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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jon Cypher (born January 13, 1932) is an American actor. Born in New York City, Cypher graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in 1949 and Brooklyn College in 1953. He made his television debut as the Prince in the original 1957 production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella opposite Julie Andrews in the title role. He is particularly remembered as Chief of Police Fletcher Daniels in Hill Street Blues, a role he played throughout the lifetime of the series, 1981-1987. He also played Commanding General Marcus Craig on the television show, Major Dad, alongside Gerald McRaney and Beverly Archer, and appeared as Howard Millhouse in the short lived television series Probe. He is also well known for the roles of Dr. Alex Keith on As the World Turns (1977–1979) and Dr. Arthur Donelly on Santa Barbara (1988–89). His other television credits include the recurring roles of Belson in The F.B.I., Dirk Maurier in Dynasty, Eric Brandon in Marcus Welby, M.D., and Jeff Munson in Knots Landing. He also provided the voice of comic villain Spellbinder in the animated television series Batman Beyond. Cypher made his first film appearance as the villain Frank Tanner in the 1971 Western Valdez Is Coming opposite Burt Lancaster and Susan Clark. He has since appeared periodically in films up through the late 1990s in mostly featured character parts. Cypher has also had an active career on the stage in both musicals and plays. He made his Broadway debut as Wister LaSalle in the original 1959 production of Harvey Breit's The Disenchanted. He returned to Broadway in 1962 to replace Patrick O'Neal as the Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon in the original production of Tennessee Williams's The Night of the Iguana. He portrayed the role of Dr. Carrasco in the original 1965 cast of Man of La Mancha, later taking over the role of Don Quixote. In 1967 he performed the role of Bert Jefferson in the original musical Sherry! by James Lipton and Laurence Rosenthal. His other Broadway credits include The Great White Hope, 1776, Coco, and Big: the musical. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Cypher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

8.1

Dr. Ira Billings / Spellbinder (voice)

Batman Beyond

1999

8.1

Spellbinder (voice)

Batman Beyond

1999

4.5

Fred Blumquist

Walking to the Waterline

1998

5.6

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show

1997

7.0

Judge Neil MacGruder

Profiler

1996

7.3

Frank Burnett

JAG

1995

6.7

Ben Fletcher

Burke's Law

1994

7.0

Waylon Cox

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993

7.6

Preston A. Lodge II

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

1993

6.2

Love & War

1992

Credits

Batman Beyond

as Dr. Ira Billings / Spellbinder (voice)

1999

8.1

Batman Beyond

as Spellbinder (voice)

1999

8.1

Walking to the Waterline

as Fred Blumquist

1998

4.5

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show

1997

5.6

Profiler

as Judge Neil MacGruder

1996

7.0

JAG

as Frank Burnett

1995

7.3

Burke's Law

as Ben Fletcher

1994

6.7

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Waylon Cox

1993

7.0

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

as Preston A. Lodge II

1993

7.6

Love & War

1992

6.2

Strictly Business

as Drake

1991

5.5

The Commish

1991

7.1

Law & Order

as Harlan Graham

1990

7.4

Law & Order

as Jerome Kamen

1990

7.4

Snow Kill

as Reid

1990

5.0

Spontaneous Combustion

as Dr. Marsh

1990

4.7

Accidents

as James Hughes

1989

5.0

Major Dad

as General Marcus Craig

1989

6.6

Favorite Son

as Bartholomew Scott

1988

4.7

Lady Mobster

as Alfred Mallory

1988

4.2

Probe

as Howard Millhouse

1988

7.5

Elvis and Me

as Captain Joseph Paul Beaulieu

1988

6.9

Elvis and Me

as Captain Joseph Paul Beaulieu

1988

9.0

Off the Mark

as John C. Roosevelt

1987

3.5

Tour of Duty

as MG Goldman

1987

8.0

Masters of the Universe

as Man At Arms

1987

5.7

Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun

as Dr. Peter Lattimore

1986

6.9

Lime Street

1985

5.5

Malice in Wonderland

as Dr. Harry 'Docky' Martin

1985

7.1

Murder, She Wrote

as Defense Atty. Max Flynn

1984

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

as Capt. Rory O'Neil

1984

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

as Nathan Swarthmore

1984

7.5

Hunter

as Alan Shadwell

1984

7.2

Knight Rider

as George Atherton

1982

7.5

Hotel

1982

6.8

Evita Peron

as Col. Imbert

1981

0.0

Hill Street Blues

as Chief Fletcher Daniels

1981

7.6

Dynasty

1981

6.5

Freebie and the Bean

1980

6.3

Knots Landing

as Jeff Munson

1979

6.8

Trapper John, M.D.

1979

6.5

The Love Boat

as Russell Evans

1977

6.3

The Feather And Father Gang

1977

0.0

The Food of the Gods

as Brian

1976

4.9

Bronk

1975

6.2

The Rockford Files

as Michael Kelly

1974

7.5

Police Woman

1974

6.2

Memory of Us

as Brad

1974

0.0

The Kid and the Killers

as Roper

1974

4.4

Night Games

as Dale Hannigan

1974

6.0

Blade

as Petersen

1973

5.4

Lady Ice

as Eddie Stell

1973

4.8

Ghost Story

as Keith

1972

7.1

The Rookies

1972

6.8

Believe in Me

as Alan

1971

5.2

Valdez Is Coming

as Frank Tanner

1971

6.3

Nanny and the Professor

1970

6.0

Mannix

as Phillip Lomax

1967

6.7

Mannix

as Wallace Hunter

1967

6.7

Mission: Impossible

as Art Stafford

1966

7.6

The F.B.I.

as Belson

1965

5.5

Flipper

1964

6.1

Cinderella

as Prince Christopher

1957

6.5

Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

1956

5.1