Charles Cyphers
July 28, 1939 (85 years old) in Niagara Falls, New York, USA
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 this role in the 1981 sequel Halloween II. He was not related to actor Jon Cypher, alongside whom he played in Hill Street Blues.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · Halloween Kills as Leigh Brackett
- 2020 · Grizzly II: Revenge as Steve
- 2013 · The Night She Came Home!! as Self
- 2010 · Halloween: The Inside Story as Self
- 2007 · Methodic as Chief Sperranza
- 2003 · Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest as Self / Leigh Brackett
- 2001 · Critical Mass as Henderson
- 2001 · Mach 2 as Harry Olson
- 1997 · Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Coach Carl Marin
- 1996 · Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher as Al Yaroker
- 1995 · JAG as Jesse
- 1995 · Murder One as Patrick McQueen
- 1995 · Murder One as Patrick McQueen (uncredited)
- 1995 · Sliders as Coach Almquist
- 1994 · ER as Injured Civil-War Reenactor
- 1993 · Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as
- 1993 · seaQuest DSV as Calvin Shelley
- 1993 · National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 as Interrogator
- 1992 · Renegade as Zachary Quinn
- 1992 · California Dreams as Coach Cotler
- 1990 · The Outsiders as Tim's Boss
- 1989 · Mancuso, F.B.I. as
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Gardner
- 1989 · Major League as Charlie Donovan
- 1989 · Gleaming the Cube as Harvey McGill
- 1988 · Freddy's Nightmares as Ben Ostroff
- 1988 · China Beach as The General
- 1988 · Aaron's Way as
- 1987 · Big Bad Mama II as Stark
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as Benny Kraus
- 1987 · 21 Jump Street as Team Doctor
- 1986 · Hunter's Blood as Woody
- 1986 · Matlock as Tom Coyle
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Timothy Chance
- 1984 · Airwolf as Joe Ganns
- 1984 · Night Court as Leo
- 1983 · Memorial Day as Jack Ruskin
- 1982 · Honkytonk Man as Stubbs
- 1982 · The Executioner's Song as Noall Wootton
- 1982 · Death Wish II as Donald Kay
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as Sergeant Lester
- 1981 · Halloween II as Sheriff Leigh Brackett
- 1981 · Escape from New York as Secretary of State
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as Captain Leder
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as Commander #1
- 1980 · Borderline as Ski
- 1980 · Friendly Fire as Tom Loomis
- 1980 · The Fog as Dan O'Bannon
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as Lester
- 1979 · The Onion Field as Chaplain
- 1979 · A Force of One as Dr. Eppis
- 1979 · Elvis as Sam Phillips
- 1978 · Someone's Watching Me! as Gary Hunt
- 1978 · Halloween as Brackett
- 1978 · Dallas as Bertram Pogue
- 1978 · Gray Lady Down as
- 1978 · Coming Home as Pee Wee
- 1977 · The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald as Michael Brandon
- 1977 · Lou Grant as Jerry Baldwin
- 1977 · The Betty White Show as Hugo Muncy
- 1977 · MacArthur as General Harding
- 1977 · Our Town as Sam Craig
- 1977 · Roots as Fred Drake
- 1976 · Gibbsville as Wingfield
- 1976 · Assault on Precinct 13 as Starker
- 1976 · The Tony Randall Show as Eddie Foxworth
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Haller
- 1976 · Vigilante Force as Perry Beal
- 1976 · Alice as
- 1976 · The Bionic Woman as
- 1975 · Wonder Woman as Kurt
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as Arthur Cole
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as Medical Examiner Delaney
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as Detective Webster
- 1975 · Isis as Sam Niles
- 1974 · The Missiles of October as Press Photographer
- 1974 · The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One as Arthur 'Doc' Barker
- 1974 · Truck Turner as Drunk
- 1974 · The Six Million Dollar Man as Faler
- 1973 · The Slams as Nicol (uncredited)
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Mike Hartney
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Brad Kirtz
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Bill Garwood
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Jimmy Dorset
- 1971 · Cannon as
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Charlie Wicker
- Future · Stingy Jack as Sheriff Taggart - age 59