Cast & creator
Charles Cyphers
Best known for JAG, Seinfeld, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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 his role in Halloween II (1981) and Halloween Kills (2021).
41
film credits
49
television credits
90
1965–2021 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (90)
Showing 90 of 90 credits
JAG
Jesse
1995
Seinfeld
Gardner
1989
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Coach Carl Marin
1997
ER
Injured Civil-War Reenactor
1994
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Timothy Chance
1984
Dallas
Bertram Pogue
1978
Hill Street Blues
Captain Leder
1981Hill Street Blues
Commander #1
1981
Charlie's Angels
Haller
1976
Night Court
Leo
1984
Cannon
1971
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Thaddeus Roarke
1993
Matlock
Tom Coyle
1986
The Six Million Dollar Man
Faler
1974
21 Jump Street
Team Doctor
1987
Airwolf
Joe Ganns
1984
Simon & Simon
Sergeant Lester
1981
Alice
1976
Renegade
Zachary Quinn
1992
Sliders
Coach Almquist
1995
Jake and the Fatman
Benny Kraus
1987
Starsky & Hutch
Arthur Cole
1975Starsky & Hutch
Medical Examiner Delaney
1975Starsky & Hutch
Detective Webster
1975
Hart to Hart
Lester
1979
The F.B.I.
Charlie Wicker
1965
seaQuest DSV
Calvin Shelley
1993
Barnaby Jones
Mike Hartney
1973Barnaby Jones
Brad Kirtz
1973Barnaby Jones
Bill Garwood
1973Barnaby Jones
Jimmy Dorset
1973
Lou Grant
Jerry Baldwin
1977
Murder One
Patrick McQueen
1995Murder One
Patrick McQueen (uncredited)
1995
Halloween
Brackett
1978
The Bionic Woman
1976
China Beach
The General
1988
Wonder Woman
Kurt
1975
Freddy's Nightmares
Ben Ostroff
1988
Roots
Fred Drake
1977
Halloween Kills
Leigh Brackett
2021
Escape from New York
Secretary of State
1981
The Tony Randall Show
Eddie Foxworth
1976
California Dreams
Coach Cotler
1992
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
Halloween II
Leigh Brackett
1981
The Outsiders
Tim's Boss
1990
Isis
Sam Niles
1975Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
Al Yaroker
1996
The Fog
Dan O'Bannon
1980
The Betty White Show
Hugo Muncy
1977Aaron's Way
1988
Major League
Charlie Donovan
1989
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Interrogator
1993
Death Wish II
Donald Kay
1982
Gibbsville
Wingfield
1976
Big Bad Mama II
Stark
1987
Assault on Precinct 13
Starker
1976
MacArthur
General Harding
1977
Gray Lady Down
1978
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Michael Brandon
1977
Borderline
Ski
1980
The Onion Field
Chaplain
1979
Someone's Watching Me!
Gary Hunt
1978
The Executioner's Song
Noall Wootton
1982
Honkytonk Man
Stubbs
1982
Coming Home
Pee Wee
1978
Grizzly II: Revenge
Steve
2020
Gleaming the Cube
Harvey McGill
1989
Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
Zack Taylor
1983
A Force of One
Dr. Eppis
1979
The Missiles of October
Press Photographer
1974
Truck Turner
Drunk
1974
Friendly Fire
Tom Loomis
1980
Elvis
Sam Phillips
1979
Vigilante Force
Perry Beal
1976
The Night She Came Home!!
Self
2013
Hunter's Blood
Woody
1986
Cool Breeze
Backstage Police Officer (uncredited)
1972
Methodic
Chief Sperranza
2007
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Arthur 'Doc' Barker
1974
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Self / Leigh Brackett
2003
Halloween: The Inside Story
Self
2010
Critical Mass
Henderson
2001
Mach 2
Harry Olson
2001
Our Town
Sam Craig
1977Memorial Day
Jack Ruskin
1983
The Slams
Nicol (uncredited)
1973
Sin-Jin Smyth
Sheriff Stoops
2006
Stingy Jack
Sheriff Taggart - age 59