Charles Cyphers
Birthday
1939/07/28
Day of death
2024/08/04 (85 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Also know as
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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.
Acting
(1978) Halloween
as Brackett
(1981) Escape from New York
as Secretary of State
(1989) Gleaming the Cube
as Harvey McGill
(1980) The Fog
as Dan O'Bannon
(1979) A Force of One
as Dr. Eppis
(1981) Halloween II
as Sheriff Leigh Brackett
(1978) Someone's Watching Me!
as Gary Hunt
(1980) Borderline
as Ski
(1976) Vigilante Force
as Perry Beal
(1977) Our Town
as Sam Craig
(1979) Elvis
as Sam Phillips
(2007) Methodic
as Chief Sperranza
(1973) The Slams
as Nicol (uncredited)
(1976) Assault on Precinct 13
as Starker
(1979) The Onion Field
as Chaplain
(1974) The Missiles of October
as Press Photographer
(2003) Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
as Self / Leigh Brackett
(2001) Critical Mass
as Henderson
(1977) MacArthur
as General Harding
(2020) Grizzly II: Revenge
as Steve
(2013) The Night She Came Home!!
as Self
(1982) Death Wish II
as Donald Kay
(1974) Truck Turner
as Drunk
(1982) Honkytonk Man
as Stubbs
(1989) Major League
as Charlie Donovan
(2001) Mach 2
as Harry Olson
(1986) Hunter's Blood
as Woody
(1983) Memorial Day
as Jack Ruskin
(1993) National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Interrogator
(1978) Coming Home
as Pee Wee
Stingy Jack
as Sheriff Taggart - age 59
(1987) Big Bad Mama II
as Stark
(2021) Halloween Kills
as Leigh Brackett
(1980) Friendly Fire
as Tom Loomis
(1978) Gray Lady Down
as ---
(1977) The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Michael Brandon
(2010) Halloween: The Inside Story
as Self
(1982) The Executioner's Song
as Noall Wootton
(1974) The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
as Arthur 'Doc' Barker
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Timothy Chance
(1976) Alice
as ---
(1989) Seinfeld
as Gardner
(1987) 21 Jump Street
as Team Doctor
(1995) Sliders
as Coach Almquist
(1976) The Bionic Woman
as ---
(1986) Matlock
as Tom Coyle
(1993) seaQuest DSV
as Calvin Shelley
(1988) China Beach
as The General
(1981) Simon & Simon
as Sergeant Lester
(1984) Airwolf
as Joe Ganns
(1976) Charlie's Angels
as Haller
(1981) Hill Street Blues
as Captain Leder
(1989) Mancuso, F.B.I.
as ---
(1975) Wonder Woman
as Kurt
(1993) Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as ---
(1987) Jake and the Fatman
as Benny Kraus
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1978) Dallas
as Bertram Pogue
(1994) ER
as Injured Civil-War Reenactor
(1988) Aaron's Way
as ---
(1996) Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
as Al Yaroker
(1976) The Tony Randall Show
as Eddie Foxworth
(1976) Gibbsville
as Wingfield
(1997) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Coach Carl Marin
(1975) Isis
as Sam Niles
(1988) Freddy's Nightmares
as Ben Ostroff
(1974) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Faler
(1995) Murder One
as Patrick McQueen
(1995) Murder One
as Patrick McQueen (uncredited)
(1984) Night Court
as Leo
(1977) The Betty White Show
as Hugo Muncy
(1995) JAG
as Jesse
(1992) California Dreams
as Coach Cotler
(1981) Hill Street Blues
as Commander #1
(1979) Hart to Hart
as Lester
(1977) Lou Grant
as Jerry Baldwin
(1977) Roots
as Fred Drake
(1975) Starsky & Hutch
as Arthur Cole
(1975) Starsky & Hutch
as Medical Examiner Delaney
(1975) Starsky & Hutch
as Detective Webster
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Mike Hartney
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Brad Kirtz
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Bill Garwood
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Jimmy Dorset
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Charlie Wicker
(1990) The Outsiders
as Tim's Boss
(1992) Renegade
as Zachary Quinn