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