Name
Jack Starrett
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1936-11-02
Deathday
1989-03-27 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Refugio, Texas, USA
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).
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Known For
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- 1982 First Blood as Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
- 1975 Race with the Devil as Gas Station Attendant
- 1970 The Losers as Chet Davis (uncredited)
- 1970 Hell's Bloody Devils as Rocky
- 1967 The Born Losers as Deputy Fred
- 1988 Death Chase as Lt. MacGrew
- 1989 Nightwish as Professor
- 1970 Cry Blood Apache as The Deacon
- 2020 Grizzly II: Revenge as Papas
- 1970 The Girls from Thunder Strip as Sheriff
- 1968 Angels from Hell as Bingham
- 1974 Blazing Saddles as Gabby Johnson
- 1988 Hollywood Heartbreak as Lou Budowski
- 1984 The River as Swick
- 1969 The Gay Deceivers as Colonel Dixon
- 1988 Brothers in Arms as Father
- 1974 The Dion Brothers as Gentleman Rancher (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
- 1989 Family Reunion as Charlie
- 1967 Hells Angels on Wheels as Sagt. Bingham
- 1976 A Small Town in Texas as Buford Tyler
- 1977 Nowhere to Hide as Gus
- 1973 Kid Blue as Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
- 1979 The Rose as Dee
- 1982 The Making of 'First Blood' as Self
- 1983 The A-Team ( 1 episode ) as Wade Blackburn
- 1982 Knight Rider ( 1 episode ) as Hagen
- 1981 Hill Street Blues ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Dennis Balzer
- 1985 Wildside ( 1 episode )
- 1977 Big Hawaii ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Bartender (uncredited)
- 1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Bartender
- 1982 Knight Rider ( 1 episode ) as Lt. George Barth
- 1982 Knight Rider ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff
- 1979 Mr. Horn ( 2 episodes ) as Gen. George Crook
