Terry Carter Movies and Career Information

Terry Carter (born December 16, 1928) is an American actor and filmmaker who is known for his roles as "Sgt. Joe Broadhurst", on the seven year hit TV series McCloud and as "Colonel Tigh" on the original Battlestar Galactica. Carter was born in Brooklyn, New York as John E. DeCoste. His mother, Mercedes, was a native of the Dominican Republic, and his father, William DeCoste, was of Argentinian and African-American descent and operated a radio repair business. Carter graduated from the elite Stuyvesant High School in New York City in 1946. He attended Hunter College, St. John's University Law School, Boston University, and U.C.L.A. and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern University in 1983. Carter gained theatre experience in several productions on the Broadway and off-Broadway stage. His Broadway credits include playing the male lead opposite Eartha Kitt in the play Mrs. Patterson and performing the title role in the musical extravaganza Kwamina. From 1965 to 1968, Carter worked as a newscaster for WBZ-TV in Boston becoming the world's first black TV news anchor-reporter. During his three-year stint, he also served as New England television's first opening-night