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Hodding Carter III(1935-2023)

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  • Writer
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While filming a documentary in Mississippi in 1965, Frank De Felitta forever changed the life of an African-American waiter and his family. In 2011, Frank's son returns to the Delta to examine the repercussions of that fateful encounter.
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Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story (2012)
Hodding Carter III was born on 7 April 1935 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The American Ruling Class (2005), The Men Who Would Be Viking (2003) and Epic History of Everyday Things (2011). He was married to Patricia Ann O'Brien, Patricia Derian and Margaret Ainsworth Wolfe. He died on 11 May 2023 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
BornApril 7, 1935
DiedMay 11, 2023(88)
BornApril 7, 1935
DiedMay 11, 2023(88)
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Known for

The American Ruling Class (2005)
The American Ruling Class
6.8
  • Self - Fmr. State Dept. Spokesman
  • 2005
The Men Who Would Be Viking
  • Self(as Hodding Carter)
  • 2003
Henry William Oelkers in Epic History of Everyday Things (2011)
Epic History of Everyday Things
8.3
TV Movie
  • Expert(as Hodding Carter)
  • 2011
Will Lyman and Sarah Childress in Frontline (1983)
Frontline
8.6
TV Series
  • Writer

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Actor



  • Henry William Oelkers in Epic History of Everyday Things (2011)
    Epic History of Everyday Things
    8.3
    TV Movie
    • Expert (as Hodding Carter)
    • 2011
  • Tanner '88 (1988)
    Tanner '88
    7.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Hodding Carter (as Hodding Carter)
    • 1988

Writer



  • Will Lyman and Sarah Childress in Frontline (1983)
    Frontline
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1992

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  • Alternative name
    • Hodding Carter
  • Born
    • April 7, 1935
    • New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  • Died
    • May 11, 2023
    • Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA(complications from a series of strokes)
  • Spouses
      Patricia Ann O'BrienNovember 9, 2019 - May 11, 2023 (his death)
  • Children
    • Finn Carter
  • Parents
      William Hodding Carter Jr.
  • Relatives
      Phillip Dutarte Carter(Sibling)

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    In the 1970s, he served as spokesman for the U.S. State Department and Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs during President Jimmy Carter's administration.

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