Career
Born in Center Ridge in Conway County in central Arkansas, Carter was the older brother of actor Conlan Carter of the American Broadcasting Company television series, Combat!. Carter played an historical figure, Stephen F. Austin, in the 1969 episode "Here Stands Bailey" of the syndicated series Death Valley Days, hosted by Robert Taylor not long before Taylor"s own death. Now they face Austin"s order that they leave their land.
However, Austin has a change of heart and asks them to stay.
Bailey dies with his final wish of interment standing upright facing west, hence his grave marker, "Here Stands Bailey Facing West.".