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