Charles Cyphers
Acting • Born 1939-07-28 – Died 2024-08-04
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.
Filmography
89 credits
Halloween
Movie • 1978
Brackett
Escape from New York
Movie • 1981
Secretary of State
Gleaming the Cube
Movie • 1989
Harvey McGill
The Fog
Movie • 1980
Dan O'Bannon
A Force of One
Movie • 1979
Dr. Eppis
Halloween II
Movie • 1981
Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Someone's Watching Me!
Movie • 1978
Gary Hunt
Borderline
Movie • 1980
Ski
Vigilante Force
Movie • 1976
Perry Beal
Our Town
Movie • 1977
Sam Craig
Elvis
Movie • 1979
Sam Phillips
Methodic
Movie • 2007
Chief Sperranza
The Slams
Movie • 1973
Nicol (uncredited)
Assault on Precinct 13
Movie • 1976
Starker
The Onion Field
Movie • 1979
Chaplain
The Missiles of October
Movie • 1974
Press Photographer
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Movie • 2003
Self / Leigh Brackett
Critical Mass
Movie • 2001
Henderson
MacArthur
Movie • 1977
General Harding
Grizzly II: Revenge
Movie • 2020
Steve
The Night She Came Home!!
Movie • 2013
Self
Death Wish II
Movie • 1982
Donald Kay
Truck Turner
Movie • 1974
Drunk
Honkytonk Man
Movie • 1982
Stubbs
Major League
Movie • 1989
Charlie Donovan
Mach 2
Movie • 2001
Harry Olson
Hunter's Blood
Movie • 1986
Woody
Memorial Day
Movie • 1983
Jack Ruskin
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Movie • 1993
Interrogator
Coming Home
Movie • 1978
Pee Wee
Stingy Jack
Movie
Sheriff Taggart - age 59
Big Bad Mama II
Movie • 1987
Stark
Halloween Kills
Movie • 2021
Leigh Brackett
Friendly Fire
Movie • 1980
Tom Loomis
Gray Lady Down
Movie • 1978
Halloween: The Inside Story
Movie • 2010
Self
The Executioner's Song
Movie • 1982
Noall Wootton
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Movie • 1974
Arthur 'Doc' Barker
Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
Movie • 1983
Zack Taylor
Sin-Jin Smyth
Movie • 2006
Sheriff Stoops
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Lt. Timothy Chance
Alice
TV • 1976
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Gardner
21 Jump Street
TV • 1987
Team Doctor
Sliders
TV • 1995
Coach Almquist
The Bionic Woman
TV • 1976
Matlock
TV • 1986
Tom Coyle
seaQuest DSV
TV • 1993
Calvin Shelley
China Beach
TV • 1988
The General
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
Sergeant Lester
Airwolf
TV • 1984
Joe Ganns
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Haller
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Captain Leder
Mancuso, F.B.I.
TV • 1989
Wonder Woman
TV • 1975
Kurt
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV • 1993
Thaddeus Roarke
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
Benny Kraus
Cannon
TV • 1971
Dallas
TV • 1978
Bertram Pogue
ER
TV • 1994
Injured Civil-War Reenactor
Aaron's Way
TV • 1988
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
TV • 1996
Al Yaroker
The Tony Randall Show
TV • 1976
Eddie Foxworth
Gibbsville
TV • 1976
Wingfield
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TV • 1997
Coach Carl Marin
Isis
TV • 1975
Sam Niles
Freddy's Nightmares
TV • 1988
Ben Ostroff
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Faler
Murder One
TV • 1995
Patrick McQueen
Murder One
TV • 1995
Patrick McQueen (uncredited)
Night Court
TV • 1984
Leo
The Betty White Show
TV • 1977
Hugo Muncy
JAG
TV • 1995
Jesse
California Dreams
TV • 1992
Coach Cotler
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Commander #1
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Lester
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Jerry Baldwin
Roots
TV • 1977
Fred Drake
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Arthur Cole
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Medical Examiner Delaney
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Detective Webster
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Mike Hartney
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Brad Kirtz
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Bill Garwood
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Jimmy Dorset
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Charlie Wicker
The Outsiders
TV • 1990
Tim's Boss
Renegade
TV • 1992
Zachary Quinn
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
TV • 1977
Michael Brandon