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.

Cast

Halloween

Brackett

Escape from New York

Secretary of State

Gleaming the Cube

Harvey McGill

The Fog

Dan O'Bannon

A Force of One

Dr. Eppis

Halloween II

Sheriff Leigh Brackett

Someone's Watching Me!

Gary Hunt

Borderline

Ski

Vigilante Force

Perry Beal

Our Town

Sam Craig

Elvis

Sam Phillips

Methodic

Chief Sperranza

The Slams

Nicol (uncredited)

Assault on Precinct 13

Starker

The Onion Field

Chaplain

The Missiles of October

Press Photographer

Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest

Self / Leigh Brackett

Critical Mass

Henderson

MacArthur

General Harding

Grizzly II: Revenge

Steve

The Night She Came Home!!

Self

Death Wish II

Donald Kay

Truck Turner

Drunk

Honkytonk Man

Stubbs

Major League

Charlie Donovan

Mach 2

Harry Olson

Hunter's Blood

Woody

Memorial Day

Jack Ruskin

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

Interrogator

Coming Home

Pee Wee

Stingy Jack

Sheriff Taggart - age 59

Big Bad Mama II

Stark

Halloween Kills

Leigh Brackett

Friendly Fire

Tom Loomis

Gray Lady Down

Unknown

Halloween: The Inside Story

Self

The Executioner's Song

Noall Wootton

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

Arthur 'Doc' Barker

Little House: Look Back to Yesterday

Zack Taylor