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.
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Known For
Acting History
2021
Halloween Kills as Leigh Brackett
2020Grizzly II: Revenge as Steve
2013The Night She Came Home!! as Self
2010Halloween: The Inside Story as Self
2007Methodic as Chief Sperranza
2003Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest as Self / Leigh Brackett
2001Critical Mass as Henderson
2001Mach 2 as Harry Olson
1997Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Coach Carl Marin
1996Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher as Al Yaroker
1995JAG as Jesse
1995Murder One as Patrick McQueen
1995Murder One as Patrick McQueen (uncredited)
1995Sliders as Coach Almquist
1994ER as Injured Civil-War Reenactor
1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Thaddeus Roarke
1993seaQuest DSV as Calvin Shelley
1993National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 as Interrogator
1992Renegade as Zachary Quinn
1992California Dreams as Coach Cotler
1990The Outsiders as Tim's Boss
1989Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989Seinfeld as Gardner
1989Major League as Charlie Donovan
1989Gleaming the Cube as Harvey McGill
1988Freddy's Nightmares as Ben Ostroff
1988China Beach as The General
1988Aaron's Way
1987Big Bad Mama II as Stark
1987Jake and the Fatman as Benny Kraus
198721 Jump Street as Team Doctor
1986Hunter's Blood as Woody
1986Matlock as Tom Coyle
1984Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Timothy Chance
1984Airwolf as Joe Ganns
1984Night Court as Leo
1983Little House: Look Back to Yesterday as Zack Taylor
1983Memorial Day as Jack Ruskin
1982Honkytonk Man as Stubbs
1982The Executioner's Song as Noall Wootton
1982Death Wish II as Donald Kay
1981Simon & Simon as Sergeant Lester
1981Halloween II as Sheriff Leigh Brackett
1981Escape from New York as Secretary of State
1981Hill Street Blues as Captain Leder
1981Hill Street Blues as Commander #1
1980Borderline as Ski
1980Friendly Fire as Tom Loomis
1980The Fog as Dan O'Bannon
1979Hart to Hart as Lester
1979The Onion Field as Chaplain
1979A Force of One as Dr. Eppis
1979Elvis as Sam Phillips
1978Someone's Watching Me! as Gary Hunt
1978Halloween as Brackett
1978Dallas as Bertram Pogue
1978Gray Lady Down
1978Coming Home as Pee Wee
1977The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald as Michael Brandon
1977Lou Grant as Jerry Baldwin
1977The Betty White Show as Hugo Muncy
1977MacArthur as General Harding
1977Our Town as Sam Craig
1977Roots as Fred Drake
1976Gibbsville as Wingfield
1976Assault on Precinct 13 as Starker
1976The Tony Randall Show as Eddie Foxworth
1976Charlie's Angels as Haller
1976Vigilante Force as Perry Beal
1976Alice
1976The Bionic Woman
1975Wonder Woman as Kurt
1975Starsky & Hutch as Arthur Cole
1975Starsky & Hutch as Medical Examiner Delaney
1975Starsky & Hutch as Detective Webster
1975Isis as Sam Niles
1974The Missiles of October as Press Photographer
1974The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One as Arthur 'Doc' Barker
1974Truck Turner as Drunk
1974The Six Million Dollar Man as Faler
1973The Slams as Nicol (uncredited)
1973Barnaby Jones as Mike Hartney
1973Barnaby Jones as Brad Kirtz
1973Barnaby Jones as Bill Garwood
1973Barnaby Jones as Jimmy Dorset
1971Cannon
1965The F.B.I. as Charlie Wicker
—Stingy Jack as Sheriff Taggart - age 59