Jack Starrett
Actor, Director, Editor
2 November 1936 — 27 March 1989 (52 years)
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
Filmography
| 1989 | Nightwish · as Professor |
| 1989 | Family Reunion · as CharlieOn Plex |
| 1988 | Brothers in Arms · as Father |
| 1988 | Death Chase · as Lt. Macgrew |
| 1987 | Like Father Like Son · as Coach Jennings |
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| 1984 | The River · as Swick |
| 1984 | Hunter · as Dennis BalzerOn Plex |
| 1983 | The Rousters · as Buz Kirkland |
| 1983 | The A-Team · as Wade Blackburn |
| 1983 | Grizzly II: Revenge · as PapasOn Plex |
| 1982 | First Blood · as Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt |
| 1982 | Knight Rider · as Sheriff |
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| 1979 | The Rose · as Dee |
| 1979 | Survival of Dana · as Police Station Photographer |
| 1977 | Nowhere to Hide · as Gus |
| 1976 | A Small Town in Texas · as Buford Tyler |
| 1975 | Race with the Devil · as Gas Station Attendant |
| 1974 | The Dion Brothers · as Gentleman Rancher (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.) |
| 1974 | Blazing Saddles · as Gabby Johnson |
| 1973 | Kid Blue · as Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.) |
| 1971 | Cade's County · as Wilbur Bain |
| 1970 | The Girls from Thunder Strip · as Sheriff |
| 1970 | Cry Blood, Apache · as The DeaconOn Plex |
| 1970 | The Losers · as Chet Davis (uncredited) |
| 1970 | Hell's Bloody Devils · as Rocky |
| 1969 | The Gay Deceivers · as Colonel DixonOn Plex |
| 1968 | Angels from Hell · as Bingham |
| 1967 | The Born Losers · as Deputy Fred |
| 1967 | Hells Angels on Wheels · as Sagt. BinghamOn Plex |
| 1961 | Like Father, Like Son · as Football Coach Jennings |
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| 1976 | Hollywood ManOn Plex |
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| 1970 | Cry Blood, ApacheOn Plex |
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| 2006 | Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 · as Self |
| 1982 | The Making of 'First Blood' · as Self |
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