[1] Born in Brooklyn, Carter had a long-running comedy act similar to fellow rapid-paced contemporaries Milton Berle and Morey Amsterdam.

[2] Carter was born in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York, to Russian Jewish immigrants Anna (née Borofsky) and Harry Chakrin.

He made appearances on many television series, including Diagnosis: Unknown, The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Dream of Jeannie, Combat!, The Love Boat, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Rockford Files, Emergency!, Mannix, Cannon, The Wild Wild West, Tales of Tomorrow, The Kallikaks, Password, $weepstake$, The Ren & Stimpy Show, 7th Heaven, Diagnosis Murder, The Road West, Sanford and Son, Tattletales, Monk, Rules of Engagement, Living Single, iCarly, Desperate Housewives, and Shameless and voice work on King of the Hill.

In 1994, Carter was offered the role of Wilbur Cobb in The Ren & Stimpy Show, a character intended to be named Raymond Spum, but was renamed after John Kricfalusi was fired.

Showrunner Bob Camp felt sorry for Carter's lack of work, so he shoehorned the character in episodes in every opportunity he could to the detriment of the show and criticism by crew members such as William Wray.