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Jack Starrett

Actor, Director
Born November 2, 1936Died March 27, 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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Hunter
  • Hells Angels on Wheels
  • Grizzly II: Revenge
  • The Gay Deceivers
  • Cry Blood, Apache
  • Family Reunion
  • Hollywood Man

Known For

  • First Blood
  • Race with the Devil
  • Cleopatra Jones
  • Planet of the Apes
  • Slaughter
  • Final Chapter: Walking Tall
  • Starsky & Hutch
  • The Dukes of Hazzard
  • Cry Blood, Apache
  • The Losers
  • The Born Losers
  • Hill Street Blues
  • A Small Town in Texas
  • The Dion Brothers
  • Nightwish
  • Hollywood Man
  • Hells Angels on Wheels
  • Run, Angel, Run!
  • The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie
  • The Gay Deceivers
  • Angels from Hell
  • Beyond Westworld

Filmography

2020
1989
Nightwish · as Professor
1989
1988
Brothers in Arms · as Father
1988
Death Chase · as Lt. Macgrew
1987
Like Father Like Son · as Coach Jennings
1985
Wildside (TV Series)
1984
The River · as Swick
1984
Hunter (TV Series) · as Bartender (uncredited)
1983
The Rousters (TV Series) · as Cast
1983
The A-Team (TV Series) · as Wade Blackburn
1982
First Blood · as Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
1982
Knight Rider (TV Series) · as Hagen
1981
Hill Street Blues (TV Series)
1979
The Rose · as Dee
1979
Survival of Dana · as Police Station Photographer
1979
Mr. Horn · as Gen. George Crook
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 (TV Series) · as Wilbur Bain
1970
1970
1970
The Losers · as Chet Davis (uncredited)
1970
1969
The Gay Deceivers · as Colonel Dixon
1968
Angels from Hell · as Bingham
1967
The Born Losers · as Deputy Fred
1967
1961
Like Father, Like Son · as Football Coach Jennings

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