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