birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
danville , virginia , usa 8 june 1925 1959 -- charles tyner
 charles tyner actor
charles tyner

charles tyner -lrb- born june 8 , 1925 -rrb- is an american actor , born in danville , virginia , usa .
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 '' -lrb- 1969 -rrb- , `` the cheyenne social club '' -lrb- 1970 -rrb- , `` the moonshine war '' -lrb- 1970 -rrb- , `` sometimes a great notion '' -lrb- 1970 -rrb- , `` lawman '' -lrb- 1971 -rrb- , `` harold and maude '' -lrb- 1971 -rrb- , `` the cowboys '' -lrb- 1972 -rrb- , `` fuzz '' -lrb- 1972 -rrb- , `` jeremiah johnson '' -lrb- 1972 -rrb- , `` emperor of the north pole '' -lrb- 1973 -rrb- and `` the midnight man '' -lrb- 1974 -rrb- .
one of his better known roles was alongside burt reynolds , in the prison comedy `` the longest yard '' -lrb- 1974 -rrb- .
tyner returned to the stage in 1977 , but continued to appear in films such as `` family plot '' -lrb- 1976 -rrb- , `` the outlaw josey wales '' -lrb- 1976 -rrb- , `` pete 's dragon '' -lrb- 1977 -rrb- , `` evilspeak '' -lrb- 1981 -rrb- , '' '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- , `` planes , trains and automobiles '' -lrb- 1987 -rrb- and `` pulse '' -lrb- 1988 -rrb- .
