Charles Tyner

Known for: Acting

Born: 1923-06-08 – 2017-11-08 (aged 94)

From: Danville, Virginia, USA

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).

Filmography (53)

TV★ 7.8
ER
1994
as Barry Connelly
TV★ 7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Harry Clark
MOVIE★ 6.5
Motorama
1991
as Dying Man
MOVIE★ 4.9
Enid Is Sleeping
1990
as Man at Indian Burial Site
MOVIE★ 7.0
I'll Be Home for Christmas
1988
as Isaiah Cawley
MOVIE★ 5.2
Pulse
1988
as Old Man
TV★ 8.3
The Wonder Years
1988
as Mr. Nestor
MOVIE★ 7.3
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
as Gus
MOVIE★ 6.0
Best Seller
1987
as Harold, Cleve's father
TV★ 7.1
Matlock
1986
as E.J. Metcalf
MOVIE★ 4.6
Hamburger: The Motion Picture
1986
as Lyman Vunk
MOVIE★ 5.8
Deadly Messages
1985
as George Clark
TV★ 5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Christopher Samus Payne
TV★ 5.3
Cassie & Co.
1982
as Security Officer
TV★ 8.1
Father Murphy
1981
MOVIE★ 5.3
Evilspeak
1981
as Colonel Kincaid
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Matter of Life and Death
1981
as Joy's Father
MOVIE
Shadow of Fear
1979
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
1979
as Doug Slocomb
MOVIE★ 5.5
Lassie: The New Beginning
1978
as Asa Bluel
TV★ 7.5
The Awakening Land
1978
as Reverend Hutchins
MOVIE★ 7.0
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977
as Lefty Slade
MOVIE★ 6.3
Pete's Dragon
1977
as Merle
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976
as Zukie Limmer
MOVIE★ 6.8
Family Plot
1976
as Wheeler
MOVIE★ 7.1
Young Pioneers
1976
as Mr. Beaton
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Greatest Gift
1974
as Amos Goodloe
TV★ 7.9
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Mr. Janes
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Longest Yard
1974
as Unger
MOVIE★ 7.2
Winter Kill
1974
as Charley Eastman
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Midnight Man
1974
as Ewing
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Stone Killer
1973
as Police Psychiatrist
MOVIE★ 6.8
Emperor of the North
1973
as Cracker
TV★ 7.7
Kung Fu
1972
as Larraby
MOVIE★ 6.4
Bad Company
1972
MOVIE★ 7.3
Jeremiah Johnson
1972
as Robidoux
MOVIE★ 5.5
Fuzz
1972
as Pete Schroeder
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Cowboys
1972
as Stonemason
MOVIE★ 7.6
Harold and Maude
1971
as Uncle Victor
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sometimes a Great Notion
1971
as Les Gibbons
MOVIE★ 6.5
Lawman
1971
as Minister
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
1971
as Hawley
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Traveling Executioner
1970
as Virgil
MOVIE★ 6.3
Monte Walsh
1970
as Doctor
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Moonshine War
1970
as Mr. McClendon
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970
as Charlie Bannister
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Reivers
1969
as Edmonds
MOVIE★ 4.3
Gaily, Gaily
1969
as Dr. Lazarus
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Stalking Moon
1968
as Dace
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Sound of Anger
1968
as Rudolph Evans
MOVIE★ 7.7
Cool Hand Luke
1967
as Boss Higgins
MOVIE★ 7.8
Fail Safe
1964
as Jet Fighter Pilot (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.2
That Kind of Woman
1959
as Young Sharecropper Father (uncredited)