British actress Julie Andrews (as Cinderella) and American actor Jon Cypher (as the Prince) perform in a scene from the CBS Television presentation of ‘Cinderella,’ New York, New York, March 22, 1957. (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)
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Jon Cypher, who starred in a TV version of Cinderella and starred in NBC’s Hill Street Blues and Major Dad, has died.
Cypher died on Aug. 3, according to the longtime screen and stage actor’s obituary in the Oregon’s Ashland News.
Cypher’s turn opposite Julie Andrews’ title character in the 1957 CBS production of Cinderella marked the first time the Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical was broadcast on live television.
On the NBC police procedural Hill Street Blues, Cypher starred as Chief Fletcher Daniels in a recurring role over 73 episodes from 1981 to 1987.
Cypher also starred as Gen. Marcus C. Craig opposite Gerald McRaney’s Maj. John D. MacGillis in the hit CBS sitcom Major Dad, appearing in 69 episodes through Seasons 2, 3 and 4 from 1990 to 1993.
On film, Cypher starred as Man-at-Arms in the 1987 version of Mattel toy franchise-turned-feature film Masters of the Universe. His other major film credits include the 1989 Tobe Hooper horror film Spontaneous Combustion and the 1991 comedy romance Strictly Business.
Cypher compiled more than 90 screen roles in film and television throughout his career. Following his TV debut in Cinderella, the actor starred as Driscoll, one of lead roles of the NBC daytime drama Our Five Daughters. Cypher appeared in 160 episodes of the soap opera, which ran for one season in 1962.
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HILL STREET BLUES — “The Long Law of the Arm” Episode 403 — Pictured: (l-r) Daniel J. Travanti as Captain Frank Furillo, Jon Cypher as Chief Fletcher Daniels, Joe Spano as Sgt./Lt. Henry Goldblume — (Photo by: Jack Hamilton/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)
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