Acting

Charles Cyphers

Born 1939-07-28 · Niagara Falls, New York, USA

Died 2024-08-04

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).

Credits

Newest first

Halloween Kills
as Leigh Brackett
2021
Grizzly II: Revenge
as Steve
2020
The Night She Came Home!!
as Self
2013
Halloween: The Inside Story
as Self
2010
Methodic
as Chief Sperranza
2007
Sin-Jin Smyth
as Sheriff Stoops
2006
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
as Self / Leigh Brackett
2003
Critical Mass
as Henderson
2001
Mach 2
as Harry Olson
2001
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Coach Carl Marin
1997
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
as Al Yaroker
1996
JAG
as Jesse
1995
Murder One
as Patrick McQueen (uncredited)
1995
Murder One
as Patrick McQueen
1995
Sliders
as Coach Almquist
1995
ER
as Injured Civil-War Reenactor
1994
seaQuest DSV
as Calvin Shelley
1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Thaddeus Roarke
1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Interrogator
1993
Renegade
as Zachary Quinn
1992
California Dreams
as Coach Cotler
1992
The Outsiders
as Tim's Boss
1990
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
Seinfeld
as Gardner
1989
Major League
as Charlie Donovan
1989
Gleaming the Cube
as Harvey McGill
1989
Freddy's Nightmares
as Ben Ostroff
1988
China Beach
as The General
1988
Aaron's Way
1988
Big Bad Mama II
as Stark
1987
Jake and the Fatman
as Benny Kraus
1987
21 Jump Street
as Team Doctor
1987
Hunter's Blood
as Woody
1986
Matlock
as Tom Coyle
1986
Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Timothy Chance
1984
Airwolf
as Joe Ganns
1984
Night Court
as Leo
1984
Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
as Zack Taylor
1983
Memorial Day
as Jack Ruskin
1983
Honkytonk Man
as Stubbs
1982
The Executioner's Song
as Noall Wootton
1982
Death Wish II
as Donald Kay
1982
Simon & Simon
as Sergeant Lester
1981
Halloween II
as Sheriff Leigh Brackett
1981
Escape from New York
as Secretary of State
1981
Hill Street Blues
as Captain Leder
1981
Hill Street Blues
as Commander #1
1981
Borderline
as Ski
1980
Friendly Fire
as Tom Loomis
1980
The Fog
as Dan O'Bannon
1980
Hart to Hart
as Lester
1979
The Onion Field
as Chaplain
1979
A Force of One
as Dr. Eppis
1979
Elvis
as Sam Phillips
1979
Someone's Watching Me!
as Gary Hunt
1978
Halloween
as Brackett
1978
Dallas
as Bertram Pogue
1978
Gray Lady Down
1978
Coming Home
as Pee Wee
1978
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Michael Brandon
1977
Lou Grant
as Jerry Baldwin
1977
The Betty White Show
as Hugo Muncy
1977
MacArthur
as General Harding
1977
Our Town
as Sam Craig
1977
Roots
as Fred Drake
1977
Gibbsville
as Wingfield
1976
Assault on Precinct 13
as Starker
1976
The Tony Randall Show
as Eddie Foxworth
1976
Charlie's Angels
as Haller
1976
Vigilante Force
as Perry Beal
1976
Alice
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
Wonder Woman
as Kurt
1975
Starsky & Hutch
as Arthur Cole
1975
Starsky & Hutch
as Medical Examiner Delaney
1975
Starsky & Hutch
as Detective Webster
1975
Isis
as Sam Niles
1975
The Missiles of October
as Press Photographer
1974
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
as Arthur 'Doc' Barker
1974
Truck Turner
as Drunk
1974