Charles Tyner (June 8, 1923 – November 8, 2017) was an American film, television and stage character actor best known, principally, for his performances in the films Harold and Maude (1971), Emperor of the North Pole (1973), The Stone Killer (1973), The Longest Yard (1974), Evilspeak (1982), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) and Pulse (1988).
Harold and Maude
(Uncle Victor)
The Stone Killer
(Police Psychiatrist)
Fuzz
(Pete Schroeder)
Pete's Dragon
(Merle)
Emperor of the North
(Cracker)
Lassie: The New Beginning
(Asa Bluel)
Sometimes a Great Notion
(Les Gibbons)
The Traveling Executioner
(Virgil)
Evilspeak
(Colonel Kincaid)
Monte Walsh
(Doctor)
Hamburger: The Motion Picture
(Lyman Vunk)
That Kind of Woman
(Young Sharecropper Father (uncredited))
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
(Hawley)
Motorama
(Dying Man)
The Reivers
(Edmonds)
The Outlaw Josey Wales
(Zukie Limmer)
Jeremiah Johnson
(Robidoux)
Best Seller
(Harold, Cleve's father)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
(Gus)
The Midnight Man
(Ewing)
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
(Doug Slocomb)
The Stalking Moon
(Dace)
I'll Be Home for Christmas
(Isaiah Cawley)
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
(Lefty Slade)
A Matter of Life and Death
(Joy's Father)
Pulse
(Old Man)
Winter Kill
(Charley Eastman)
Fail Safe
(Jet Fighter Pilot (voice) (uncredited))
Cool Hand Luke
(Boss Higgins)
The Cheyenne Social Club
(Charlie Bannister)
Family Plot
(Wheeler)
The Moonshine War
(Mr. McClendon)
The Sound of Anger
(Rudolph Evans)
The Longest Yard
(Unger)
Enid Is Sleeping
(Man at Indian Burial Site)
Gaily, Gaily
(Dr. Lazarus)
Deadly Messages
(George Clark)
Shadow of Fear
Lawman
(Minister)
The Cowboys
(Stonemason)
The Greatest Gift
(Amos Goodloe)
Bad Company
Young Pioneers
(Mr. Beaton)
Father Murphy
Little House on the Prairie
(Mr. Janes)
The Wonder Years
(Mr. Nestor)
Diagnosis: Murder
(Harry Clark)
The Awakening Land
(Reverend Hutchins)
ER
(Barry Connelly)