
Charles Cyphers
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 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
Filmography

Halloween Kills
2021
as Leigh Brackett

Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
as Steve

The Night She Came Home!!
2013
as Self

Halloween: The Inside Story
2010
as Self

Methodic
2007
as Chief Sperranza
Sin-Jin Smyth
2006
as Sheriff Stoops

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
as Self / Leigh Brackett

Critical Mass
2001
as Henderson

Mach 2
2001
as Harry Olson

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
as Coach Carl Marin
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
1996
as Al Yaroker

Sliders
1995
as Coach Almquist

Murder One
1995
as Patrick McQueen

Murder One
1995
as Patrick McQueen (uncredited)

JAG
1995
as Jesse

ER
1994
as Injured Civil-War Reenactor

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as Interrogator

seaQuest DSV
1993
as Calvin Shelley

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
as Thaddeus Roarke

California Dreams
1992
as Coach Cotler

Renegade
1992
as Zachary Quinn

The Outsiders
1990
as Tim's Boss

Gleaming the Cube
1989
as Harvey McGill

Major League
1989
as Charlie Donovan

Seinfeld
1989
as Gardner

Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989

China Beach
1988
as The General
Aaron's Way
1988

Freddy's Nightmares
1988
as Ben Ostroff

Big Bad Mama II
1987
as Stark

21 Jump Street
1987
as Team Doctor

Jake and the Fatman
1987
as Benny Kraus

Hunter's Blood
1986
as Woody

Matlock
1986
as Tom Coyle

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Lt. Timothy Chance

Airwolf
1984
as Joe Ganns

Night Court
1984
as Leo
Memorial Day
1983
as Jack Ruskin

Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
1983
as Zack Taylor

Death Wish II
1982
as Donald Kay

Honkytonk Man
1982
as Stubbs

The Executioner's Song
1982
as Noall Wootton

Escape from New York
1981
as Secretary of State

Halloween II
1981
as Sheriff Leigh Brackett

Simon & Simon
1981
as Sergeant Lester

Hill Street Blues
1981
as Captain Leder

Hill Street Blues
1981
as Commander #1

The Fog
1980
as Dan O'Bannon

Borderline
1980
as Ski

Friendly Fire
1980
as Tom Loomis

A Force of One
1979
as Dr. Eppis

Elvis
1979
as Sam Phillips

The Onion Field
1979
as Chaplain

Hart to Hart
1979
as Lester

Halloween
1978
as Brackett

Someone's Watching Me!
1978
as Gary Hunt

Coming Home
1978
as Pee Wee

Gray Lady Down
1978

Dallas
1978
as Bertram Pogue

Our Town
1977
as Sam Craig

MacArthur
1977
as General Harding
The Betty White Show
1977
as Hugo Muncy

Lou Grant
1977
as Jerry Baldwin

Roots
1977
as Fred Drake

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977
as Michael Brandon

Vigilante Force
1976
as Perry Beal

Assault on Precinct 13
1976
as Starker

Alice
1976

The Bionic Woman
1976

Charlie's Angels
1976
as Haller

The Tony Randall Show
1976
as Eddie Foxworth

Gibbsville
1976
as Wingfield

Wonder Woman
1975
as Kurt

Isis
1975
as Sam Niles

Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Arthur Cole

Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Medical Examiner Delaney

Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Detective Webster

The Missiles of October
1974
as Press Photographer

Truck Turner
1974
as Drunk

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974
as Arthur 'Doc' Barker

The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Faler

The Slams
1973
as Nicol (uncredited)

Barnaby Jones
1973
as Mike Hartney

Barnaby Jones
1973
as Brad Kirtz

Barnaby Jones
1973
as Bill Garwood

Barnaby Jones
1973
as Jimmy Dorset

Cannon
1971

The F.B.I.
1965
as Charlie Wicker