Horror movie fans are mourning the loss of a supporting actor in the “Halloween” movie franchise which launched the career of actress Jamie Lee Curtis as well as an untold number of nightmares about the stalkings of her killer brother Michael Myers.

At 19, Curtis earned her film debut in the 1978 box office hit by director John Carpenter, appearing alongside Charles Cyphers who played a town detective chasing a masked Myers as he walks among trick-or-treaters during Halloween festivities. Cyphers suffered a brief illness in Tucson, Arizona and passed away on Sunday at the age of 85, according to the New York Post. “Charles was a lovable and sensitive man,” his manager Chris Roe said in a statement to Variety. “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.”

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Born in Niagara Falls, New York, on July 28, 1939, Cyphers earned his theater degree from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and California State University, Los Angeles. He nabbed his first on-screen role the following year in 1974’s “Truck Turner.” Two years later, a young Cyphers first collaborated with Carpenter in the 1976 film “Assault on Precinct 13″ about L.A. cops who barricade themselves in a police station while citizens go up in arms in a citywide riot. His performance as a prison bus driver earned Cypher the role of Sheriff Leigh Brackett in “Halloween” as well as follow-up performances in “Halloween II” in 1981 and “Halloween Kills” in 2021.

Before filming commenced for the 2022 film “Halloween Kills,” Cyphers stated it was “shocking” but “wonderful” to be invited to participate. “To be called back again in a film, it’s unheard of after 40 years. Most people are dead,” he told HorrorConUK. “Thankfully I didn’t die so they brought me back. It was wonderful to come back and do it again and be paid. It was nice. I enjoyed it.”

Other projects Cyphers and Carpenter collaborated on include “The Fog” and 1981’s “Escape From New York” starring a young Kurt Russell. Other credits to his name include 1978’s “Coming Home,” 1979’s “The Onion Field,” 1982’s “Honkytonk Man,” 1989’s “Major League” and 1989’s “Gleaming the Cube,” the story of a California skateboarder featuring Tony Hawk. He also enjoyed a number of television appearances over his four decades in acting, including “The Bionic Woman,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “Wonder Woman,” “The Betty White Show,” “Starsky and Hutch,” “The Dukes of Hazzard,” “Dallas,” “Night Court,” “Seinfeld” and “ER.”

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