Charles Tyner
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).
Personal Details
Movies (41)
Motorama
as Dying Man
1991
Enid Is Sleeping
as Man at Indian Burial Site
1990
I'll Be Home for Christmas
as Isaiah Cawley
1988
Pulse
as Old Man
1988
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
as Gus
1987
Best Seller
as Harold, Cleve's father
1987
Hamburger: The Motion Picture
as Lyman Vunk
1986
Deadly Messages
as George Clark
1985
Evilspeak
as Colonel Kincaid
1981
A Matter of Life and Death
as Joy's Father
1981
Shadow of Fear
1979
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
as Doug Slocomb
1979
Lassie: The New Beginning
as Asa Bluel
1978
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
as Lefty Slade
1977
Pete's Dragon
as Merle
1977
The Outlaw Josey Wales
as Zukie Limmer
1976
Family Plot
as Wheeler
1976
Young Pioneers
as Mr. Beaton
1976
The Greatest Gift
as Amos Goodloe
1974
The Longest Yard
as Unger
1974
Winter Kill
as Charley Eastman
1974
The Midnight Man
as Ewing
1974
The Stone Killer
as Police Psychiatrist
1973
Emperor of the North
as Cracker
1973
Bad Company
1972
Jeremiah Johnson
as Robidoux
1972
Fuzz
as Pete Schroeder
1972
The Cowboys
as Stonemason
1972
Harold and Maude
as Uncle Victor
1971
Sometimes a Great Notion
as Les Gibbons
1971
Lawman
as Minister
1971
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
as Hawley
1971
The Traveling Executioner
as Virgil
1970
Monte Walsh
as Doctor
1970
The Moonshine War
as Mr. McClendon
1970
The Cheyenne Social Club
as Charlie Bannister
1970
The Reivers
as Edmonds
1969
Gaily, Gaily
as Dr. Lazarus
1969
The Stalking Moon
as Dace
1968
The Sound of Anger
as Rudolph Evans
1968
Cool Hand Luke
as Boss Higgins
1967
TV Shows (9)
ER
as Barry Connelly
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
as Harry Clark
1993
The Wonder Years
as Mr. Nestor
1988
Matlock
as E.J. Metcalf
1986
St. Elsewhere
as Christopher Samus Payne
1982
Father Murphy
1981
The Awakening Land
as Reverend Hutchins
1978
Little House on the Prairie
as Mr. Janes
1974
Kung Fu
as Larraby
1972