Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~Jim Carter

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

James Edward Carter was born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England on August 19m 1948. His mother was a land girl (Women's Land Army WLA) and later a school secretary, and his father worked for the Air Ministry. Carter attended Ashville College, Harrogate, where he was head boy in his final year, and the University of Sussex where he studied Law and appeared with the fledgling Drama Society, playing the title role in “Serjeant Musgrave's Dance”, the first student production at the newly-built Gardner Arts Centre theatre. He dropped out of university after two years to join a fringe theatre group in Brighton.

He was a member of the "Madhouse Company of London", a comedy troupe which performed in Boston in the 1970s. Other members were Marcel Steiner, Marc Weil and Tommy Shands. Ken Campbell, who appears in “A Fish Called Wanda” (1988) as George Thomason's lawyer was also associated with the troupe.

Under the stage name Jim Carter, he’s appeared in over 150 films and television series since 1976. As Jim Carter, he’s also appeared in theater and as a narrator

Carter was married to actress and singer Dame Imelda Staunton since 1983 but the separated in 2010. They have a daughter named Bessie born in 1983.

Chairman of Hampstead Cricket Club since 2010. He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2019 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to Drama.

Carter has appeared in three Euro-westerns: “Hiawatha” – 1984 (narrator), “Rustlers’ Rhapsody” in 1984 as Blackie, “The New Zorro” (TV) in 1990 as Colonel Mefisto Palomarez.

CARTER, Jim (aka James Carter) (James Edward Carter) [8/19/1948, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, U.K. -     ] – theater, film, TV actor, singer, married to actress, singer Dame Imelda Staunton (Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton) [1956-    ] (1983-    ) father of actress, singer Bessie Carter [1983-    ].

Hiawatha – 1984 (narrator)

Rustlers’ Rhapsody – 1984 (Blackie)

The New Zorro (TV) – 1990 (Colonel Mefisto Palomarez)