Charles Cyphers Dies: ‘Halloween’ Actor Was 85
deadline.comCharles Cyphers, best known for his role as 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.” “His family asks for privacy at this time,” Roe added. “Details on a celebration of life ceremony will happen at a date and location to be determined.” Cyphers worked extensively with Halloween‘s 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.
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