Charles Cyphers
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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.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Methodic |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Critical Mass |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Mach 2 |
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— | 2001 |
83% | Major League |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Big Bad Mama II |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Hunter's Blood |
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— | 1987 |
93% | Honkytonk Man |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | The Executioner's Song |
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— | 1982 |
33% | Death Wish II |
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— | 1982 |
32% | Halloween II |
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— | 1981 |
86% | Escape from New York |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | Borderline |
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— | 1980 |
75% | The Fog |
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— | 1980 |
No Score Yet | A Force of One |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | Elvis |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | Friendly Fire |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | Someone Is Watching Me |
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— | 1978 |
96% | Halloween |
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— | 1978 |
83% | Coming Home |
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— | 1978 |
63% | Gray Lady Down |
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— | 1978 |
50% | MacArthur |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald |
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— | 1977 |
98% | Assault on Precinct 13 |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | Vigilante Force |
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— | 1976 |
60% | Truck Turner |
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— | 1974 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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83% |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997-2003
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ER
1994-2009
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86% |
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993-1997
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No Score Yet |
Roc
1991-1994
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No Score Yet |
Murder, She Wrote
1984-1996
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Night Court
1984-1992
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No Score Yet |
Hunter
1984-1991
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Dukes of Hazzard
1979-1985
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No Score Yet |
Starsky & Hutch
1975-1979
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No Score Yet |
Charlie's Angels
1976-1981
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No Score Yet |
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
1998
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Quotes from Charles Cyphers' Characters
Brackett: | Doctor, do you know what Haddonfield is? Families, children, all lined up in rows up and down these streets. You're telling me they're lined up for a slaughterhouse? |
Doctor Loomis: | They could be. |
Brackett: | Alright, I'll stay with you through the night, just on the chance that you're right. And if you are right... damn you for letting him go. |
Brackett: | You know it's Halloween. I guess everyone's entitled to one good scare, huh? |
Leigh Brackett: | You know, doctor, I'm just about there. |
Sam Loomis: | What? |
Leigh Brackett: | The point where I stop taking orders from you. |
Leigh Brackett: | You couldn't have shot him six times! |
Sam Loomis: | You think I'm lying, Sheriff? |
Leigh Brackett: | I think you missed him. No man could take six shots. |
Sam Loomis: | I'm telling you this isn't a man. |
Leigh Brackett: | Damn you... |
Leigh Brackett: | Damn you. |
Sam Loomis: | I'm sorry... |
Sam Loomis: | I'm sorry. |
Leigh Brackett: | What have you done...? |
Leigh Brackett: | What have you done? |
Sam Loomis: | I haven't done anything. |
Leigh Brackett: | YOU LET HIM OUT! |
Leigh Brackett: | You let him out?! |
Sam Loomis: | I didn't let him out. I gave orders for him to be restrained. |
Doctor Loomis: | You must think me a very sinister doctor...oh, I have a permit. |
Doctor Loomis: | You must think me a very sinister doctor. Oh, I have a permit. |
Brackett: | Seems to me you're just plain scared. |
Doctor Loomis: | Yeah, yeah I am... |
Doctor Loomis: | Yeah, yeah I am. |
Brackett: | (about Micheal's escape and coming to Haddonfield) - Damn you for letting him go. |
Brackett: | (about Micheal's escape and coming to Haddonfield) Damn you for letting him go. |
Brackett: | Every kid in Haddonfield thinks this place is haunted. |
Doctor Loomis: | They may be right. |
Brackett: | Somebody broke into the hardware store...Probably kids. |
Brackett: | Somebody broke into the hardware store. Probably kids. |
Annie: | You blame everything on kids. |
Brackett: | What all they took was some Halloween masks, a rope and a couple of knives. Who do you think it was? |
Annie: | It's hard growing up with a cynical father. |
Brackett: | Aren't you gonna be late? |
Annie: | Huh? |
Brackett: | I SAID AREN'T YOU GONNA BE LATE?! |
Brackett: | I SAID, AREN'T YOU GONNA BE LATE?! |
Annie: | He shouts too. |
Brackett: | A man wouldn't do that. |
Doctor Loomis: | This isn't a man. |
Brackett: | You know...it's Halloween. I guess everybody's entitled to a one good scare, huh? |
Brackett: | You know, it's Halloween. I guess everybody's entitled to a one good scare, huh? |
Doctor Loomis: | Hey...What is that? |
Doctor Loomis: | Hey. What is that? |
Brackett: | A dog...It's still warm. |
Brackett: | A dog. It's still warm. |
Doctor Loomis: | He got hungry. |