Charles Cyphers

Jul 28, 1939 - Aug 04, 2024 (85 years old) in Niagara Falls, New York, USA

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.

Known For

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Seinfeld

Gardner

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Dallas

Bertram Pogue

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Coach Carl Marin

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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

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Murder, She Wrote

Lt. Timothy Chance

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Charlie's Angels

Haller

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The F.B.I.

Charlie Wicker

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Hill Street Blues

Captain Leder

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The Six Million Dollar Man

Faler

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JAG

Jesse

Credits

Stingy Jack Future

Sheriff Taggart - age 59

★ NR
Halloween Kills 2021

Leigh Brackett

★ 6.4
Grizzly II: Revenge 2020

Steve

★ 2.9
The Night She Came Home!! 2013

Self

★ 9.6
Halloween: The Inside Story 2010

Self

★ 7.4
Methodic 2007

Chief Sperranza

★ 4.7
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest 2003

Self / Leigh Brackett

★ 8
Critical Mass 2001

Henderson

★ 4
Mach 2 2001

Harry Olson

★ 4.7
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1997

Coach Carl Marin

★ 8.1
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher 1996

Al Yaroker

★ NR
JAG 1995

Jesse

★ 7.3
Murder One 1995

Patrick McQueen

★ 7.8
Sliders 1995

Coach Almquist

★ 7.6
ER 1994

Injured Civil-War Reenactor

★ 7.8
seaQuest DSV 1993

Calvin Shelley

★ 7
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 1993

★ 7
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 1993

Interrogator

★ 6
Renegade 1992

Zachary Quinn

★ 6.6
California Dreams 1992

Coach Cotler

★ 6.7
The Outsiders 1990

Tim's Boss

★ 7.3
Mancuso, F.B.I. 1989

★ 6
Seinfeld 1989

Gardner

★ 8.3
Major League 1989

Charlie Donovan

★ 6.9
Gleaming the Cube 1989

Harvey McGill

★ 6
Freddy's Nightmares 1988

Ben Ostroff

★ 7.2
China Beach 1988

The General

★ 7.4
Aaron's Way 1988

★ 5
Big Bad Mama II 1987

Stark

★ 4.7
Jake and the Fatman 1987

Benny Kraus

★ 6
21 Jump Street 1987

Team Doctor

★ 7.1
Hunter's Blood 1986

Woody

★ 5.5
Matlock 1986

Tom Coyle

★ 7.1
Murder, She Wrote 1984

Lt. Timothy Chance

★ 7.5
Airwolf 1984

Joe Ganns

★ 7.6
Night Court 1984

Leo

★ 7.3
Little House: Look Back to Yesterday 1983

Zack Taylor

★ 7.1
Memorial Day 1983

Jack Ruskin

★ 6.2
Honkytonk Man 1982

Stubbs

★ 6.4
The Executioner's Song 1982

Noall Wootton

★ 5.8
Death Wish II 1982

Donald Kay

★ 6.3
Simon & Simon 1981

Sergeant Lester

★ 6.7
Halloween II 1981

Sheriff Leigh Brackett

★ 6.6
Escape from New York 1981

Secretary of State

★ 7.1
Hill Street Blues 1981

Captain Leder

★ 7.6
Borderline 1980

Ski

★ 6
Friendly Fire 1980

Tom Loomis

★ 7.5
The Fog 1980

Dan O'Bannon

★ 6.7
Hart to Hart 1979

Lester

★ 6.8
The Onion Field 1979

Chaplain

★ 6.1
A Force of One 1979

Dr. Eppis

★ 4.8
Elvis 1979

Sam Phillips

★ 6.8
Someone's Watching Me! 1978

Gary Hunt

★ 6.2
Halloween 1978

Brackett

★ 7.6
Dallas 1978

Bertram Pogue

★ 6.8
Gray Lady Down 1978

★ 6.4
Coming Home 1978

Pee Wee

★ 7
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald 1977

Michael Brandon

★ 6.8
Lou Grant 1977

Jerry Baldwin

★ 7.3
The Betty White Show 1977

Hugo Muncy

★ 6.3
MacArthur 1977

General Harding

★ 6.3
Our Town 1977

Sam Craig

★ 9
Roots 1977

Fred Drake

★ 7.4
Gibbsville 1976

Wingfield

★ NR
Assault on Precinct 13 1976

Starker

★ 7.3
The Tony Randall Show 1976

Eddie Foxworth

★ 6.3
Charlie's Angels 1976

Haller

★ 6.7
Vigilante Force 1976

Perry Beal

★ 4.9
Alice 1976

★ 7
The Bionic Woman 1976

★ 7
Wonder Woman 1975

Kurt

★ 7
Starsky & Hutch 1975

Arthur Cole

★ 7.3
Isis 1975

Sam Niles

★ 6.5
The Missiles of October 1974

Press Photographer

★ 7.5
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One 1974

Arthur 'Doc' Barker

★ NR
Truck Turner 1974

Drunk

★ 6.5
The Six Million Dollar Man 1974

Faler

★ 7.2
The Slams 1973

Nicol (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Barnaby Jones 1973

Mike Hartney

★ 6.9
Cannon 1971

★ 6.5
The F.B.I. 1965

Charlie Wicker

★ 5.5

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