William McCarter

William McCarter was an actor who appeared as a Columbia survivor in the first pilot for , , and subsequently in archive footage that appeared in .
McCarter was born and raised in Paschalville, Pennsylvania (which later became part of the Southwest neighborhood of Philadelphia), and was working as a machinist in an ammunition manufacturing company when he was drafted for World War I. 
Following the war, he played as a professional basketball player in Luzern, PA. By 1940, he worked as an athletic director with the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
McCarter's known career in motion pictures began when he was in his fifties. A vast majority of his appearances were in Westerns, where he generally appeared as one of the townfolk. 
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