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Charles Cyphers

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: Acting

Born: Niagara Falls, New York, USA, 1939-07-28

Died: 2024-08-04

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1973	The Slams	Nicol (uncredited)	62
2	1974	Truck Turner	Drunk	65
3	1974	The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One	Arthur 'Doc' Barker	0
4	1974	The Missiles of October	Press Photographer	75
5	1976	Vigilante Force	Perry Beal	49
6	1976	Assault on Precinct 13	Starker	73
7	1977	Our Town	Sam Craig	90
8	1977	MacArthur	General Harding	63
9	1977	The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald	Michael Brandon	68
10	1978	Coming Home	Pee Wee	70
11	1978	Gray Lady Down		64
12	1978	Halloween	Brackett	76
13	1978	Someone's Watching Me!	Gary Hunt	62
14	1979	Elvis	Sam Phillips	68
15	1979	A Force of One	Dr. Eppis	48
16	1979	The Onion Field	Chaplain	60
17	1980	The Fog	Dan O'Bannon	67
18	1980	Friendly Fire	Tom Loomis	75
19	1980	Borderline	Ski	58
20	1981	Escape from New York	Secretary of State	71
21	1981	Halloween II	Sheriff Leigh Brackett	66
22	1982	Death Wish II	Donald Kay	62
23	1982	The Executioner's Song	Noall Wootton	58
24	1982	Honkytonk Man	Stubbs	64
25	1983	Memorial Day	Jack Ruskin	53
26	1983	Little House: Look Back to Yesterday	Zack Taylor	71
27	1986	Hunter's Blood	Woody	55
28	1987	Big Bad Mama II	Stark	47
29	1989	Gleaming the Cube	Harvey McGill	60
30	1989	Major League	Charlie Donovan	69
31	1993	National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1	Interrogator	61
32	2001	Mach 2	Harry Olson	41
33	2001	Critical Mass	Henderson	40
34	2003	Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest	Self / Leigh Brackett	80
35	2007	Methodic	Chief Sperranza	44
36	2010	Halloween: The Inside Story	Self	74
37	2013	The Night She Came Home!!	Self	96
38	2020	Grizzly II: Revenge	Steve	29
39		Stingy Jack	Sheriff Taggart - age 59	0
40	2021	Halloween Kills	Leigh Brackett	64

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	The F.B.I.	Charlie Wicker	55
2	1971	Cannon		65
3	1973	Barnaby Jones	Mike Hartney	69
4	1973	Barnaby Jones	Jimmy Dorset	69
5	1973	Barnaby Jones	Brad Kirtz	69
6	1973	Barnaby Jones	Bill Garwood	69
7	1974	The Six Million Dollar Man	Faler	73
8	1975	Isis	Sam Niles	65
9	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Arthur Cole	73
10	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Medical Examiner Delaney	73
11	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Detective Webster	73
12	1975	Wonder Woman	Kurt	70
13	1976	The Bionic Woman		70
14	1976	Alice		71
15	1976	Charlie's Angels	Haller	67
16	1976	The Tony Randall Show	Eddie Foxworth	63
17	1976	Gibbsville	Wingfield	0
18	1977	Roots	Fred Drake	74
19	1977	The Betty White Show	Hugo Muncy	63
20	1977	Lou Grant	Jerry Baldwin	73
21	1978	Dallas	Bertram Pogue	69
22	1979	Hart to Hart	Lester	68
23	1981	Hill Street Blues	Captain Leder	76
24	1981	Hill Street Blues	Commander #1	76
25	1981	Simon & Simon	Sergeant Lester	67
26	1984	Night Court	Leo	74
27	1984	Airwolf	Joe Ganns	76
28	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Lt. Timothy Chance	75
29	1986	Matlock	Tom Coyle	71
30	1987	21 Jump Street	Team Doctor	72
31	1987	Jake and the Fatman	Benny Kraus	60
32	1988	Aaron's Way		50
33	1988	China Beach	The General	74
34	1988	Freddy's Nightmares	Ben Ostroff	72
35	1989	Seinfeld	Gardner	83
36	1989	Mancuso, F.B.I.		60
37	1990	The Outsiders	Tim's Boss	73
38	1992	California Dreams	Coach Cotler	68
39	1992	Renegade	Zachary Quinn	67
40	1993	seaQuest DSV	Calvin Shelley	70
41	1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman		70
42	1994	ER	Injured Civil-War Reenactor	78
43	1995	Sliders	Coach Almquist	76
44	1995	Murder One	Patrick McQueen	78
45	1995	Murder One	Patrick McQueen (uncredited)	78
46	1995	JAG	Jesse	73
47	1996	Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher	Al Yaroker	0
48	1997	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Coach Carl Marin	81