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.
Acted in
Haddonfield's Open Wounds
2022
as Self
The Kill Team
2022
as Self
Halloween Kills
2021
as Leigh Brackett
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
as Steve
The Night She Came Home!!
2013
as Self
Halloween: The Inside Story
2010
as Self
Methodic
2007
as Chief Sperranza
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003
as Self / Leigh Brackett
Critical Mass
2001
as Henderson
Mach 2
2001
as Harry Olson
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
as Coach Carl Marin
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
1996
as Al Yaroker
JAG
1995
as Jesse
Murder One
1995
as Patrick McQueen
Murder One
1995
as Patrick McQueen (uncredited)
Sliders
1995
as Coach Almquist
ER
1994
as Injured Civil-War Reenactor
seaQuest DSV
1993
as Calvin Shelley
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as Interrogator
California Dreams
1992
as Coach Cotler
The Outsiders
1990
as Tim's Boss
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
Seinfeld
1989
as Gardner
Major League
1989
as Charlie Donovan
Gleaming the Cube
1989
as Harvey McGill
Freddy's Nightmares
1988
as Ben Ostroff
China Beach
1988
as The General
Aaron's Way
1988
Big Bad Mama II
1987
as Stark
Jake and the Fatman
1987
as Benny Kraus
21 Jump Street
1987
as Team Doctor
Hunter's Blood
1986
as Woody
Matlock
1986
as Tom Coyle
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Lt. Timothy Chance
Airwolf
1984
as Joe Ganns
Night Court
1984
as Leo
Memorial Day
1983
as Jack Ruskin
Honkytonk Man
1982
as Stubbs
The Executioner's Song
1982
as Noall Wootton
Death Wish II
1982
as Donald Kay
Simon & Simon
1981
as Sergeant Lester
Halloween II
1981
as Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Escape from New York
1981
as Secretary of State
Hill Street Blues
1981
as Captain Leder
Hill Street Blues
1981
as Commander #1
Borderline
1980
as Ski
Friendly Fire
1980
as Tom Loomis
The Fog
1980
as Dan O'Bannon
Hart to Hart
1979
as Lester
The Onion Field
1979
as Chaplain
A Force of One
1979
as Dr. Eppis
Elvis
1979
as Sam Phillips
Someone's Watching Me!
1978
as Gary Hunt
Halloween
1978
as Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Dallas
1978
as Bertram Pogue
Gray Lady Down
1978
Coming Home
1978
as Pee Wee
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977
as Michael Brandon
Lou Grant
1977
as Jerry Baldwin
The Betty White Show
1977
as Hugo Muncy
MacArthur
1977
as General Harding
Our Town
1977
as Sam Craig
Roots
1977
as Fred Drake
Gibbsville
1976
as Wingfield
Assault on Precinct 13
1976
as Starker
The Tony Randall Show
1976
as Eddie Foxworth
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Haller
Vigilante Force
1976
as Perry Beal
Alice
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
Wonder Woman
1975
as Kurt
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Arthur Cole
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Medical Examiner Delaney
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Detective Webster
Isis
1975
as Sam Niles
The Missiles of October
1974
as Press Photographer
Truck Turner
1974
as Drunk
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Faler
The Slams
1973
as Nicol (uncredited)
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Mike Hartney
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Brad Kirtz
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Bill Garwood
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Jimmy Dorset
Cannon
1971
The F.B.I.
1965
as Charlie Wicker
Stingy Jack
as Sheriff Taggart - age 59