Terry Carter ‘Battlestar Galactica' and ‘McCloud' Actor Dies at 95
Born John Everett DeCoste in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 16, 1928, to parents of Dominican, Argentine and African American descent
Carter would go on to become the first Black TV news anchor for Boston's WBZ-TV Eyewitness News, where he also became their first opening night drama and movie critic.
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.
Carter's other credits include the 1970 TV movie "Company of Killers," in which he starred alongside Van Johnson and Ray Milland, and the 1974 film "Foxy Brown" with Pam Grier.
In 1988, Carter produced and directed the Emmy-nominated TV musical documentary "A Duke Named Ellington," about the jazz titan.
Carter served two terms on the board of Governors of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
He was inducted in 1983 into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and he served on the documentary committee and the foreign films committee for the Oscars.
directed and produced about a diverse group of teenagers who struggle to navigate the intense conflicts confronting American youth at the time.
Carter was twice widowed and is survived by his wife Etaferhu Zenebe-DeCoste, and his two children Miguel and Melinda.