Jon Cypher was born on January 13,1932 and is an American actor and singer.
21 Facts About Jon Cypher
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Jon Cypher is best known as playing Chief of Police Fletcher Daniels in Hill Street Blues throughout the series' run.
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Jon Cypher has performed several times on Broadway, particularly in musical theatre.
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Jon Cypher later received a master's degree in marriage and family counseling from the University of Vermont.
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Jon Cypher 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.
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Jon Cypher is particularly remembered as Chief of Police Fletcher Daniels in Hill Street Blues, a role he played throughout the run of the series.
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Jon Cypher played Commanding General Marcus Craig on Major Dad, alongside Gerald McRaney and Beverly Archer, and appeared as Howard Millhouse in the short-lived television series Probe.
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Jon Cypher played Dr Alex Keith on As the World Turns and Dr Arthur Donnelly on Santa Barbara.
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Jon Cypher voiced the villain Spellbinder in the animated television series Batman Beyond.
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Jon Cypher made his first film appearance as the villain Frank Tanner in the 1971 Western Valdez Is Coming opposite Burt Lancaster and Susan Clark.
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Jon Cypher took on the role of the heroic Man-At-Arms in the 1987 film Masters of the Universe.
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Jon Cypher starred in an episode of Barnaby Jones entitled "Dangerous Gambit" which originally aired on February 26,1976.
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Jon Cypher has since appeared periodically in films up through the late 1990s in mostly featured character parts.
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Jon Cypher had an active career on the stage in both musicals and plays.
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Jon Cypher made his Broadway debut as Wister LaSalle in the original 1959 production of Harvey Breit's The Disenchanted.
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Jon Cypher 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.
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Jon Cypher portrayed the role of Dr Carrasco in the original 1965 cast of Man of La Mancha, later taking over the role of Don Quixote.
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Between 1990 and 1993, Jon Cypher appeared in 69 episodes of the CBS comedy series Major Dad as Brigadier General Marcus Craig.
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Jon Cypher broke his leg in two places and was forced to play Fagin while seated in a wheelchair.
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Jon Cypher later sued the theater and a performance company in Pittsburgh for $20,000.
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Jon Cypher was married to Ruth Wagner from 1965 to 1975.