Charles Tyner
Biography
Charles Tyner (June 8, 1923 – November 8, 2017) was an American film, television and stage character actor best known, principally, for his performances in the films Harold and Maude (1971), Emperor of the North Pole (1973), The Stone Killer (1973), The Longest Yard (1974), Evilspeak (1982), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) and Pulse (1988).
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Known For
Acting History
1994
ER as Barry Connelly
1993Diagnosis: Murder as Harry Clark
1991Motorama as Dying Man
1990Enid Is Sleeping as Man at Indian Burial Site
1988I'll Be Home for Christmas as Isaiah Cawley
1988Pulse as Old Man
1988The Wonder Years as Mr. Nestor
1987Planes, Trains and Automobiles as Gus
1987Best Seller as Harold, Cleve's father
1986Matlock as E.J. Metcalf
1986Hamburger: The Motion Picture as Lyman Vunk
1985Deadly Messages as George Clark
1982St. Elsewhere as Christopher Samus Payne
1981Father Murphy
1981Evilspeak as Colonel Kincaid
1981A Matter of Life and Death as Joy's Father
1979Shadow of Fear
1979The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel as Doug Slocomb
1978Lassie: The New Beginning as Asa Bluel
1978The Awakening Land as Reverend Hutchins
1977Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion as Lefty Slade
1977Pete's Dragon as Merle
1976The Outlaw Josey Wales as Zukie Limmer
1976Family Plot as Wheeler
1976Young Pioneers as Mr. Beaton
1974The Greatest Gift as Amos Goodloe
1974Little House on the Prairie as Mr. Janes
1974The Longest Yard as Unger
1974Winter Kill as Charley Eastman
1974The Midnight Man as Ewing
1973The Stone Killer as Police Psychiatrist
1973Emperor of the North as Cracker
1972Kung Fu as Larraby
1972Bad Company
1972Jeremiah Johnson as Robidoux
1972Fuzz as Pete Schroeder
1972The Cowboys as Stonemason
1971Harold and Maude as Uncle Victor
1971Sometimes a Great Notion as Les Gibbons
1971Lawman as Minister
1971Sarge: The Badge or the Cross as Hawley
1970The Traveling Executioner as Virgil
1970Monte Walsh as Doctor
1970The Moonshine War as Mr. McClendon
1970The Cheyenne Social Club as Charlie Bannister
1969The Reivers as Edmonds
1969Gaily, Gaily as Dr. Lazarus
1968The Stalking Moon as Dace
1968The Sound of Anger as Rudolph Evans
1967Cool Hand Luke as Boss Higgins
1964Fail Safe as Jet Fighter Pilot (voice) (uncredited)
1959That Kind of Woman as Young Sharecropper Father (uncredited)