Terry Carter, the actor from “McCloud” and “Battlestar Galactica,” passes away aged 95

who portrayed investigator Colonel Tigh on the original “Battlestar Galactica” and soldier Joe Broadhurst on the TV show “McCloud” passed away on Tuesday morning at his New York, New York, residence. He was ninety-five.

Carter was born John Everett DeCoste on December 16, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York, to parents of African American, Argentinean, and Dominican origin. He later became the first Black TV news anchor for WBZ-TV Eyewitness News in Boston, where he also worked as their first opening night drama and movie reviewer. In addition, he portrayed Private Sugarman on the 1956 TV comedy series “The Phil Silvers Show,” making him one of the first Black regulars.

In addition, Carter appeared in two more TV movies: “Company of Killers” (1970) with Van Johnson and Ray Milland, and “Foxy Brown” (1974) with Pam Grier.

Carter established the Council for Positive Images in 1979 as a nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve media-mediated intercultural and interethnic understanding. He directed and produced a number of PBS documentaries on historical and cultural subjects while working for the institution.

The 1988 Emmy-nominated TV musical documentary “A Duke Named Ellington,” which followed the legendary jazz musician, was produced and directed by Carter.

Carter was a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences board of governors for two years. He sat on the Oscar committees for foreign films and documentaries after being admitted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1983. For “K*I*D*S,” a TV miniseries he wrote, produced, and directed about a varied group of kids who try to negotiate the serious challenges facing American youth at the time, Carter won a Los Angeles Emmy in 1985.

Carter is survived by his wife, Etaferhu Zenebe-DeCoste, and his two children, Miguel and Melinda. Carter was twice widowed.