Charles Tyner

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Charles Tyner

Acting June 8, 1923

Danville, Virginia, USA

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 Ma…

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

7.3 1987 Movie
Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

7.7 1967 Movie
Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

8.0 1974 TV Show
ER

ER

7.8 1994 TV Show
The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years

8.3 1988 TV Show
The Outlaw Josey Wales

The Outlaw Josey Wales

7.5 1976 Movie
Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude

7.6 1971 Movie
Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

7.1 1993 TV Show
Pete's Dragon

Pete's Dragon

6.3 1977 Movie
Jeremiah Johnson

Jeremiah Johnson

7.3 1972 Movie
Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

6.7 1976 TV Show
St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

5.7 1982 TV Show

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1994
    ER

    TV show Barry Connelly

  2. 1994
    Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

    Movie (as Bill Durham)

  3. 1993
    Diagnosis: Murder

    TV show Harry Clark

  4. 1991
    Motorama

    Movie Dying Man

  5. 1990
    Enid Is Sleeping

    Movie Man at Indian Burial Site

  6. 1988
    I'll Be Home for Christmas

    Movie Isaiah Cawley

  7. 1988
    Pulse

    Movie Old Man

  8. 1988
    The Wonder Years

    TV show Mr. Nestor

  9. 1987
    Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    Movie Gus

  10. 1987
    Best Seller

    Movie Harold, Cleve's father

  11. 1986
    Matlock

    TV show E.J. Metcalf

  12. 1986
    Hamburger: The Motion Picture

    Movie Lyman Vunk

  13. 1985
    Deadly Messages

    Movie George Clark

  14. 1982
    St. Elsewhere

    TV show Christopher Samus Payne

  15. 1982
    Cassie & Co.

    TV show Security Officer

  16. 1981
    Father Murphy

    TV show

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  1. 1981
    Evilspeak

    Movie Colonel Kincaid

  2. 1981
    A Matter of Life and Death

    Movie Joy's Father

  3. 1979
    Shadow of Fear

    Movie

  4. 1979
    The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

    Movie Doug Slocomb

  5. 1978
    Lassie: The New Beginning

    Movie Asa Bluel

  6. 1978
    The Awakening Land

    TV show Reverend Hutchins

  7. 1977
    Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion

    Movie Lefty Slade

  8. 1977
    Pete's Dragon

    Movie Merle

  9. 1976
    Charlie's Angels

    TV show Anton Tarloff

  10. 1976
    The Outlaw Josey Wales

    Movie Zukie Limmer

  11. 1976
    Family Plot

    Movie Wheeler

  12. 1976
    Young Pioneers

    Movie Mr. Beaton

  13. 1974
    The Greatest Gift

    Movie Amos Goodloe

  14. 1974
    Little House on the Prairie

    TV show Mr. Janes

  15. 1974
    The Longest Yard

    Movie Unger

  16. 1974
    Winter Kill

    Movie Charley Eastman

  17. 1974
    The Midnight Man

    Movie Ewing

  18. 1973
    The Stone Killer

    Movie Police Psychiatrist

  19. 1973
    Emperor of the North

    Movie Cracker

  20. 1972
    Kung Fu

    TV show Larraby

  21. 1972
    Bad Company

    Movie

  22. 1972
    Jeremiah Johnson

    Movie Robidoux

  23. 1972
    Fuzz

    Movie Pete Schroeder

  24. 1972
    The Cowboys

    Movie Stonemason