Charles Tyner
| Charles Tyner | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 8, 1925 Danville, Virginia, USA |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1959 – 2014 |
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 Orpheus 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, and became a regular character actor, appearing in films such as The Reivers, Lawman, Harold and Maude, The Cowboys and Emperor of the North Pole. One of his better known roles was alongside Burt Reynolds, in the 1974 prison comedy The Longest Yard.
Tyner returned to the stage in 1977, but continued to appear in films.
Selected filmography
- That Kind of Woman (1959)
- Cool Hand Luke (1967)
- The Stalking Moon (1968)
- Gaily, Gaily (1969)
- The Reivers (1969)
- The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
- The Moonshine War (1970)
- The Traveling Executioner (1970)
- Monte Walsh (1970)
- Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)
- Lawman (1971)
- Harold and Maude (1971)
- The Cowboys (1972)
- Fuzz (1972)
- Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
- Bad Company (1972)
- Emperor of the North Pole (1973)
- The Stone Killer (1973)
- The Midnight Man (1974)
- The Longest Yard (1974)
- Family Plot (1976)
- The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
- Pete's Dragon (1977)
- The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979)
- Evilspeak (1981)
- Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1985)
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
- Pulse (1988)