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Charles Cyphers
Acting
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 his role in Halloween II (1981) and Halloween Kills (2021).
BODY OF WORK
Charles Cyphers's Filmography
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Halloween Kills
as Leigh Brackett
Grizzly II: Revenge
as Steve
The Night She Came Home!!
as Self
Halloween: The Inside Story
as Self
Methodic
as Chief Sperranza
No Poster
Sin-Jin Smyth
as Sheriff Stoops
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
as Self / Leigh Brackett
Critical Mass
as Henderson
Mach 2
as Harry Olson
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Interrogator
Major League
as Charlie Donovan
Gleaming the Cube
as Harvey McGill
Big Bad Mama II
as Stark
Hunter's Blood
as Woody
Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
as Zack Taylor
No Poster
Memorial Day
as Jack Ruskin
Honkytonk Man
as Stubbs
The Executioner's Song
as Noall Wootton
Death Wish II
as Donald Kay
Halloween II
as Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Escape from New York
as Secretary of State
Borderline
as Ski
Friendly Fire
as Tom Loomis
The Fog
as Dan O'Bannon
The Onion Field
as Chaplain
A Force of One
as Dr. Eppis
Elvis
as Sam Phillips
Someone's Watching Me!
as Gary Hunt
Halloween
as Brackett
Gray Lady Down
Coming Home
as Pee Wee
MacArthur
as General Harding
Our Town
as Sam Craig
Assault on Precinct 13
as Starker
Vigilante Force
as Perry Beal
The Missiles of October
as Press Photographer
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
as Arthur 'Doc' Barker
Truck Turner
as Drunk
The Slams
as Nicol (uncredited)
Cool Breeze
as Backstage Police Officer (uncredited)
Stingy Jack
as Sheriff Taggart - age 59