Jon Cypher

Known for ActingBorn 1932-01-13Died 2026-08-03New York City, New York, U.S.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jon Cypher (January 13, 1932 – August 3, 2026) was 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Elvis and Me

Batman Beyond

Tour of Duty

Memory of Us

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Probe

Malice in Wonderland

Hill Street Blues

Snow Kill

The Rockford Files

Murder, She Wrote

Knight Rider

Mission: Impossible

JAG

Law & Order

Elvis and Me

Ghost Story

The Commish

Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun

Profiler

Hunter

Walker, Texas Ranger

Burke's Law

Knots Landing

The Rookies

Freebie and the Bean

Mannix

Bronk

Hotel

Nanny and the Professor

Trapper John, M.D.

Love & War

Dynasty

Major Dad

Walking to the Waterline

Cinderella

Night Games

Police Woman

Batman Beyond: School Days and Spellbound

The Love Boat

Valdez Is Coming

Accidents

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show

Lime Street

Flipper

Masters of the Universe

Strictly Business

The F.B.I.