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Charles Tyner

Actor

Charles Tyner

Born June 8, 1923 in Danville, Virginia, USADied November 8, 201744 films

Charles Tyner (June 8, 1923 – November 8, 2017) was an American film, television and stage character actor best known, principally, for his performances in the films Harold and Maude (1971), Emperor of the North Pole (1973), The Stone Killer (1973), The Longest Yard (1974), Evilspeak (1982), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) and Pulse (1988).

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Cool Hand Luke posterFirst watchCool Hand Luke19677.7as Boss HigginsWhen petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who…View film

Essential films

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles poster7.3Planes, Trains and Automobiles1987Harold and Maude poster7.6Harold and Maude1971The Outlaw Josey Wales poster7.5The Outlaw Josey Wales1976Fail Safe poster7.8Fail Safe1964Jeremiah Johnson poster7.3Jeremiah Johnson1972Family Plot poster6.8Family Plot1976Pete's Dragon poster6.3Pete's Dragon1977The Cowboys poster7.1The Cowboys1972

Filmography

44 films as actor
  1. 1994Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is(as Bill Durham)
  2. 1991MotoramaDying Man
  3. 1990Enid Is SleepingMan at Indian Burial Site
  4. 1988I'll Be Home for ChristmasIsaiah Cawley
  5. 1988PulseOld Man
  6. 1987Planes, Trains and AutomobilesGus
  7. 1987Best SellerHarold, Cleve's father
  8. 1986Hamburger: The Motion PictureLyman Vunk
  9. 1985Deadly MessagesGeorge Clark
  10. 1981EvilspeakColonel Kincaid
  11. 1981A Matter of Life and DeathJoy's Father
  12. 1979Shadow of Fear
  13. 1979The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg LaurelDoug Slocomb
  14. 1978Lassie: The New BeginningAsa Bluel
  15. 1977Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat StallionLefty Slade
  16. 1977Pete's DragonMerle
  17. 1976The Outlaw Josey WalesZukie Limmer
  18. 1976Family PlotWheeler
  19. 1976Young PioneersMr. Beaton
  20. 1974The Greatest GiftAmos Goodloe
  21. 1974The Longest YardUnger
  22. 1974Winter KillCharley Eastman
  23. 1974The Midnight ManEwing
  24. 1973The Stone KillerPolice Psychiatrist
  25. 1973Emperor of the NorthCracker
  26. 1972Bad Company
  27. 1972Jeremiah JohnsonRobidoux
  28. 1972FuzzPete Schroeder
  29. 1972The CowboysStonemason
  30. 1971Harold and MaudeUncle Victor
  31. 1971Sometimes a Great NotionLes Gibbons
  32. 1971LawmanMinister
  33. 1971Sarge: The Badge or the CrossHawley
  34. 1970The Traveling ExecutionerVirgil
  35. 1970Monte WalshDoctor
  36. 1970The Moonshine WarMr. McClendon
  37. 1970The Cheyenne Social ClubCharlie Bannister
  38. 1969The ReiversEdmonds
  39. 1969Gaily, GailyDr. Lazarus
  40. 1968The Stalking MoonDace
  41. 1968The Sound of AngerRudolph Evans
  42. 1967Cool Hand LukeBoss Higgins
  43. 1964Fail SafeJet Fighter Pilot (voice) (uncredited)
  44. 1959That Kind of WomanYoung Sharecropper Father (uncredited)