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 his role in Halloween II (1981) and Halloween Kills (2021).
Known For
All Movies (41)
- Halloween Kills2021 · as Leigh Brackett
- Grizzly II: Revenge2020 · as Steve
- The Night She Came Home!!2013 · as Self
- Halloween: The Inside Story2010 · as Self
- Methodic2007 · as Chief Sperranza
- Sin-Jin Smyth2006 · as Sheriff Stoops
- Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest2003 · as Self / Leigh Brackett
- Critical Mass2001 · as Henderson
- Mach 22001 · as Harry Olson
- National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 11993 · as Interrogator
- Major League1989 · as Charlie Donovan
- Gleaming the Cube1989 · as Harvey McGill
- Big Bad Mama II1987 · as Stark
- Hunter's Blood1986 · as Woody
- Little House: Look Back to Yesterday1983 · as Zack Taylor
- Memorial Day1983 · as Jack Ruskin
- Honkytonk Man1982 · as Stubbs
- The Executioner's Song1982 · as Noall Wootton
- Death Wish II1982 · as Donald Kay
- Halloween II1981 · as Leigh Brackett
- Escape from New York1981 · as Secretary of State
- Borderline1980 · as Ski
- Friendly Fire1980 · as Tom Loomis
- The Fog1980 · as Dan O'Bannon
- The Onion Field1979 · as Chaplain
- A Force of One1979 · as Dr. Eppis
- Elvis1979 · as Sam Phillips
- Someone's Watching Me!1978 · as Gary Hunt
- Halloween1978 · as Brackett
- Gray Lady Down1978
- Coming Home1978 · as Pee Wee
- MacArthur1977 · as General Harding
- Our Town1977 · as Sam Craig
- Assault on Precinct 131976 · as Starker
- Vigilante Force1976 · as Perry Beal
- The Missiles of October1974 · as Press Photographer
- The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One1974 · as Arthur 'Doc' Barker
- Truck Turner1974 · as Drunk
- The Slams1973 · as Nicol (uncredited)
- Cool Breeze1972 · as Backstage Police Officer (uncredited)
- Stingy Jack— · as Sheriff Taggart - age 59
All TV Shows (49)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer1997 · as Coach Carl Marin
- Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher1996 · as Al Yaroker
- JAG1995 · as Jesse
- Murder One1995 · as Patrick McQueen
- Murder One1995 · as Patrick McQueen (uncredited)
- Sliders1995 · as Coach Almquist
- ER1994 · as Injured Civil-War Reenactor
- seaQuest DSV1993 · as Calvin Shelley
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman1993 · as Thaddeus Roarke
- Renegade1992 · as Zachary Quinn
- California Dreams1992 · as Coach Cotler
- The Outsiders1990 · as Tim's Boss
- Mancuso, F.B.I.1989
- Seinfeld1989 · as Gardner
- Freddy's Nightmares1988 · as Ben Ostroff
- China Beach1988 · as The General
- Aaron's Way1988
- Jake and the Fatman1987 · as Benny Kraus
- 21 Jump Street1987 · as Team Doctor
- Matlock1986 · as Tom Coyle
- Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Lt. Timothy Chance
- Airwolf1984 · as Joe Ganns
- Night Court1984 · as Leo
- Simon & Simon1981 · as Sergeant Lester
- Hill Street Blues1981 · as Captain Leder
- Hill Street Blues1981 · as Commander #1
- Hart to Hart1979 · as Lester
- Dallas1978 · as Bertram Pogue
- The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald1977 · as Michael Brandon
- Lou Grant1977 · as Jerry Baldwin
- The Betty White Show1977 · as Hugo Muncy
- Roots1977 · as Fred Drake
- Gibbsville1976 · as Wingfield
- The Tony Randall Show1976 · as Eddie Foxworth
- Charlie's Angels1976 · as Haller
- Alice1976
- The Bionic Woman1976
- Wonder Woman1975 · as Kurt
- Starsky & Hutch1975 · as Arthur Cole
- Starsky & Hutch1975 · as Medical Examiner Delaney
- Starsky & Hutch1975 · as Detective Webster
- Isis1975 · as Sam Niles
- The Six Million Dollar Man1974 · as Faler
- Barnaby Jones1973 · as Mike Hartney
- Barnaby Jones1973 · as Brad Kirtz
- Barnaby Jones1973 · as Bill Garwood
- Barnaby Jones1973 · as Jimmy Dorset
- Cannon1971
- The F.B.I.1965 · as Charlie Wicker