Charles Cyphers

Charles Cyphers

1939-07-28 Niagara Falls, New York, USA 40 Credits

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.

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Halloween Kills

Halloween Kills

2021

as Leigh Brackett

6.4
Acting

Michael manages to free himself from Laurie Strode's trap to resume his ritual bloodbath. As she fights for her life from injuries from their last enc...

Grizzly II: Revenge

Grizzly II: Revenge

2020

as Steve

2.9
Acting

All hell breaks loose when a giant grizzly, reacting to the slaughter of her cubs by poachers, attacks a massive rock concert in the National Park. [...

The Night She Came Home!!

The Night She Came Home!!

2013

as Self

9.6
Acting

A short documentary, done by John Marsh and Kelly Curtis, explores Curtis’ relationship to the Halloween franchise. Called “The Night She Came Home”, ...

Halloween: The Inside Story

Halloween: The Inside Story

2010

as Self

7.3
Acting

This feature-length documentary takes a look at one of the most successful film franchises of all time as it goes behind the scenes of John Carpenter’...

Methodic

Methodic

2007

as Chief Sperranza

4.4
Acting

Possessed by an ominous presence known as "The Dollman", a young boy murders his parents in cold blood. Sentenced to a life under a microscope at the ...

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

2003

as Self / Leigh Brackett

8.0
Acting

Using original interviews with director John Carpenter, stars Jamie Lee Curtis and P.J. Soles, and crew members, 'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest unv...

Critical Mass

Critical Mass

2001

as Henderson

4.0
Acting

Jeffers works security at a nuclear power plant. The plant is being decommissioned, and a politician is touring the plant and videotaping his comments...

Mach 2

Mach 2

2001

as Harry Olson

4.1
Acting

A Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hos...

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

1993

as Interrogator

6.1
Acting

An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two cops partner to find and stop the fiends before the...

Major League

Major League

1989

as Charlie Donovan

6.9
Acting

When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate—but only a losing s...

Gleaming the Cube

Gleaming the Cube

1989

as Harvey McGill

6.0
Acting

An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him die...

Big Bad Mama II

Big Bad Mama II

1987

as Stark

4.7
Acting

Wilma McClatchie and her daughters return to a life of crime and vow vengeance against the evil land baron who foreclosed on their home.

Hunter's Blood

Hunter's Blood

1986

as Woody

5.5
Acting

Five "city boys" travel to the country to relax by doing some hunting, drinking Bud, and generally having good time. However, the local inbred backwoo...

Little House: Look Back to Yesterday

Little House: Look Back to Yesterday

1983

as Zack Taylor

7.1
Acting

Albert Quinn Ingalls wants to be a doctor. But soon he discovers that he is fatally ill. He decides to spend the rest of his life in Walnut Grove. Mea...

Memorial Day

1983

as Jack Ruskin

5.3
Acting

An attorney finds himself at the center of a surprise reunion with the veterans of his platoon from Vietnam.The reunion stirs up painful memories and ...

Honkytonk Man

Honkytonk Man

1982

as Stubbs

6.4
Acting

During the Great Depression, a young boy leaves his family's Oklahoma farm to travel with his country musician uncle who is trying out for the Grand O...

The Executioner's Song

The Executioner's Song

1982

as Noall Wootton

5.8
Acting

In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to...

Death Wish II

Death Wish II

1982

as Donald Kay

6.2
Acting

Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.

Halloween II

Halloween II

1981

as Sheriff Leigh Brackett

6.6
Acting

After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie t...

Escape from New York

Escape from New York

1981

as Secretary of State

7.1
Acting

In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US pre...

Borderline

Borderline

1980

as Ski

5.9
Acting

Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of ...

Friendly Fire

Friendly Fire

1980

as Tom Loomis

7.5
Acting

In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in Vietnam...

The Fog

The Fog

1980

as Dan O'Bannon

6.7
Acting

Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. ...

The Onion Field

The Onion Field

1979

as Chaplain

6.0
Acting

An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice...

A Force of One

A Force of One

1979

as Dr. Eppis

4.8
Acting

Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the mar...

Elvis

Elvis

1979

as Sam Phillips

6.8
Acting

This biopic traces Elvis Presley’s life from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to stardom to his triumphant conquering of Las Vegas.

Someone's Watching Me!

Someone's Watching Me!

1978

as Gary Hunt

6.2
Acting

A young woman moves to a high-rise apartment building and soon begins to be tormented by an unknown stalker who seems to know her every move.

Halloween

Halloween

1978

as Brackett

7.6
Acting

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddon...

Gray Lady Down

Gray Lady Down

1978

6.4
Acting

The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a pote...

Coming Home

Coming Home

1978

as Pee Wee

7.0
Acting

In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

1977

as Michael Brandon

6.8
Acting

The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have happened had he been brought to trial.

MacArthur

MacArthur

1977

as General Harding

6.3
Acting

The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by ...

Our Town

Our Town

1977

as Sam Craig

9.0
Acting

3-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder.

Assault on Precinct 13

Assault on Precinct 13

1976

as Starker

7.3
Acting

The skeleton staff of a deserted neighborhood's police station that is closing down the next day are under attack all night by the overwhelming number...

Vigilante Force

Vigilante Force

1976

as Perry Beal

4.9
Acting

In a small town in California, the quiet citizens find their lives disrupted by boisterous, lawless oil-field workers who have infested their communit...

The Missiles of October

The Missiles of October

1974

as Press Photographer

7.5
Acting

Based in part on Robert F. Kennedy's book, "Thirteen Days," this film profiles the Kennedy Administration's actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One

1974

as Arthur 'Doc' Barker

Acting

J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI go after notorious bank robber and kidnapper Alvin Karpis and his gang.

Truck Turner

Truck Turner

1974

as Drunk

6.5
Acting

Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hired to hunt down Gator, a pimp who has skipped bail.

The Slams

The Slams

1973

as Nicol (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

Rival prison factions surround a Los Angeles convict who has $1.5 million stashed on the outside.

Stingy Jack

Stingy Jack

N/A

as Sheriff Taggart - age 59

Acting

After a near-fatal car accident, Kaitlyn awakens and is horrified to find her son, Milo, missing in a small town plagued with residents reluctant to h...