Charles Cyphers
- Birthday
- Jul 28, 1939
Bio: Specializing in middle-aged characters even in his twenties, American actor Charles Cyphers has been a familiar face on the TV-movie landscape since the early '70s. Cyphers was particularly well served by director John Carpenter, who cast the actor in Assault on Precinct 13 (1975), Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980), and Escape From New York (1981). Carpenter also… More Bio: Specializing in middle-aged characters even in his twenties, American actor Charles Cyphers has been a familiar face on the TV-movie landscape since the early '70s. Cyphers was particularly well served by director John Carpenter, who cast the actor in Assault on Precinct 13 (1975), Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980), and Escape From New York (1981). Carpenter also featured Cyphers as Sam Phillips in the made-for-TV Elvis (1979). Perhaps it's coincidence, or perhaps a private joke between actor and director: Whatever the case, Cyphers' character names in his Carpenter films are often lifted from real life. For example, he played Dan O'Bannon in The Fog (screenwriter O'Bannon is Carpenter's most frequent collaborator) and Leigh Brackett in Halloween (Brackett, a female screenwriter, worked on such films as Rio Bravo, which Carpenter remade as Assault on Precinct 13). On TV, Charles Cyphers was seen on The Betty White Show (1975), as Hugo Muncy, White's cross-dressing stunt double. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Methodic (2009)
- Actor
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Mach 2 (2000)
- Actor
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Major League (1989)
- Charlie Donovan
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Gleaming the Cube (1989)
- Harvey McGill
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Big Bad Mama II (1987)
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Charles Cyphers Videos
Halloween
3 minutes 41 seconds
Major League
1 minutes 1 seconds
Escape From New York
1 minutes 17 seconds
Halloween 2: The Nightmare Isn't Over
2 minutes 54 seconds
Gleaming The Cube
1 minutes 26 seconds
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