Charles Cyphers
July 28, 1939 (86 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
- 1997 · Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Coach Carl Marin
- 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 Thaddeus Roarke
- 1993 · seaQuest DSV as Calvin Shelley
- 1992 · Renegade as Zachary Quinn
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Gardner
- 1988 · Freddy's Nightmares as Ben Ostroff
- 1988 · China Beach as The General
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as Benny Kraus
- 1987 · 21 Jump Street as Team Doctor
- 1986 · Matlock as Tom Coyle
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Timothy Chance
- 1984 · Airwolf as Joe Ganns
- 1984 · Night Court as Leo
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as Sergeant Lester
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as Captain Leder
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as Commander #1
- 1980 · Borderline as Ski
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as Lester
- 1978 · Halloween as Brackett
- 1978 · Dallas as Bertram Pogue
- 1977 · Lou Grant as Jerry Baldwin
- 1977 · Our Town as Sam Craig
- 1977 · Roots as Fred Drake
- 1976 · The Tony Randall Show as Eddie Foxworth
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Haller
- 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
- 1974 · The Six Million Dollar Man as Faler
- 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
- 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
- 1996 · Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher as Al Yaroker
- 1993 · National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 as Interrogator
- 1992 · California Dreams as Coach Cotler
- 1990 · The Outsiders as Tim's Boss
- 1989 · Mancuso, F.B.I. as
- 1989 · Major League as Charlie Donovan
- 1989 · Gleaming the Cube as Harvey McGill
- 1988 · Aaron's Way as
- 1987 · Big Bad Mama II as Stark
- 1986 · Hunter's Blood as Woody
- 1983 · Little House: Look Back to Yesterday as Zack Taylor
- 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 · Halloween II as Sheriff Leigh Brackett
- 1981 · Escape from New York as Secretary of State
- 1980 · Friendly Fire as Tom Loomis
- 1980 · The Fog as Dan O'Bannon
- 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 · Gray Lady Down as
- 1978 · Coming Home as Pee Wee
- 1977 · The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald as Michael Brandon
- 1977 · The Betty White Show as Hugo Muncy
- 1977 · MacArthur as General Harding
- 1976 · Gibbsville as Wingfield
- 1976 · Assault on Precinct 13 as Starker
- 1976 · Vigilante Force as Perry Beal
- 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
- 1973 · The Slams as Nicol (uncredited)