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