Jack Starrett
Born: 1936-11-02 in Refugio, Texas, USA
Died: 1989-03-27
Known For: Directing
Biography
Jack Starrett (November 2, 1936 – March 27, 1989) was an American actor and film director. He is credited as Claude Ennis Starrett, Jr. in some of his films. Starrett is perhaps best known for his role as Gabby Johnson, a parody of Gabby Hayes, in the 1974 classic parody film Blazing Saddles and is also known for his role as the brutal deputy Galt in the 1982 action film First Blood. He also played the cruel foreman Swick in The River. Starrett was often typecast as a tough-talking police officer and played essentially the same character in a trio of biker films: The Born Losers (the film that introduced Billy Jack), Hells Angels on Wheels (both from 1967), and Angels from Hell (1968). He acted in another biker film, Hell's Bloody Devils (1970), and directed two more: Run, Angel, Run in 1969 and Nam's Angels (1970). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Starrett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2020
- Grizzly II: Revenge as Papas
1989
- Nightwish as Professor
- Family Reunion as Charlie
1988
- Brothers in Arms as Father
- Death Chase as Lt. MacGrew
- Hollywood Heartbreak as Lou Budowski
1985
1983
- The A-Team as Wade Blackburn
1982
- Knight Rider as Hagen
- First Blood as Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
- Kiss My Grits ... (Director)
1981
1980
- Beyond Westworld ... (Director)
- Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes ... (Director)
1979
- Paris ... (Director)
- Eischied ... (Director)
- A Man Called Sloane ... (Director)
- The Rose as Dee
- Mr. Horn as Gen. George Crook
- Mr. Horn as Gen. George Crook
- The Survival of Dana ... (Director)
1978
- Thaddeus Rose and Eddie ... (Director)
- Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus ... (Director)
1977
- What Really Happened to the Class of '65? ... (Director)
- Big Hawaii
- Final Chapter: Walking Tall ... (Director)
- Nowhere to Hide as Gus
- Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target ... (Director)
1976
- A Small Town in Texas as Buford Tyler
- Hollywood Man ... (Director)
1975
- Starsky & Hutch ... (Director)
- Race with the Devil as Gas Station Attendant
1974
- Planet of the Apes ... (Director)
- Blazing Saddles as Gabby Johnson
- The Dion Brothers as Gentleman Rancher (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
1973
- Cleopatra Jones ... (Director)
- Kid Blue as Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
1972
- Slaughter ... (Director)
- The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie ... (Director)
1970
- The Losers as Chet Davis (uncredited)
- Hell's Bloody Devils as Rocky
- Cry Blood Apache as The Deacon
- The Girls from Thunder Strip as Sheriff
- Night Chase ... (Director)
1969
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors ... (Director)
- Run, Angel, Run! ... (Director)
- The Gay Deceivers as Colonel Dixon
- The Gun Runner ... (Editor)
- House of Zodiac ... (Director)
1968
- Angels from Hell as Bingham
1967
- The Born Losers as Deputy Fred
- Hells Angels on Wheels as Sagt. Bingham