Terry Carter is a pioneer and actor best known for playing Colonel Tye in the original version. battlestar galactica, passed away. He was 95 years old.
His son admitted that new york times Carter died on Tuesday (April 23) at his home in New York City.
Carter’s decades-long television career began in 1955 when he starred as Private “Suggy” Sugarman. phil silvers show Until 1959.
The actor spoke about his experience appearing on the show in 2018. times“Well, I’m the last survivor. phil silvers show. But I don’t want to give too much credit to being the only black man on the show. I was just a cog. I killed the enemy, but I was just a ham like everyone else. It was a wonderful gathering. ”
He continued to work in the theater and produced off-Broadway productions. A streetcar named desire.
His career in television has spanned genres, and he has made many memorable appearances. foxy brown, jeffersonsand battlestar galactica.He also appeared in mcleodhe appeared in 42 episodes as Sergeant Joe Broadhurst, and later reprized the role in a 1989 television movie. Return of Sam MacLeod.
Carter also worked as a news anchor in Boston from 1965 to 1968, becoming New England’s first black news anchor.
according to deadline, Carter also served on the board of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He then served on the Oscar Documentary Committee and Foreign Film Committee.
After years of producing educational documentaries with his own production company, Carter also narrated and directed an Emmy-nominated documentary. A duke named Ellington Talking about legendary jazz musicians as part of PBS american masters series.
Carter later said: times He said that while making the 1988 documentary, he “reviewed about 70 hours of film footage,” but “more than 90 percent of it had never been seen before.”
“Investigating this material was like discovering plutonium while looking for common metals,” he said.
According to Carter’s IMDb page, his last acting credit was in the 2012 thriller film. Hamilton: In the national interest.
Carter is survived by his wife, Etafelf Zeneve-DeCoste, two children, a stepdaughter, and a granddaughter.
