Carter was also a prolific documentary filmmaker and a broadcast news anchor.
Carter’s manager Ken Leicht confirmed the news toEntertainment Weekly.
“Terry was a really nice guy,” Leicht says.
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“He’ll be missed.”
Patterson, in which he appeared oppositeEartha Kitt.
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Carter’s breakthrough screen project wasThe Phil Silvers Show, on which he played Pvt.
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Sugie Sugarman from 1955 to 1959 and was the only regular Black cast member.
Carter appeared in many of his most prominent projects in the 1970s.
That same year, he played a police officer in the dog-centric family filmBenji.
Carter also portrayed second-in-command Colonel Tigh on the sci-fi seriesBattlestar Galacticain the late ’70s and Sgt.
Joe Broadhurst, the protagonist’s partner onMcCloud, for seven seasons.
Carter launched his own production company, Meta/4 Productions, in Los Angeles in 1975.
The latter project received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Informational Special.
He spent the final years of his career working in Scandinavia before retiring to New York City in 2013.
Carters survivors include his wife, daughter, son, and stepdaughter.
