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Terry Carter is an African-American actor who is perhaps best remembered for his roles as Sergeant Joe Broadhurst on McCloud and Colonel Tigh on Battlestar Galactica.

Born December 16, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York, Carter graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City in 1946. He attended Hunter College, Boston University, and U.C.L.A. and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern University in 1983.

Carter has had a varied career in television, film and theater, often portraying police officers and military personnel. He already had many credits in theater and radio before becoming one of the privates in Sergeant Bilko's platoon in the 1950's in The Phil Silvers Show. In that role, he was one of the few African-Americans appearing on TV screens in the United States in the 1950s.

From 1965 to 1968, Carter worked as a newscaster for WBZ-TV in Boston becoming the world's first black TV news anchor. Later he worked as a commercial spokesman for Standard Oil. He returned to television in the late 1960's with roles in series like Mannix.

By the 1970s, Carter was becoming a familiar face on TV, appearing in dramas such as The Streets of San Francsico. In his recurring role on McCloud, Carter worked up from Sergeant in the first episode right up to Chief in the 1989 McCloud reunion movie.

In 1978, he was cast in Battlestar Galactica, as Colonel Tigh, second in command of the ragtag fleet of spaceships.

Since the 1970's, Carter has been directing and producing, as well as creating training programs. These days, Carter spends most of the year Norway with his wife, Beate Glatved DeCoste.

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