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