
Charles Cyphers
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 28, 1939
- Died
- August 4, 2024 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Niagara Falls, New York, USA
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).
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Filmography

Stingy Jack
Movie · as Sheriff Taggart - age 59

Halloween Kills
Movie · as Leigh Brackett

Grizzly II: Revenge
Movie · as Steve

The Night She Came Home!!
Movie · as Self

Halloween: The Inside Story
Movie · as Self

Methodic
Movie · as Chief Sperranza
Sin-Jin Smyth
Movie · as Sheriff Stoops

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Movie · as Self / Leigh Brackett

Critical Mass
Movie · as Henderson

Mach 2
Movie · as Harry Olson

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TV · as Coach Carl Marin · 1 ep
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
TV · as Al Yaroker · 43 eps

Sliders
TV · as Coach Almquist · 1 ep

Murder One
TV · as Patrick McQueen, Patrick McQueen (uncredited) · 4 eps

JAG
TV · as Jesse · 1 ep

ER
TV · as Injured Civil-War Reenactor · 1 ep

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Movie · as Interrogator

seaQuest DSV
TV · as Calvin Shelley · 1 ep

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV · as Thaddeus Roarke · 1 ep

California Dreams
TV · as Coach Cotler · 1 ep

Renegade
TV · as Zachary Quinn · 1 ep

The Outsiders
TV · as Tim's Boss · 1 ep

Gleaming the Cube
Movie · as Harvey McGill

Major League
Movie · as Charlie Donovan

Seinfeld
TV · as Gardner · 1 ep

Mancuso, F.B.I.
TV · 1 ep

China Beach
TV · as The General · 1 ep
Aaron's Way
TV · 1 ep

Freddy's Nightmares
TV · as Ben Ostroff · 1 ep

Big Bad Mama II
Movie · as Stark

21 Jump Street
TV · as Team Doctor · 1 ep

Jake and the Fatman
TV · as Benny Kraus · 1 ep

Hunter's Blood
Movie · as Woody

Matlock
TV · as Tom Coyle · 1 ep

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Lt. Timothy Chance · 1 ep

Airwolf
TV · as Joe Ganns · 1 ep

Night Court
TV · as Leo · 1 ep
Memorial Day
Movie · as Jack Ruskin

Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
Movie · as Zack Taylor

Death Wish II
Movie · as Donald Kay

Honkytonk Man
Movie · as Stubbs

The Executioner's Song
Movie · as Noall Wootton

Escape from New York
Movie · as Secretary of State

Halloween II
Movie · as Sheriff Leigh Brackett

Simon & Simon
TV · as Sergeant Lester · 1 ep

Hill Street Blues
TV · as Captain Leder, Commander #1 · 2 eps

The Fog
Movie · as Dan O'Bannon

Borderline
Movie · as Ski

Friendly Fire
Movie · as Tom Loomis

A Force of One
Movie · as Dr. Eppis

Elvis
Movie · as Sam Phillips

The Onion Field
Movie · as Chaplain

Hart to Hart
TV · as Lester · 1 ep

Halloween
Movie · as Brackett

Someone's Watching Me!
Movie · as Gary Hunt

Coming Home
Movie · as Pee Wee

Gray Lady Down
Movie

Dallas
TV · as Bertram Pogue · 2 eps

Our Town
Movie · as Sam Craig

MacArthur
Movie · as General Harding

The Betty White Show
TV · as Hugo Muncy · 14 eps

Lou Grant
TV · as Jerry Baldwin · 1 ep

Roots
TV · as Fred Drake · 1 ep

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
TV · as Michael Brandon · 2 eps

Vigilante Force
Movie · as Perry Beal

Assault on Precinct 13
Movie · as Starker

Alice
TV · 1 ep

The Bionic Woman
TV · 1 ep

Charlie's Angels
TV · as Haller · 1 ep

The Tony Randall Show
TV · as Eddie Foxworth · 1 ep

Gibbsville
TV · as Wingfield · 1 ep

Wonder Woman
TV · as Kurt · 1 ep

Isis
TV · as Sam Niles · 1 ep

Starsky & Hutch
TV · as Arthur Cole, Medical Examiner Delaney, Detective Webster · 1 ep

The Missiles of October
Movie · as Press Photographer

Truck Turner
Movie · as Drunk

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Movie · as Arthur 'Doc' Barker

The Six Million Dollar Man
TV · as Faler · 3 eps

The Slams
Movie · as Nicol (uncredited)

Barnaby Jones
TV · as Mike Hartney, Brad Kirtz, Bill Garwood, Jimmy Dorset · 1 ep

Cool Breeze
Movie · as Backstage Police Officer (uncredited)

Cannon
TV · 2 eps

The F.B.I.
TV · as Charlie Wicker · 1 ep


