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08-06-2024, 09:04 PM
Charles Cyphers Dies: Halloween Actor was 85
by Denise Petski
August 6, 2024
Charles Cyphers, best known for his role as Sheriff Leigh Brackett in the Halloween films, died Sunday, August 4 from a brief illness in Tucson, AZ, his manager Chris Roe confirmed to Deadline. He was 85.
“Charles was a lovable and sensitive man,” Roe said in a statement. “He always had the best stories, and you got a full performance while he told you. He was a close friend and client of many years who will be dearly missed.”
Cyphers worked extensively with John Carpenter, first in the 1976 action film Assault on Precinct 13, in which he played Starker, one of the ill-fated police officers gunned down by gang members.
He next appeared in Carpenter’s 1980 horror film The Fog, playing Dan O’Bannon, and followed up with Carpenter’s 1981 film Escape from New York, in which he appeared with his Halloween cast members Jamie Lee Curtis and Nancy Stephens.
His final film was 2021's Halloween Kills where he reprised Sheriff Brackett. The actor said it was “shocking” but “wonderful” that he was asked to come back for Halloween Kills.
He said in an interview at HorrorConUK 2022, “To be called back again in a film, it’s unheard of after 40 years. Most people are dead.”
https://deadline.com/2024/08/charles-cyphers-dead-halloween-1236032584/
by Denise Petski
August 6, 2024
Charles Cyphers, best known for his role as Sheriff Leigh Brackett in the Halloween films, died Sunday, August 4 from a brief illness in Tucson, AZ, his manager Chris Roe confirmed to Deadline. He was 85.
“Charles was a lovable and sensitive man,” Roe said in a statement. “He always had the best stories, and you got a full performance while he told you. He was a close friend and client of many years who will be dearly missed.”
Cyphers worked extensively with John Carpenter, first in the 1976 action film Assault on Precinct 13, in which he played Starker, one of the ill-fated police officers gunned down by gang members.
He next appeared in Carpenter’s 1980 horror film The Fog, playing Dan O’Bannon, and followed up with Carpenter’s 1981 film Escape from New York, in which he appeared with his Halloween cast members Jamie Lee Curtis and Nancy Stephens.
His final film was 2021's Halloween Kills where he reprised Sheriff Brackett. The actor said it was “shocking” but “wonderful” that he was asked to come back for Halloween Kills.
He said in an interview at HorrorConUK 2022, “To be called back again in a film, it’s unheard of after 40 years. Most people are dead.”
https://deadline.com/2024/08/charles-cyphers-dead-halloween-1236032584/