Charles Cyphers

Personal Info

Birthday

July 28, 1939

Day of Death

2024-08-04

(85 years old)

Place of Birth

Niagara Falls, New York, USA

Charles Cyphers

Biography

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.

Known For

Seinfeld

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Dallas

JAG

Murder, She Wrote

The Six Million Dollar Man

California Dreams

Charlie's Angels

Filmography

2021
Halloween Kills
as Leigh Brackett
2020
Grizzly II: Revenge
as Steve
2013
The Night She Came Home!!
as Self
2010
Halloween: The Inside Story
as Self
2007
Methodic
as Chief Sperranza
2003
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
as Self / Leigh Brackett
2001
Critical Mass
as Henderson
Mach 2
as Harry Olson
1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Interrogator
1989
Major League
as Charlie Donovan
Gleaming the Cube
as Harvey McGill
1987
Big Bad Mama II
as Stark
1986
Hunter's Blood
as Woody
1983
Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
as Zack Taylor
Memorial Day
as Jack Ruskin
1982
Honkytonk Man
as Stubbs
The Executioner's Song
as Noall Wootton
Death Wish II
as Donald Kay
1981
Halloween II
as Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Escape from New York
as Secretary of State
1980
Borderline
as Ski
Friendly Fire
as Tom Loomis
The Fog
as Dan O'Bannon
1979
The Onion Field
as Chaplain
A Force of One
as Dr. Eppis
Elvis
as Sam Phillips
1978
Someone's Watching Me!
as Gary Hunt
Halloween
as Brackett
Coming Home
as Pee Wee
1977
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Michael Brandon
MacArthur
as General Harding
Our Town
as Sam Craig
1976
Assault on Precinct 13
as Starker
Vigilante Force
as Perry Beal
1974
The Missiles of October
as Press Photographer
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
as Arthur 'Doc' Barker
Truck Turner
as Drunk
1973
The Slams
as Nicol (uncredited)