American actor Terry Carter, who starred in 1970s television series including Battlestar Galactica and McCloud, has died aged 95.
Carter “died peacefully” on Tuesday at his home in New York, it was announced on his official website.
He was best known for his roles as Colonel Tigh in the original series Battlestar Galactica and Sergeant Joe Broadhurst in McCloud.
Over the course of his decades-long career, he was seen breaking down barriers, including becoming one of the first black actors to become a regular on television sitcoms in 1956, playing Private Sugarman on The Phil Silvers Show.
His first major Hollywood role was as Detective Max Jaffie in the 1970 hit Company Of Killers, before his portrayal of Sergeant Joe Broadhurst in the American crime drama series McCloud which ran from 1970 to 1977.
Perhaps his best-known role is that of Colonel Tigh, second-in-command of the starship fleet in the original science fiction series Battlestar Galactica in 1978.
The series emerged from the success of Star Wars in 1977.
In 1989, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for producing and directing a television music documentary titled A Duke Named Ellington about the life and work of the pianist, composer and jazz star.
His other credits include Foxy Brown and Benji; create a documentary about African-American anthropologist, dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham; and becoming a television news anchor for WBZ-TV Eyewitness News in Boston in 1965.
He also appeared in three Broadway productions, with his debut in Mrs Patterson, as well as the revival of the musical Finian’s Rainbow, and his final appearance was in the musical Kwamina, alongside British star Sally Ann Howes.
Carter is survived by his wife Etaferhu Zenebe-DeCoste, his two children Miguel and Melinda and Mrs. Zenebe-DeCoste’s daughter.
