Charles Cyphers

Known for: Acting

Born: 1939-07-28 – 2024-08-04 (aged 85)

From: Niagara Falls, New York, USA

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).

Filmography (83)

MOVIE★ 6.4
Halloween Kills
2021
as Leigh Brackett
MOVIE★ 3.2
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
as Steve
MOVIE★ 9.6
The Night She Came Home!!
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Halloween: The Inside Story
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.1
Methodic
2007
as Chief Sperranza
MOVIE
Sin-Jin Smyth
2006
as Sheriff Stoops
MOVIE★ 6.7
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
as Self / Leigh Brackett
MOVIE★ 4.5
Critical Mass
2001
as Henderson
MOVIE★ 4.6
Mach 2
2001
as Harry Olson
TV★ 8.1
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
as Coach Carl Marin
TV★ 8.5
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
1996
as Al Yaroker
TV★ 7.3
JAG
1995
as Jesse
TV★ 7.7
Murder One
1995
as Patrick McQueen
TV★ 7.6
Sliders
1995
as Coach Almquist
TV★ 7.8
ER
1994
as Injured Civil-War Reenactor
TV★ 7.1
seaQuest DSV
1993
as Calvin Shelley
TV★ 6.9
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
as Thaddeus Roarke
MOVIE★ 6.1
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as Interrogator
TV★ 6.7
Renegade
1992
as Zachary Quinn
TV★ 6.8
California Dreams
1992
as Coach Cotler
TV★ 7.6
The Outsiders
1990
as Tim's Boss
TV★ 6.4
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
TV★ 8.3
Seinfeld
1989
as Gardner
MOVIE★ 6.9
Major League
1989
as Charlie Donovan
MOVIE★ 6.0
Gleaming the Cube
1989
as Harvey McGill
TV★ 7.2
Freddy's Nightmares
1988
as Ben Ostroff
TV★ 7.5
China Beach
1988
as The General
TV★ 7.0
Aaron's Way
1988
MOVIE★ 4.9
Big Bad Mama II
1987
as Stark
TV★ 6.2
Jake and the Fatman
1987
as Benny Kraus
TV★ 7.3
21 Jump Street
1987
as Team Doctor
MOVIE★ 5.6
Hunter's Blood
1986
as Woody
TV★ 7.1
Matlock
1986
as Tom Coyle
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Lt. Timothy Chance
TV★ 7.6
Airwolf
1984
as Joe Ganns
TV★ 7.3
Night Court
1984
as Leo
MOVIE★ 6.9
Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
1983
as Zack Taylor
MOVIE★ 6.0
Memorial Day
1983
as Jack Ruskin
MOVIE★ 6.4
Honkytonk Man
1982
as Stubbs
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Executioner's Song
1982
as Noall Wootton
MOVIE★ 6.3
Death Wish II
1982
as Donald Kay
TV★ 6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
as Sergeant Lester
MOVIE★ 6.6
Halloween II
1981
as Leigh Brackett
MOVIE★ 7.1
Escape from New York
1981
as Secretary of State
TV★ 7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
as Captain Leder
MOVIE★ 6.0
Borderline
1980
as Ski
MOVIE★ 7.5
Friendly Fire
1980
as Tom Loomis
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Fog
1980
as Dan O'Bannon
TV★ 6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
as Lester
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Onion Field
1979
as Chaplain
MOVIE★ 4.9
A Force of One
1979
as Dr. Eppis
MOVIE★ 6.8
Elvis
1979
as Sam Phillips
MOVIE★ 6.2
Someone's Watching Me!
1978
as Gary Hunt
MOVIE★ 7.6
Halloween
1978
as Brackett
TV★ 6.9
Dallas
1978
as Bertram Pogue
MOVIE★ 6.5
Gray Lady Down
1978
MOVIE★ 7.0
Coming Home
1978
as Pee Wee
TV★ 10.0
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977
as Michael Brandon
TV★ 7.3
Lou Grant
1977
as Jerry Baldwin
TV★ 6.5
The Betty White Show
1977
as Hugo Muncy
MOVIE★ 6.3
MacArthur
1977
as General Harding
MOVIE★ 9.5
Our Town
1977
as Sam Craig
TV★ 7.3
Roots
1977
as Fred Drake
TV★ 10.0
Gibbsville
1976
as Wingfield
MOVIE★ 7.3
Assault on Precinct 13
1976
as Starker
TV★ 6.4
The Tony Randall Show
1976
as Eddie Foxworth
TV★ 6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Haller
MOVIE★ 5.0
Vigilante Force
1976
as Perry Beal
TV★ 7.1
Alice
1976
TV★ 7.0
The Bionic Woman
1976
TV★ 7.0
Wonder Woman
1975
as Kurt
TV★ 7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Arthur Cole
TV★ 6.4
Isis
1975
as Sam Niles
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Missiles of October
1974
as Press Photographer
MOVIE★ 8.0
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974
as Arthur 'Doc' Barker
MOVIE★ 6.5
Truck Turner
1974
as Drunk
TV★ 7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Faler
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Slams
1973
as Nicol (uncredited)
TV★ 7.0
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Mike Hartney
MOVIE★ 5.1
Cool Breeze
1972
as Backstage Police Officer (uncredited)
TV★ 6.7
Cannon
1971
TV★ 5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
as Charlie Wicker
MOVIE
Stingy Jack
—
as Sheriff Taggart - age 59