Terry Carter
Birthday December 16, 1928
Birth Sign Sagittarius
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About
TV and movie actor best known for his roles in the 1978 film Battlestar Galactica, Foxy Brown and McCloud. He was also the world's first black TV anchor newscaster in 1965 on WBZ-TV Eyewitness News.
Before Fame
He attended Stuyvesant High School in New York City. He studied at Hunter College, Boston University, UCLA, and St. John's University School of Law. In 1983, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in communications from Northeastern University.
Trivia
He was founder and president of Meta/4 Productions, Inc. He is the President of Council For Positive Images, a non-profit organization he formed in 1979.
Family Life
He was born John Everett DeCoste to Mercedes DeCoste and William DeCoste. In 2009, he married Etaferhu Zenebe. From 1991 to 2006, he was married to Beate Glatved, and from 1964 to 1990 to Anna DeCoste.
Associated With
He starred alongside Dirk Benedict and Lorne Greene in Battlestar Galactica.
