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Charles Tyner

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In 1959, American actor Charles Tyner appeared on Broadway with film star Paul Newman in Sweet Bird of Youth. Duly impressed by Tyner's work, Newman brought his theatrical coworker to Hollywood eight years later to play Boss Higgins, the sadistic prison camp guard in Cool Hand Luke (1967). It was the first of many such roles for Tyner... See full bio »

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2001 Diagnosis Murder (TV series)
Harry Clark
– The Blair Nurse Project (2001) … Harry Clark
 
1999 ER (TV series)
Barry Connelly
– The Peace of Wild Things (1999) … Barry Connelly
 
1994 Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (TV movie)
 
1992 On the Air (TV mini-series)
Professor R. Answer
– Episode #1.3 (1992) … Professor R. Answer
– Episode #1.2 (1992) … Professor R. Answer (uncredited)
 
1992 Matlock (TV series)
E.J. Metcalf
– The Outcast (1992) … E.J. Metcalf
 
1991 Motorama
Dying Man
 
1990-1991 The Wonder Years (TV series)
Mr. Nestor
– Buster (1991) … Mr. Nestor
– Ninth Grade Man (1990) … Mr. Nestor
 
1990 Pastime
Arnold
 
1990 Enid Is Sleeping
Man at Indian Burial Site
 
1988 I'll Be Home for Christmas (TV movie)
Isaiah Cawley
 
1988 Guns of Paradise (TV series)
Herb Applegate
– The Ghost Dance (1988) … Herb Applegate
– Founders' Day (1988) … Herb Applegate
 
1988 Pulse
Old Man Holger
 
1988 Dallas (TV series)
Bovay
– It's Me Again (1988) … Bovay
 
1987 Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Gus
 
1987 Best Seller
Cleve's Father (as Harold Tyner)
 
1986 Hamburger: The Motion Picture
Lyman Vunk
 
1985 Space (TV mini-series)
Dracula
 
1985 Deadly Messages (TV movie)
George Clark
 
1985 Hill Street Blues (TV series)
Al DiPiano
– Passage to Libya (1985) … Al DiPiano
– Davenport in a Storm (1985) … Al DiPiano
 
1984 Highway to Heaven (TV series)
Caleb Fish
– Another Song for Christmas (1984) … Caleb Fish
 
1984 The Jeffersons (TV series)
Bellboy
– Honeymoon Hotel (1984) … Bellboy
 
1984 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
– Equinox (1984)
 
1983 After MASH (TV series)
Rivers
– Staph Inspection (1983) … Rivers
 
1983 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Mr. Janes
– Home Again: Part 1 (1983) … Mr. Janes
– Home Again: Part 2 (1983) … Mr. Janes (credit only)
 
1982 The Incredible Hulk (TV series)
Roy
– Slaves (1982) … Roy
 
1981-1982 Father Murphy (TV series)
Mr. Rodman / Howard Rodman
– The First Miracle: Part 2 (1982) … Mr. Rodman
– The First Miracle: Part 1 (1982) … Mr. Rodman
– The Spy (1982) … Mr. Rodman
– Eighty-Eight Keys to Happiness (1982) … Mr. Rodman
– Graduation (1982) … Mr. Rodman
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1981 Evilspeak
Colonel Kincaid
 
1981 A Matter of Life and Death (TV movie)
Joy's Father
 
1980 The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)
Claude Billings
– The Hazzardville Horror (1980) … Claude Billings
 
1979 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Sam Finney
– Nightmare in Hawaii: Part 1 (1979) … Sam Finney
– Nightmare in Hawaii: Part 2 (1979) … Sam Finney
 
1979 How the West Was Won (TV mini-series)
Eli Kelsay
– The Innocent (1979) … Eli Kelsay
 
1979 Family (TV series)
Mr. Chadway
– The Friend's Affair (1979) … Mr. Chadway
 
1979 The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (TV movie)
Doug Slocumb
 
1978 Lassie: A New Beginning (TV movie)
Asa Bluel
 
1978 The Awakening Land (TV mini-series)
Reverend Hutchins
– Part II: The Fields (1978) … Reverend Hutchins
– Part I: The Trees (1978) … Reverend Hutchins
 
