Terry Carter is an American actor who portrayed Colonel Tigh in the original Battlestar Galactica.
Biography
Born December 16, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York, Terry 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 in Communications from Northeastern University in 1983.
Carter has had a distinguished career in television, film and theater. He already had many credits in theater and radio before becoming one of the privates of Sergeant Bilko's platoon in the 1950's 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 a recurring role on McCloud, Carter worked up from Sargeant 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, Lorne Greene's second in command.
Since his Galactica days, Carter has been directing and producing, as well as creating training programs.
These days, Carter resides in Norway with his wife, Beate Glatved DeCoste.
Second Coming
Terry Carter reprised his role as Tigh in the Richard Hatch produced Trailer, Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming.