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Terry Carter Dies: ‘Battlestar Galactica’ & ‘McCloud’ Actor Was 95
Terry Carter, known for his roles as Colonel Tigh in the original Battlestar Galactica and as Sgt. Joe Broadhurst on TV series McCloud, died Tuesday.
Nine years later, he’s credited with becoming the first Black TV anchor newscaster, for WBZ-TV Eyewitness News in Boston, as well as the station’s drama and movie critic, from 1965 to 1968. He is best known internationally for his co-starring role as Colonel Tigh, second-in-command of the starship fleet in ABC’s original sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica in 1978-79. In 1985, Carter received a Los Angeles Emmy Award for K*I*D*S, a TV miniseries he created, produced and directed, about a multi-racial group of teenagers struggling to cope with some of the adult-sized conflicts confronting youth in America at the time.
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