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Charles is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He also... more
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Frequently cast by John Carpenter.
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(11 articles)
A Conversation with Captain Howdy: The Fangoria Interview with Eileen Dietz
(From Fangoria. 28 November 2009, 7:01 PM, PST)
Trailer of the Mountain Witch
(From Dread Central. 4 November 2009, 1:35 AM, PST)
(From Fangoria. 28 November 2009, 7:01 PM, PST)
Trailer of the Mountain Witch
(From Dread Central. 4 November 2009, 1:35 AM, PST)
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Actor:
- Stingy Jack (2009) (pre-production) .... Charlie Taggart
- Methodic (2007) .... Chief Sperranza
- Dead Calling (2006) .... Chuck Walker
- Mach 2 (2001) .... Harry Olson
- Critical Mass (2000) .... Henderson
- "Any Day Now" (2 episodes, 1999)
- Eyes Wide Open (1999) TV episode
- Say Something (1999) TV episode - "Hyperion Bay" (1 episode, 1998)
- The Rope (1998) TV episode - "Pensacola: Wings of Gold" .... General Stabler (1 episode, 1998)
- Raid on Osirak (1998) TV episode .... General Stabler - "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" .... Coach Carl Marin (1 episode, 1998)
... aka BtVS (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Buffy (USA: short title)
... aka Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Series (USA: long title)
- Go Fish (1998) TV episode .... Coach Carl Marin - "Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher" .... Al yaroker (37 episodes, 1996-1998)
... aka Nick Freno (Australia)
- Dome Alone (1998) TV episode .... Al yaroker
- Model Citizen (1998) TV episode .... Al yaroker
- Under the Gun (1998) TV episode .... Al yaroker
- Driving Mr. Jordan (1998) TV episode .... Al yaroker
- Foul Play (1998) TV episode .... Al yaroker
(32 more) - "Murder One" .... Patrick McQueen (4 episodes, 1996)
- Chapter Seventeen (1996) TV episode (uncredited) .... Patrick McQueen
- Chapter Fifteen (1996) TV episode (uncredited) .... Patrick McQueen
- Chapter Fourteen (1996) TV episode (uncredited) .... Patrick McQueen
- Chapter Ten (1996) TV episode .... Patrick McQueen - "JAG" .... Jesse (1 episode, 1995)
... aka JAG: Judge Advocate General (Australia)
- Brig Break (1995) TV episode .... Jesse - "ER" .... Injured Civil-War Reenactor (1 episode, 1995)
- The Secret Sharer (1995) TV episode .... Injured Civil-War Reenactor - "Seinfeld" .... Gardner (1 episode, 1995)
- The Hot Tub (1995) TV episode .... Gardner - "Deadly Games" .... General Barnicke (1 episode, 1995)
- The Camp Counselor: Part 2 (1995) TV episode .... General Barnicke - "Sliders" .... Coach Almquist (1 episode, 1995)
- Eggheads (1995) TV episode .... Coach Almquist - Murder in the First (1995) (uncredited) .... Bailif
... aka Meurtre à Alcatraz (France) - "The George Carlin Show" .... Bill Koski / ... (3 episodes, 1994)
- George Runs Into an Old Friend (1994) TV episode .... Koski
- George Lifts the Holy Spirit (1994) TV episode .... Bill Koski
- George Looks Down the Wrong End of a Thirty-Eight (1994) TV episode .... Officer Koski - "Hardball" .... Chuck (1 episode, 1994)
... aka Bullpen
- Pilot (1994) TV episode .... Chuck - "SeaQuest DSV" .... Calvin Shelley (1 episode, 1994)
... aka SeaQuest 2032 (USA: new title)
- Higher Power (1994) TV episode .... Calvin Shelley - "California Dreams" .... Coach Colter (1 episode, 1994)
... aka Dreams
- Can't Buy Me Love (1994) TV episode .... Coach Colter - "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" .... Thaddeus Roarke (1 episode, 1993)
... aka Lois & Clark
... aka The New Adventures of Superman (UK)
- Honeymoon in Metropolis (1993) TV episode .... Thaddeus Roarke - "Renegade" .... Zachary Quinn (1 episode, 1993)
- Honor Bound (1993) TV episode .... Zachary Quinn - Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) .... Interrogator
