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
- Death Chase as Lt. MacGrew
- Brothers in Arms as Father
- 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
- The Rose as Dee
- The Survival of Dana ... (Director)
- Paris ... (Director)
- A Man Called Sloane ... (Director)
- Eischied ... (Director)
- Mr. Horn as Gen. George Crook
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)
- Final Chapter: Walking Tall ... (Director)
- Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target ... (Director)
- Big Hawaii
- Nowhere to Hide as Gus
1976
- Hollywood Man ... (Director)
- A Small Town in Texas as Buford Tyler
1975
- Starsky & Hutch ... (Director)
- Race with the Devil as Gas Station Attendant
1974
- Blazing Saddles as Gabby Johnson
- Planet of the Apes ... (Director)
- The Dion Brothers as Gentleman Rancher (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
1973
- Kid Blue as Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
- Cleopatra Jones ... (Director)
1972
- Slaughter ... (Director)
- The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie ... (Director)
1970
- The Losers as Chet Davis (uncredited)
- Night Chase ... (Director)
- Hell's Bloody Devils as Rocky
- The Girls from Thunder Strip as Sheriff
- Cry Blood Apache as The Deacon
1969
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors ... (Director)
- Run, Angel, Run! ... (Director)
- The Gun Runner ... (Editor)
- House of Zodiac ... (Director)
- The Gay Deceivers as Colonel Dixon
1968
- Angels from Hell as Bingham
1967
- The Born Losers as Deputy Fred
- Hells Angels on Wheels as Sagt. Bingham