
Cast
Charles Cyphers
Acting
Cast
Charles Cyphers
Known for
Acting
Born
1939-07-28
From
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Died
2024-08-04
Biography
Charles Cyphers (July 28, 1939 β 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 his role in Halloween II (1981) and Halloween Kills (2021).

Halloween
as Brackett

Escape from New York
as Secretary of State

The Fog
as Dan O'Bannon

Halloween Kills
as Leigh Brackett

Halloween II
as Sheriff Leigh Brackett

Major League
as Charlie Donovan

Death Wish II
as Donald Kay

Honkytonk Man
as Stubbs

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Interrogator

Assault on Precinct 13
as Starker

Truck Turner
as Drunk

Hunter's Blood
as Woody

Borderline
as Ski

Grizzly II: Revenge
as Steve

Friendly Fire
as Tom Loomis

Coming Home
as Pee Wee

MacArthur
as General Harding

Big Bad Mama II
as Stark

The Executioner's Song
as Noall Wootton

Elvis
as Sam Phillips

Mach 2
as Harry Olson

The Onion Field
as Chaplain

A Force of One
as Dr. Eppis

The Slams
as Nicol (uncredited)

Gray Lady Down

Vigilante Force
as Perry Beal

Gleaming the Cube
as Harvey McGill

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
as Arthur 'Doc' Barker

Someone's Watching Me!
as Gary Hunt

The Missiles of October
as Press Photographer

Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
as Zack Taylor

Critical Mass
as Henderson

Halloween: The Inside Story
as Self

Cool Breeze
as Backstage Police Officer (uncredited)

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
as Self / Leigh Brackett

Methodic
as Chief Sperranza

The Night She Came Home!!
as Self

Memorial Day
as Jack Ruskin

Our Town
as Sam Craig

Stingy Jack
as Sheriff Taggart - age 59

Sin-Jin Smyth
as Sheriff Stoops