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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 8, 1925
Died
November 8, 2017
Place of Birth
Danville, Virginia, USA
Charles Tyner
1.3 Popularity
Biography
Charles Tyner (June 8, 1923 – November 8, 2017) was an American film, television and stage character actor best known, principally, for his performances in the films Harold and Maude (1971), Emperor of the North Pole (1973), The Stone Killer (1973), The Longest Yard (1974), Evilspeak (1982), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) and Pulse (1988).
Known For
7.8
Barry Connelly
ER
1994
7.1
Harry Clark
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
6.5
Dying Man
Motorama
1991
4.7
Man at Indian Burial Site
Enid Is Sleeping
1990
6.3
Isaiah Cawley
I'll Be Home for Christmas
1988
5.2
Old Man
Pulse
1988
8.3
Mr. Nestor
The Wonder Years
1988
7.3
Gus
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
5.9
Harold, Cleve's father
Best Seller
1987
7.1
E.J. Metcalf
Matlock
1986
Credits
ER
as Barry Connelly
1994
7.8
Diagnosis: Murder
as Harry Clark
1993
7.1
Motorama
as Dying Man
1991
6.5
Enid Is Sleeping
as Man at Indian Burial Site
1990
4.7
I'll Be Home for Christmas
as Isaiah Cawley
1988
6.3
Pulse
as Old Man
1988
5.2
The Wonder Years
as Mr. Nestor
1988
8.3
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
as Gus
1987
7.3
Best Seller
as Harold, Cleve's father
1987
5.9
Matlock
as E.J. Metcalf
1986
7.1
Hamburger: The Motion Picture
as Lyman Vunk
1986
4.3
Deadly Messages
as George Clark
1985
5.4
St. Elsewhere
as Christopher Samus Payne
1982
5.6
Father Murphy
1981
8.0
Evilspeak
as Colonel Kincaid
1981
5.3
A Matter of Life and Death
as Joy's Father
1981
0.0
Shadow of Fear
1979
0.0
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
as Doug Slocomb
1979
6.0
Lassie: The New Beginning
as Asa Bluel
1978
4.8
The Awakening Land
as Reverend Hutchins
1978
7.2
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
as Lefty Slade
1977
7.0
Pete's Dragon
as Merle
1977
6.3
The Outlaw Josey Wales
as Zukie Limmer
1976
7.4
Family Plot
as Wheeler
1976
6.8
Young Pioneers
as Mr. Beaton
1976
7.1
The Greatest Gift
as Amos Goodloe
1974
2.0
Little House on the Prairie
as Mr. Janes
1974
7.9
The Longest Yard
as Unger
1974
6.7
Winter Kill
as Charley Eastman
1974
7.2
The Midnight Man
as Ewing
1974
5.5
The Stone Killer
as Police Psychiatrist
1973
6.2
Emperor of the North
as Cracker
1973
6.7
Kung Fu
as Larraby
1972
7.7
Bad Company
1972
6.4
Jeremiah Johnson
as Robidoux
1972
7.3
Fuzz
as Pete Schroeder
1972
5.4
The Cowboys
as Stonemason
1972
7.1
Harold and Maude
as Uncle Victor
1971
7.6
Sometimes a Great Notion
as Les Gibbons
1971
7.0
Lawman
as Minister
1971
6.5
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
as Hawley
1971
0.0
The Traveling Executioner
as Virgil
1970
5.5
Monte Walsh
as Doctor
1970
6.2
The Moonshine War
as Mr. McClendon
1970
5.5
The Cheyenne Social Club
as Charlie Bannister
1970
6.3
The Reivers
as Edmonds
1969
6.3
Gaily, Gaily
as Dr. Lazarus
1969
3.7
The Stalking Moon
as Dace
1968
5.9
The Sound of Anger
as Rudolph Evans
1968
0.0
Cool Hand Luke
as Boss Higgins
1967
7.7
Fail Safe
as Jet Fighter Pilot (voice) (uncredited)
1964
7.8
That Kind of Woman
as Young Sharecropper Father (uncredited)
1959
5.9