Charles Tyner
| Charles Tyner | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 8, 1925 Danville, Virginia, USA |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1959 – |
Charles Tyner (born June 8, 1925) is an American actor, born in Danville, Virginia, USA.[1]
In 1957, Tyner made his debut on Broadway, in the play Oprheus Descending. Two year later, he appeared with Paul Newman, in the Broadway play Sweet Bird of Youth. It was during 1959, that he made his film debut, with an uncredited part in That Kind of Woman. He worked with Newman again in 1967, as Boss Higgins, the sadistic prison guard in Cool Hand Luke. One of his better known roles was alongside Bert Reynolds, in the prison comedy. The Longest Yard (1974). Tyner returned to the stage in 1977, occasionally reappearing on the silver screen in Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1985) and Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987).