Taggert
    • 1984
  • Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford in The Jeffersons (1975)
    The Jeffersons
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Carl Davis
    • 1982
  • Noah Hathaway, Lorne Greene, Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch, Maren Jensen, and Laurette Spang in Battlestar Galactica (1978)
    Battlestar Galactica
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Colonel Tigh
    • 1978–1979
  • Battlestar Galactica (1978)
    Battlestar Galactica
    6.8
    • Colonel Tigh
    • 1978

Director



  • American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1988

Music Department



  • Troy Donahue, Sharon Hugueny, Diane McBain, and Connie Stevens in Parrish (1961)
    Parrish
    6.5
    • work songs
    • 1961

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Trailer 0:18
McCloud Trailer - Season 1
McCloud Trailer - Season 1
Trailer 0:18
McCloud Trailer - Season 1

Personal details

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  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • December 16, 1928
    • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • April 23, 2024
    • Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
  • Spouses
      Etaferhu ZenebeSeptember 17, 2009 - April 23, 2024 (his death, 1 child)
  • Children
      Miguel Carter DeCoste
  • Parents
      William Everett Decoste
  • Other works
    Worked as a television news reporter at WBZ-TV (Channel 4) in Boston in the 1960s.
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    • 1 Interview

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    He was the world's first black TV anchor newscaster (WBZ-TV Eyewitness News, Boston, Massachusetts, Group W, Westinghouse, 1965-1968).
  • Quotes
    One of the problems of being an actor is you've got to choose from among the choices offered to you if you want to work. In essence, an actor spends his or her life waiting for the telephone to ring, waiting for other people to decide, "Maybe we should get this person." And if you're lucky, you can convince them that you're right for the role. You might be in a room with about 20 other people who are up for the same part, which is very sobering. That part of it is not a great experience; you're in a passive position, you're not in a position of creating things and making them happen. You are waiting for other people to create things and trying to fit you into it. That's one of the reasons I decided to become a producer and do documentary films.

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