... aka National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (USA: complete title) - "Roc" .... Mr. Samuels (2 episodes, 1991-1992)
... aka Roc Live
- A Piece of the Roc (1992) TV episode .... Mr. Samuels
- How to Succeed at Garbage (1991) TV episode .... Mr. Samuels - "Murder, She Wrote" .... Lt. Timothy Chance (1 episode, 1991)
- Lines of Excellence (1991) TV episode .... Lt. Timothy Chance - "Mancuso, FBI" (1 episode, 1989)
- Weapons-Grade (1989) TV episode - "Jake and the Fatman" (1 episode, 1989)
- Dancing in the Dark (1989) TV episode - "Dragnet" .... Coach Simons (1 episode, 1989)
... aka Dragnet: The Nineties
... aka The New Dragnet (USA: alternative title)
- The Connection (1989) TV episode .... Coach Simons - "Freddy's Nightmares" .... Ben Ostroff (1 episode, 1989)
... aka Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series
- Dream Come True (1989) TV episode (as Charles Syphers) .... Ben Ostroff - Major League (1989) .... Charlie Donovan
- Gleaming the Cube (1989) .... Harvey McGill
... aka A Brother's Justice
... aka Skate or Die - "21 Jump Street" (1 episode, 1988)
- Coach of the Year (1988) TV episode - "Aaron's Way" (1 episode, 1988)
- Invisible People (1988) TV episode - "China Beach" .... The General (1 episode, 1988)
- Home (1988) TV episode .... The General - "Night Court" .... Leo (1 episode, 1988)
- Dan, the Walking Time Bomb (1988) TV episode .... Leo - "Simon & Simon" .... Sergeant Lester (1 episode, 1987)
- New Cop in Town (1987) TV episode .... Sergeant Lester - Big Bad Mama II (1987) .... Stark
- "Hill Street Blues" .... Captain Leder / ... (3 episodes, 1985-1987)
- The Cookie Crumbles (1987) TV episode .... First Commander
- You're in Alice's (1985) TV episode .... Captain Leder
- El Capitan (1985) TV episode - "Our House" (1 episode, 1987)
- Past Tense, Future Tense: Part 2 (1987) TV episode - "Dallas" .... Bertram Pogue (2 episodes, 1987)
- Olio (1987) TV episode .... Bertram Pogue
- High Noon for Calhoun (1987) TV episode .... Bertram Pogue - "Matlock" .... Tom Coyle (1 episode, 1986)
- The Cop (1986) TV episode .... Tom Coyle - Hunter's Blood (1986) .... Woody
- "Rituals" (1984) TV series .... Dutch (unknown episodes, 1984)
- "Airwolf" .... Joe Ganns (1 episode, 1984)
... aka Lobo del aire (USA: Spanish title)
- HX-1 (1984) TV episode .... Joe Ganns - "The Dukes of Hazzard" .... Bumper / ... (2 episodes, 1979-1984)
- Dead and Alive (1984) TV episode .... Phil
- Limo One Is Missing (1979) TV episode .... Bumper - Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983) (TV) .... Zack Taylor
- Memorial Day (1983) (TV) .... Jack Ruskin
- Honkytonk Man (1982) .... Stubbs
- "Benson" .... Scotty (1 episode, 1982)
- Benson's Army Reunion (1982) TV episode .... Scotty - "The Quest" .... Peters (1 episode, 1982)
- Escape from a Velvet (1982) TV episode .... Peters - The Executioner's Song (1982) (TV) .... Noall Wootton
- Death Wish II (1982) .... Donald Kay
... aka Death Wish 2 (USA: DVD box title) - Halloween II (1981) .... Sheriff Leigh Brackett
... aka Halloween II: The Nightmare Isn't Over! (USA: video box title) - Escape from New York (1981) .... Secretary of State
... aka John Carpenter's Escape from New York (USA: complete title) - "Hart to Hart" .... Lester (1 episode, 1981)
- Hart-Shaped Murder (1981) TV episode .... Lester - Borderline (1980) .... Ski
- The Fog (1980) .... Dan O'Bannon
... aka John Carpenter's The Fog (USA: complete title) - "Lou Grant" .... Jerry Baldwin (1 episode, 1979)
- Charlatan (1979) TV episode .... Jerry Baldwin - The Onion Field (1979) .... Chaplain
- A Force of One (1979) .... Dr. Eppis
- Friendly Fire (1979) (TV) .... Tom Loomis
- Elvis (1979/I) (TV) .... Sam Phillips
... aka Elvis the Movie (USA: informal title) - "Starsky and Hutch" .... Arthur Cole / ... (3 episodes, 1976-1979)
