American film, stage and television actor

Chester Conlan Carter (born October 3, 1934) 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 in the category Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Life and career

Carter was born in Center Ridge, Arkansas, where he had grown up on a farm, next to Matthews, Missouri. He attended at the Matthews High School in Missouri, where Carter was called as the state chamption on the pole vault. After graduating from Matthews High School in 1952, he attended at the Southeast Missouri State University, where Carter earned his athletic scholarship, after attending for two years. He has later then served in the United States Air Force for two years, in which Carter loved having experience to fly.

After serving in the United States Air Force for two years, Carter later went to the Bay City Actors Lab in San Francisco, California, where he attended and studied about acting for three years, paying attention to musical theatre, in 1956. Carter had worked as a field auditor for a insurance company, while he was supporting himself, when Carter was still attending at the Bay City Actors Lab. He later began his career, where Carter had appeared in numerous dramatic and musical productions in California. Carter starred in the Off-Broadway play Pal Joey, where he was originally playing a small role, but was understudy to the starring role of "Joey". Carter won the role of "Joey", when the actor who was originally gonna play "Joey" left, after being forced of an illness he had. Carter had played the role of "Joey", in which the Off-Broadway play was shown in a theatre in San Francisco, California. He later began his career in film and television, where he first appeared in the western television series Johnny Ringo, in 1960.

Later in his film and television career, Carter starred in the legal drama television series The Law and Mr. Jones, where he played the role of the law student "C.E. Carruthers", in which he won the role after going to Hollywood, California. After the series ended in 1962, Carter began guest-starring in television programs, including, Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, Rawhide, Death Valley Days, Outlaws, The Westerner and Follow the Sun. He also appeared in films, such as, Quick, Before It Melts, White Lightning and Dixie Dynamite. In 1963, Carter played the role of the medic "Doc" in the television series Combat!. He retired his career in 1986.

References

External links

• Conlan Carter at IMDb
• Conlan Carter at the TCM Movie Database
• Conlan Carter at AllMovie
• Rotten Tomatoes profile