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.
Movie | Stingy Jack | Sheriff Taggart - age 59 | 2025 |
Movie | Halloween Kills | Leigh Brackett | 2021-10-14 |
Movie | Grizzly II: Revenge | Steve | 2020-02-17 |
Movie | The Night She Came Home!! | Self | 2013-09-24 |
Movie | Halloween: The Inside Story | Self | 2010-10-25 |
Movie | Methodic | Chief Sperranza | 2007-10-19 |
Movie | Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest | Self / Leigh Brackett | 2003-08-05 |
Movie | Mach 2 | Harry Olson | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Critical Mass | Henderson | 2001-07-04 |
Series | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Coach Carl Marin | 1997-03-10 |
Series | Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher | Al Yaroker | 1996-08-28 |
Series | Sliders | Coach Almquist | 1995-03-22 |
Series | JAG | Jesse | 1995-09-23 |
Series | Murder One | Patrick McQueen (uncredited) | 1995-09-20 |
Series | ER | Injured Civil-War Reenactor | 1994-09-19 |
Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Interrogator | 1993-02-04 |
Series | seaQuest DSV | Calvin Shelley | 1993-09-12 |
Series | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown | 1993-09-12 |
Series | California Dreams | Coach Cotler | 1992-09-12 |
Series | Renegade | Zachary Quinn | 1992-09-19 |
Series | The Outsiders | Tim's Boss | 1990-03-25 |
Movie | Major League | Charlie Donovan | 1989-02-16 |
Movie | Gleaming the Cube | Harvey McGill | 1989-01-13 |
Series | Seinfeld | Gardner | 1989-07-05 |
Series | Mancuso, F.B.I. | Unknown | 1989-10-13 |
Series | Aaron's Way | Unknown | 1988-03-09 |
Series | Freddy's Nightmares | Ben Ostroff | 1988-10-09 |
Series | China Beach | The General | 1988-04-26 |
Series | 21 Jump Street | Team Doctor | 1987-04-12 |
Movie | Big Bad Mama II | Stark | 1987-10-01 |
Series | Jake and the Fatman | Benny Kraus | 1987-09-26 |
Series | Matlock | Tom Coyle | 1986-03-03 |
Movie | Hunter's Blood | Woody | 1986-09-26 |
Series | Night Court | Leo | 1984-01-04 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Lt. Timothy Chance | 1984-09-30 |
Series | Airwolf | Joe Ganns | 1984-01-22 |
Movie | Memorial Day | Jack Ruskin | 1983-11-23 |
Movie | The Executioner's Song | Noall Wootton | 1982-09-10 |
Movie | Death Wish II | Donald Kay | 1982-02-20 |
Movie | Honkytonk Man | Stubbs | 1982-12-15 |
Movie | Escape from New York | Secretary of State | 1981-05-23 |
Series | Hill Street Blues | Commander #1 | 1981-01-15 |
Movie | Halloween II | Sheriff Leigh Brackett | 1981-10-30 |
Series | Simon & Simon | Sergeant Lester | 1981-11-24 |
Movie | The Fog | Dan O'Bannon | 1980-02-07 |
Movie | Friendly Fire | Tom Loomis | 1980-11-09 |
Movie | Borderline | Ski | 1980-12-19 |
Movie | A Force of One | Dr. Eppis | 1979-06-01 |
Movie | Elvis | Sam Phillips | 1979-02-10 |
Movie | The Onion Field | Chaplain | 1979-09-09 |
Series | Hart to Hart | Lester | 1979-09-22 |
Movie | Gray Lady Down | Unknown | 1978-03-10 |
Movie | Coming Home | Pee Wee | 1978-02-15 |
Series | Dallas | Bertram Pogue | 1978-04-02 |
Movie | Halloween | Brackett | 1978-10-24 |
Movie | Someone's Watching Me! | Gary Hunt | 1978-11-29 |
Movie | Our Town | Sam Craig | 1977-05-30 |
Series | Roots | Fred Drake | 1977-01-23 |
Movie | MacArthur | General Harding | 1977-07-15 |
Series | The Betty White Show | Hugo Muncy | 1977-09-12 |
Movie | The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald | Michael Brandon | 1977-09-30 |
Series | Lou Grant | Jerry Baldwin | 1977-09-20 |
Series | Alice | Unknown | 1976-08-31 |
Series | The Bionic Woman | Unknown | 1976-01-14 |
Movie | Vigilante Force | Perry Beal | 1976-09-09 |
Series | The Tony Randall Show | Eddie Foxworth | 1976-09-23 |
Movie | Assault on Precinct 13 | Starker | 1976-10-08 |
Series | Charlie's Angels | Haller | 1976-09-22 |
Series | Gibbsville | Wingfield | 1976-11-11 |
Series | Isis | Sam Niles | 1975-09-06 |
Series | Wonder Woman | Kurt | 1975-11-07 |
Series | Starsky & Hutch | Detective Webster | 1975-09-10 |
Movie | Truck Turner | Drunk | 1974-06-26 |
Series | The Six Million Dollar Man | Faler | 1974-01-18 |
Movie | The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One | Arthur 'Doc' Barker | 1974-11-08 |
Movie | The Missiles of October | Press Photographer | 1974-12-18 |
Series | Barnaby Jones | Bill Garwood | 1973-01-28 |
Movie | The Slams | Nicol (uncredited) | 1973-09-26 |
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Charlie Wicker | 1965-09-19 |