- Birds of a Feather (1979) TV episode .... Detective Webster
- The Avenger (1978) TV episode .... M.E. Delaney
- The Specialist (1976) TV episode .... Arthur Cole - Someone's Watching Me! (1978) (TV) .... Gary Hunt
... aka High Rise - Halloween (1978) .... Sheriff Leigh Brackett
... aka John Carpenter's Halloween (USA: complete title) - Gray Lady Down (1978)
- Coming Home (1978) .... Pee Wee
- "Alice" .... Allen Wolf (1 episode, 1978)
- Close Encounters of the Worst Kind (1978) TV episode .... Allen Wolf - "The Betty White Show" .... Hugo Muncy (14 episodes, 1977-1978)
- The Stunt Woman (1978) TV episode .... Hugo Muncy
- Play Misty for John (1978) TV episode .... Hugo Muncy
- Fletcher's Decision (1977) TV episode .... Hugo Muncy
- Joyce's Wedding (1977) TV episode .... Hugo Muncy
- Joyce, the Matchmaker (1977) TV episode .... Hugo Muncy
(9 more) - "Barnaby Jones" .... Bill Garwood / ... (4 episodes, 1973-1977)
- Child of Danger (1977) TV episode .... Jimmy Dorset
- Beware the Dog (1975) TV episode .... Bill Garwood
- A Gathering of Thieves (1974) TV episode .... Brad Kirtz
- To Catch a Dead Man (1973) TV episode .... Mike Hartney - The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977) (TV) .... Michael Brandon
- MacArthur (1977) .... Brig. Gen. Forest Harding (32nd Div. Commander)
... aka MacArthur, the Rebel General (UK) - Our Town (1977) (TV) .... Sam Craig
- "Dog and Cat" (1 episode, 1977)
- Dead Skunk (1977) TV episode - "The Tony Randall Show" .... Eddie Foxworth (1 episode, 1977)
- Case: The People Speak (1977) TV episode .... Eddie Foxworth - "Wonder Woman" .... Kurt (1 episode, 1977)
... aka The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (USA: new title)
... aka The New Original Wonder Woman (USA: first episodes title)
- Wonder Woman in Hollywood (1977) TV episode .... Kurt - "Charlie's Angels" .... Haller (1 episode, 1977)
- Angels on a String (1977) TV episode .... Haller - "Roots" .... Drake (1 episode, 1977)
... aka Alex Haley's Roots (Australia)
- Part Eleven (1977) TV episode .... Drake - "Gibbsville" .... Wingfield (1 episode, 1976)
- Trapped (1976) TV episode .... Wingfield - Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) .... Starker
... aka John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 - "The Bionic Woman" .... Faler (1 episode, 1976)
- The Return of Bigfoot: Part 2 (1976) TV episode .... Faler - "The Six Million Dollar Man" .... Faler (3 episodes, 1976)
- The Return of Bigfoot (1976) TV episode .... Faler
- The Secret of Bigfoot: Part 2 (1976) TV episode .... Faler
- The Secret of Bigfoot (1976) TV episode .... Faler - Vigilante Force (1976) .... Perry Beal
- "Isis" .... Sam Niles (1 episode, 1975)
... aka The Secret of Isis
- Fool's Dare (1975) TV episode .... Sam Niles - The Missiles of October (1974) (TV) .... Press Photographer
- The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974) (TV) .... Arthur 'Doc' Barker
... aka Alvin Karpis: Public Enemy No. 1 (USA: alternative title)
... aka The FBI Story - Alvin Karpis - Truck Turner (1974) .... Drunk
... aka Black Bullet - "Cannon" (2 episodes, 1972-1973)
- Valley of the Damned (1973) TV episode
- A Long Way Down (1972) TV episode - The Slams (1973) (uncredited) .... Prison guard
- Cool Breeze (1972) (uncredited) .... Backstage police officer
Self:
- Halloween: The Shape of Horror (2006) .... Himself
- Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006) (V) .... Himself
- 'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest (2003) (TV) .... Himself
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He starred onstage in "12 Angry Men" and its unisex variation, "12 Angry People." The latter co-starred Julie Cobb (of Charles in Charge fame) as Juror #2. In both productions, he played Juror #3: the role originated by Julie's father, Lee J. Cobb, in the 1957 movie.
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