Charles Cyphers
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 28, 1939
- Died
- Aug 4, 2024 (aged 85)
- Place of birth
- Niagara Falls, New York, USA
- Credits
- 83
Charles Cyphers (July 28, 1939 – August 4, 2024) was an American actor who had starred in many films and on television. He was known in the horror movie community for his work in the films of John Carpenter, especially his role as Sheriff Leigh Brackett in Carpenter's 1978 hit horror movie Halloween. He reprised his role in Halloween II (1981) and Halloween Kills (2021).
Known for
Filmography
Halloween Kills
2021Movie
Leigh Brackett
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020Movie
Steve
The Night She Came Home!!
2013Movie
Self
Halloween: The Inside Story
2010Movie
Self
Methodic
2007Movie
Chief Sperranza
Sin-Jin Smyth
2006Movie
Sheriff Stoops
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003Movie
Self / Leigh Brackett
Critical Mass
2001Movie
Henderson
Mach 2
2001Movie
Harry Olson
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997TV
Coach Carl Marin
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
1996TV
Al Yaroker
JAG
1995TV
Jesse
Murder One
1995TV
Patrick McQueen (uncredited), Patrick McQueen
Sliders
1995TV
Coach Almquist
ER
1994TV
Injured Civil-War Reenactor
seaQuest DSV
1993TV
Calvin Shelley
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993TV
Thaddeus Roarke
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993Movie
Interrogator
Renegade
1992TV
Zachary Quinn
California Dreams
1992TV
Coach Cotler
The Outsiders
1990TV
Tim's Boss
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989TV
Seinfeld
1989TV
Gardner
Major League
1989Movie
Charlie Donovan
Gleaming the Cube
1989Movie
Harvey McGill
Freddy's Nightmares
1988TV
Ben Ostroff
China Beach
1988TV
The General
Aaron's Way
1988TV
Big Bad Mama II
1987Movie
Stark
Jake and the Fatman
1987TV
Benny Kraus
21 Jump Street
1987TV
Team Doctor
Hunter's Blood
1986Movie
Woody
Matlock
1986TV
Tom Coyle
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Lt. Timothy Chance
Airwolf
1984TV
Joe Ganns
Night Court
1984TV
Leo
Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
1983Movie
Zack Taylor
Memorial Day
1983Movie
Jack Ruskin
Honkytonk Man
1982Movie
Stubbs
The Executioner's Song
1982Movie
Noall Wootton
Death Wish II
1982Movie
Donald Kay
Simon & Simon
1981TV
Sergeant Lester
Halloween II
1981Movie
Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Escape from New York
1981Movie
Secretary of State
Hill Street Blues
1981TV
Captain Leder, Commander #1
Borderline
1980Movie
Ski
Friendly Fire
1980Movie
Tom Loomis
The Fog
1980Movie
Dan O'Bannon
Hart to Hart
1979TV
Lester
The Onion Field
1979Movie
Chaplain
A Force of One
1979Movie
Dr. Eppis
Elvis
1979Movie
Sam Phillips
Someone's Watching Me!
1978Movie
Gary Hunt
Halloween
1978Movie
Brackett
Dallas
1978TV
Bertram Pogue
Gray Lady Down
1978Movie
Coming Home
1978Movie
Pee Wee
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977TV
Michael Brandon
Lou Grant
1977TV
Jerry Baldwin
The Betty White Show
1977TV
Hugo Muncy
MacArthur
1977Movie
General Harding
Our Town
1977Movie
Sam Craig
Roots
1977TV
Fred Drake
Gibbsville
1976TV
Wingfield
Assault on Precinct 13
1976Movie
Starker
The Tony Randall Show
1976TV
Eddie Foxworth
Charlie's Angels
1976TV
Haller
Vigilante Force
1976Movie
Perry Beal
Alice
1976TV
The Bionic Woman
1976TV
Wonder Woman
1975TV
Kurt
Starsky & Hutch
1975TV
Arthur Cole, Medical Examiner Delaney, Detective Webster
Isis
1975TV
Sam Niles
The Missiles of October
1974Movie
Press Photographer
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974Movie
Arthur 'Doc' Barker
Truck Turner
1974Movie
Drunk
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974TV
Faler
The Slams
1973Movie
Nicol (uncredited)
Barnaby Jones
1973TV
Brad Kirtz, Mike Hartney, Jimmy Dorset, Bill Garwood
Cool Breeze
1972Movie
Backstage Police Officer (uncredited)
Cannon
1971TV
The F.B.I.
1965TV
Charlie Wicker
Stingy Jack
Movie
Sheriff Taggart - age 59