1977 Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (TV movie)
Lefty Slade
 
1977 Pete's Dragon
Merle
 
1977 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
Anton Tarloff
– Circus of Terror (1977) … Anton Tarloff
 
1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales
Zukie Limmer
 
1976 City of Angels (TV series)
– The Bloodshot Eye (1976)
 
1976 Family Plot
Wheeler
 
1976 Young Pioneers (TV movie)
Mr. Beaton
 
1976 Rich Man, Poor Man (TV mini-series)
Matusik
– Part VI: Chapter 8 (1976) … Matusik
– Part V: Chapter 7 (1976) … Matusik
 
1975 McCloud (TV series)
William Lang
– Return to the Alamo (1975) … William Lang
 
1974 The Manhunter (TV series)
Joshua Grant
– The Lodester Ambush (1974) … Joshua Grant
 
1974 The Greatest Gift (TV movie)
Amos Goodloe
 
1974 The Longest Yard
Unger
 
1974 Winter Kill (TV movie)
Charley Eastman
 
1974 The Midnight Man
Ewing
 
1973 Mannix (TV series)
Jonah
– Search in the Dark (1973) … Jonah
 
1973 The Waltons (TV series)
Graham Foster
– The Fawn (1973) … Graham Foster
 
1973 The Stone Killer
Police Psychiatrist
 
1973 Emperor of the North
Cracker
 
1973 Kung Fu (TV series)
Larraby
– Alethea (1973) … Larraby
 
1972 Bad Company
Egg Farmer
 
1972 Jeremiah Johnson
Robidoux
 
1972 Fuzz
Pete Schroeder
 
1972 The Cowboys
Stonemason
 
1971 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Turner
– Miracle at Santa Marta (1971) … Turner
 
1971 Harold and Maude
Uncle Victor
 
1971 Lawman
Minister
 
1971 Sarge (TV series)
Hawley
– The Badge or the Cross (1971) … Hawley
 
1970 Sometimes a Great Notion
Les Gibbons
 
1970 Monte Walsh
Doctor
 
1970 The Traveling Executioner
Virgil
 
1970 The Moonshine War
Mr. McClendon
 
1970 The Cheyenne Social Club
Charlie Bannister
 
1969 The Reivers
Edmonds
 
1969 Gaily, Gaily
Dr. Lazarus
 
1969 The High Chaparral (TV series)
Scanlon
– No Irish Need Apply (1969) … Scanlon
 
1968 The Stalking Moon
Dace
 
1967 The Big Valley (TV series)
Hemit
– Journey Into Violence (1967) … Hemit
 
1967 Cool Hand Luke
Boss Higgins
 
1967 Dundee and the Culhane (TV series)
Guilfoyle
– The Duelist Brief (1967) … Guilfoyle
 
1966 Hawk (TV series)
Drunk
– Game with a Dead End (1966) … Drunk
 
1964 Lilith
Patient (uncredited)
 
1964 Fail-Safe
Jet Fighter Pilot (voice) (uncredited)
 
1961-1963 Naked City (TV series)
Apples / Hotel Manager / Vejo
– The S.S. American Dream (1963) … Apples
– Beyond This Place There Be Dragons (1963) … Vejo
– C3H5(NO3)3 (1961) … Hotel Manager (uncredited)
 
1960 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Weatherby
– Shadow of a Pale Horse (1960) … Weatherby
 
1960 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Clerk
– The Sacco-Vanzetti Story: Part 2 (1960) … Clerk
– The Sacco-Vanzetti Story: Part 1 (1960) … Clerk
 
1960 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
Jotham Powell
– Ethan Frome (1960) … Jotham Powell
 
1959 That Kind of Woman
Young Sharecropper, Father (uncredited)
 
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1977 Pete's Dragon (performer: "The Happiest Home in These Hills" - uncredited, "Bill of Sale" - uncredited)
 

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1963). Drama. Written by Dale Wasserman. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey. Incidental music by Teiji Ito. Directed by Alex Segal. Cort Theatre: 13 Nov 1963- 25 Jan 1964 (82 performances + 1 preview). Cast: Ed Ames (as "Chief Bromden"), Malcolm Atterbury... See more »

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Harold Tyner
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Made his Broadway stage debut in 1957 in the play "Orpheus Descending.". See more »

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