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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 28, 1939
Died
August 4, 2024
Place of Birth
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Charles Cyphers
1.4 Popularity
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
6.4
Leigh Brackett
Halloween Kills
2021
2.9
Steve
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
9.6
Self
The Night She Came Home!!
2013
7.3
Self
Halloween: The Inside Story
2010
4.1
Chief Sperranza
Methodic
2007
8.0
Self / Leigh Brackett
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
4.3
Henderson
Critical Mass
2001
4.1
Harry Olson
Mach 2
2001
8.1
Coach Carl Marin
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
🎬
0.0
Al Yaroker
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
1996
Credits
Halloween Kills
as Leigh Brackett
2021
6.4
Grizzly II: Revenge
as Steve
2020
2.9
The Night She Came Home!!
as Self
2013
9.6
Halloween: The Inside Story
as Self
2010
7.3
Methodic
as Chief Sperranza
2007
4.1
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
as Self / Leigh Brackett
2003
8.0
Critical Mass
as Henderson
2001
4.3
Mach 2
as Harry Olson
2001
4.1
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Coach Carl Marin
1997
8.1
🎬
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
as Al Yaroker
1996
0.0
JAG
as Jesse
1995
7.3
Murder One
as Patrick McQueen
1995
7.8
Murder One
as Patrick McQueen (uncredited)
1995
7.8
Sliders
as Coach Almquist
1995
7.6
ER
as Injured Civil-War Reenactor
1994
7.8
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Thaddeus Roarke
1993
6.9
seaQuest DSV
as Calvin Shelley
1993
7.0
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Interrogator
1993
6.0
Renegade
as Zachary Quinn
1992
6.7
California Dreams
as Coach Cotler
1992
6.8
The Outsiders
as Tim's Boss
1990
7.7
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
6.0
Seinfeld
as Gardner
1989
8.3
Major League
as Charlie Donovan
1989
6.9
Gleaming the Cube
as Harvey McGill
1989
6.0
Freddy's Nightmares
as Ben Ostroff
1988
7.2
China Beach
as The General
1988
7.4
🎬
Aaron's Way
1988
5.0
Big Bad Mama II
as Stark
1987
4.7
Jake and the Fatman
as Benny Kraus
1987
6.2
21 Jump Street
as Team Doctor
1987
7.2
Hunter's Blood
as Woody
1986
5.5
Matlock
as Tom Coyle
1986
7.1
Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Timothy Chance
1984
7.5
Airwolf
as Joe Ganns
1984
7.6
Night Court
as Leo
1984
7.3
Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
as Zack Taylor
1983
6.8
🎬
Memorial Day
as Jack Ruskin
1983
5.3
Honkytonk Man
as Stubbs
1982
6.4
The Executioner's Song
as Noall Wootton
1982
5.7
Death Wish II
as Donald Kay
1982
6.2
Simon & Simon
as Sergeant Lester
1981
6.7
Halloween II
as Sheriff Leigh Brackett
1981
6.6
Escape from New York
as Secretary of State
1981
7.1
Hill Street Blues
as Captain Leder
1981
7.6
Hill Street Blues
as Commander #1
1981
7.6
Borderline
as Ski
1980
6.0
Friendly Fire
as Tom Loomis
1980
7.5
The Fog
as Dan O'Bannon
1980
6.7
Hart to Hart
as Lester
1979
6.9
The Onion Field
as Chaplain
1979
6.0
A Force of One
as Dr. Eppis
1979
4.8
Elvis
as Sam Phillips
1979
6.8
Someone's Watching Me!
as Gary Hunt
1978
6.2
Halloween
as Brackett
1978
7.6
Dallas
as Bertram Pogue
1978
6.8
Gray Lady Down
1978
6.4
Coming Home
as Pee Wee
1978
7.0
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Michael Brandon
1977
0.0
Lou Grant
as Jerry Baldwin
1977
7.3
🎬
The Betty White Show
as Hugo Muncy
1977
6.3
MacArthur
as General Harding
1977
6.3
Our Town
as Sam Craig
1977
9.0
Roots
as Fred Drake
1977
7.4
Gibbsville
as Wingfield
1976
0.0
Assault on Precinct 13
as Starker
1976
7.3
The Tony Randall Show
as Eddie Foxworth
1976
6.2
Charlie's Angels
as Haller
1976
6.7
Vigilante Force
as Perry Beal
1976
4.7
Alice
1976
7.1
The Bionic Woman
1976
6.9
Wonder Woman
as Kurt
1975
7.0
Starsky & Hutch
as Arthur Cole
1975
7.3
Starsky & Hutch
as Medical Examiner Delaney
1975
7.3
Starsky & Hutch
as Detective Webster
1975
7.3
Isis
as Sam Niles
1975
6.3
The Missiles of October
as Press Photographer
1974
7.5
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
as Arthur 'Doc' Barker
1974
0.0
Truck Turner
as Drunk
1974
6.4
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Faler
1974
7.3
The Slams
as Nicol (uncredited)
1973
6.4
Barnaby Jones
as Mike Hartney
1973
6.9
Barnaby Jones
as Jimmy Dorset
1973
6.9
Barnaby Jones
as Brad Kirtz
1973
6.9
Barnaby Jones
as Bill Garwood
1973
6.9
Cannon
1971
6.6
The F.B.I.
as Charlie Wicker
1965
5.4
Stingy Jack
as Sheriff Taggart - age 59
N/A
0.0