Conlan Carter

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Conlan Carter
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Carter (left) with Janet De Gore and James Whitmore in The Law and Mr. Jones, 1962
Born
Chester Conlan Carter [1]

(1934-10-03) October 3, 1934 (age 90)
Center Ridge, Arkansas, U.S.
Alma mater Southeast Missouri State University
Occupation(s)Film, stage and television actor
Spouse
Patricia Musser
​
(m. 1956)​
[2]
Children3 [2]
Relatives John Carter (brother)

Chester Conlan Carter (born October 3, [2] 1934) [1] is an American film, stage and television actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the medic "Doc" in the American drama television series Combat! , for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. [3] [4]

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Life and career

Carter was born in Center Ridge, Arkansas, and grew up on a farm. [2] [5] He attended Matthews High School in Missouri, [2] where he was a state champion pole vaulter. [5] After graduating from Matthews High School in 1952, [4] [6] he attended Southeast Missouri State University, [2] on a two-year athletic scholarship. [5]

After serving in the United States Air Force for two years, Carter went to the Bay City Actors Lab in San Francisco, California, for three years, specialising in musical theatre. [2] He supported himself by working as a field auditor for an insurance company, [5] He then appeared in various dramatic and musical productions in California. [6] He took over the title role in an Off-Broadway production of the musical Pal Joey when the original lead actor had to leave the production because of illness. He moved on to work in film and television, first appearing in the western television series Johnny Ringo in 1960. [1]

Carter later starred in the legal drama television series The Law and Mr. Jones , playing the law student [7] C.E. Carruthers, [1] [5] After the series ended in 1962, Carter guest-starred in other television programs including Gunsmoke , The Twilight Zone , Rawhide , Death Valley Days , Outlaws , The Westerner and Follow the Sun . [1] [5] He also appeared in films such as Quick, Before It Melts , [1] White Lightning and Dixie Dynamite . Beginning in 1963, Carter played the medic "Doc" in the television series Combat! for four seasons. [1] [2] He retired in 1986.[ citation needed ] His brother John Carter was also an actor. [8]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Carolyn Jones: Ex-Deejay". Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, New York. May 29, 1966. p. 114. Retrieved October 16, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. ↑ "Conlan Carter". Television Academy . Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "A Former Matthews Farm Youth Turns To Acting In Hollywood". The Daily Standard. Sikeston, Missouri. May 1, 1965. p. 1. Retrieved October 16, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Conlan Carter Has Struggle To Win Roles". Longview Daily News . Longview, Washington. May 19, 1962. p. 29. Retrieved October 16, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. 1 2 "Conlan Carter, Former Resident of Matthews, Starring in "Pal Joey," in San Francisco". The Sikeston Herald. Sikeston, Missouri. November 28, 1957. p. 2. Retrieved October 16, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  7. ↑ Heffernan, Harold (March 25, 1962). "TV 'Law Student' Conlan Carter Learned Hard Way About Money". The Indianapolis Star . Indianapolis, Indiana. p. 198. Retrieved October 16, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  8. ↑ Etter, Jonathan (August 27, 2008). Quinn Martin, Producer: A Behind-the-Scenes History of QM Productions and Its Founder. McFarland. p. 158. ISBN   9780786438679 – via Google Books.
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