Terry Carter

John Everett DeCoste (December 16, 1928 – April 23, 2024), known professionally as Terry Carter, was an African-American actor and filmmaker, known for his roles as Sgt. Joe Broadhurst on the television series McCloud and as Colonel Tigh on the original Battlestar Galactica. his mother, Mercedes, was a native of the Dominican Republic, His parents raised him to engage on social issues. With his father, he first walked a picket line at age 8.

Following his initial Northeastern stint, Carter also completed two years of coursework at St. John's University's School of Law (which either waived the requirement of a Bachelor's degree for Carter or had not yet implemented that prerequisite for admission prior to the widespread implementation of the graduate-level Juris Doctor in lieu of the nominally undergraduate Bachelor of Laws) before leaving to become an actor.

Along the way, he worked nights as a jazz pianist. where he became an anchor-reporter. He was their first black TV news anchor, and the first in New England. Some sources said he was the world's first black TV newsman.

During his three-year stint, he also served as the station's first opening-night movie and theater critic. His departure left Boston without any black TV news reporters.

1970s-1980s acting Returning to acting in 1970, Carter primarily portrayed clean-cut, no-nonsense, authority figures.

In his longest-running role, starting in 1970, Carter starred in the TV detective series McCloud as NYPD Sergeant Joe Broadhurst, partner of the title character played by Dennis Weaver. Carter's role lasted for seven years.

Carter was president of Council for Positive Images, Inc., a non-profit organization he formed in 1979, dedicated to enhancing intercultural and interethnic understanding through audiovisual communication and within media.

Selected projects Katherine Dunham Technique – Library of Congress A 2-½ hour presentation of the dance technique of anthropologist-choreographer Katherine Dunham. Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, this video documentary is designed to serve as a study guide for dance teachers, scholars and dancers, as part of the Katherine Dunham Legacy Project of the Library of Congress. In 2012, Terry Carter released The Katherine Dunham Technique as a DVD. Golden Antenna, 1989, for A Duke Named Ellington Award for Excellence, L. A. Film Review Board, 1977, for Child Abuse & Neglect Series