Person
Charles Tyner
Acting · 1923–2017 · Danville, Virginia, USA
Biography
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).
Known for
ER
Barry Connelly
Diagnosis: Murder
Harry Clark
Little House on the Prairie
Mr. Janes
Matlock
E.J. Metcalf
St. Elsewhere
Christopher Samus Payne
The Wonder Years
Mr. Nestor
Cool Hand Luke
Boss Higgins
The Longest Yard
Unger
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Gus
Cassie & Co.
Security Officer
Filmography
- 1994ERBarry Connelly
- 1993Diagnosis: MurderHarry Clark
- 1991MotoramaDying Man
- 1990Enid Is SleepingMan at Indian Burial Site
- 1988I'll Be Home for ChristmasIsaiah Cawley
- 1988PulseOld Man
- 1988The Wonder YearsMr. Nestor
- 1987Planes, Trains and AutomobilesGus
- 1987Best SellerHarold, Cleve's father
- 1986MatlockE.J. Metcalf
- 1986Hamburger: The Motion PictureLyman Vunk
- 1985Deadly MessagesGeorge Clark
- 1982St. ElsewhereChristopher Samus Payne
- 1982Cassie & Co.Security Officer
- 1981Father Murphy
- 1981EvilspeakColonel Kincaid
- 1981A Matter of Life and DeathJoy's Father
- 1979Shadow of Fear
- 1979The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg LaurelDoug Slocomb
- 1978Lassie: The New BeginningAsa Bluel
- 1978The Awakening LandReverend Hutchins
- 1977Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat StallionLefty Slade
- 1977Pete's DragonMerle
- 1976The Outlaw Josey WalesZukie Limmer
- 1976Family PlotWheeler
- 1976Young PioneersMr. Beaton
- 1974The Greatest GiftAmos Goodloe
- 1974Little House on the PrairieMr. Janes
- 1974The Longest YardUnger
- 1974Winter KillCharley Eastman
- 1974The Midnight ManEwing
- 1973The Stone KillerPolice Psychiatrist
- 1973Emperor of the NorthCracker
- 1972Kung FuLarraby
- 1972Bad Company
- 1972Jeremiah JohnsonRobidoux
- 1972FuzzPete Schroeder
- 1972The CowboysStonemason
- 1971Harold and MaudeUncle Victor
- 1971Sometimes a Great NotionLes Gibbons
- 1971LawmanMinister
- 1971Sarge: The Badge or the CrossHawley
- 1970The Traveling ExecutionerVirgil
- 1970Monte WalshDoctor
- 1970The Moonshine WarMr. McClendon
- 1970The Cheyenne Social ClubCharlie Bannister
- 1969The ReiversEdmonds
- 1969Gaily, GailyDr. Lazarus
- 1968The Stalking MoonDace
- 1968The Sound of AngerRudolph Evans
- 1967Cool Hand LukeBoss Higgins
- 1964Fail SafeJet Fighter Pilot (voice) (uncredited)
- 1959That Kind of WomanYoung Sharecropper Father (uncredited)
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