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).

Known For

ER

Diagnosis: Murder

Little House on the Prairie

The Wonder Years

Matlock

St. Elsewhere

Cool Hand Luke

The Longest Yard

All Movies (43)

• Motorama1991 · as Dying Man
• Enid Is Sleeping1990 · as Man at Indian Burial Site
• I'll Be Home for Christmas1988 · as Isaiah Cawley
• Pulse1988 · as Old Man
• Planes, Trains and Automobiles1987 · as Gus
• Best Seller1987 · as Harold, Cleve's father
• Hamburger: The Motion Picture1986 · as Lyman Vunk
• Deadly Messages1985 · as George Clark
• Evilspeak1981 · as Colonel Kincaid
• A Matter of Life and Death1981 · as Joy's Father
• Shadow of Fear1979
• The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel1979 · as Doug Slocomb
• Lassie: The New Beginning1978 · as Asa Bluel
• Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion1977 · as Lefty Slade
• Pete's Dragon1977 · as Merle
• The Outlaw Josey Wales1976 · as Zukie Limmer
• Family Plot1976 · as Wheeler
• Young Pioneers1976 · as Mr. Beaton
• The Greatest Gift1974 · as Amos Goodloe
• The Longest Yard1974 · as Unger
• Winter Kill1974 · as Charley Eastman
• The Midnight Man1974 · as Ewing
• The Stone Killer1973 · as Police Psychiatrist
• Emperor of the North1973 · as Cracker
• Bad Company1972
• Jeremiah Johnson1972 · as Robidoux
• Fuzz1972 · as Pete Schroeder
• The Cowboys1972 · as Stonemason
• Harold and Maude1971 · as Uncle Victor
• Sometimes a Great Notion1971 · as Les Gibbons
• Lawman1971 · as Minister
• Sarge: The Badge or the Cross1971 · as Hawley
• The Traveling Executioner1970 · as Virgil
• Monte Walsh1970 · as Doctor
• The Moonshine War1970 · as Mr. McClendon
• The Cheyenne Social Club1970 · as Charlie Bannister
• The Reivers1969 · as Edmonds
• Gaily, Gaily1969 · as Dr. Lazarus
• The Stalking Moon1968 · as Dace
• The Sound of Anger1968 · as Rudolph Evans
• Cool Hand Luke1967 · as Boss Higgins
• Fail Safe1964 · as Jet Fighter Pilot (voice) (uncredited)
• That Kind of Woman1959 · as Young Sharecropper Father (uncredited)

All TV Shows (10)

• ER1994 · as Barry Connelly
• Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Harry Clark
• The Wonder Years1988 · as Mr. Nestor
• Matlock1986 · as E.J. Metcalf
• St. Elsewhere1982 · as Christopher Samus Payne
• Cassie & Co.1982 · as Security Officer
• Father Murphy1981
• The Awakening Land1978 · as Reverend Hutchins
• Little House on the Prairie1974 · as Mr. Janes
• Kung Fu1972 · as Larraby