Charles Cyphers

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

88

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-07-28

Deathday

2024-08-04 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Niagara Falls, New York, USA

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

Halloween
7.6%

Halloween

Oct 24, 1978

Escape from New York
7.1%

Escape from New York

May 23, 1981

Halloween Kills
6.4%

Halloween Kills

Oct 14, 2021

Seinfeld
8.3%

Seinfeld

Jul 5, 1989

Halloween II
6.6%

Halloween II

Oct 30, 1981

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
8.1%

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Mar 10, 1997

The Fog
6.7%

The Fog

Feb 7, 1980

Assault on Precinct 13
7.3%

Assault on Precinct 13

Oct 8, 1976

ER
7.8%

ER

Sep 19, 1994

Major League
6.9%

Major League

Feb 16, 1989

Death Wish II
6.3%

Death Wish II

Feb 20, 1982

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Acting

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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
1976
The Bionic Woman
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 Jimmy Dorset
1973
Barnaby Jones as Brad Kirtz
1973
Barnaby Jones as Bill Garwood
1971
Cannon
1965
The F.B.I. as Charlie Wicker
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