Jack Starrett

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1936-11-02

Deathday 1989-03-27 (52 years old)

Place of Birth Refugio, Texas, USA

Also Known As Claude Ennis Starrett, Jr.

Jack Starrett

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.

Known For

Director

1982
Kiss My Grits

as Director

1981
Hill Street Blues

as Director

1980
Beyond Westworld

as Director

1979
1979
Mr. Horn

as Director

1979
1979
Eischied

as Director

1979
Paris

as Director

1978
1977
Nowhere to Hide

as Director

1976
Hollywood Man

as Director

1976
1975
1975
Starsky & Hutch

as Director

1974
The Dion Brothers

as Director

1974
Planet of the Apes

as Director

1973
Cleopatra Jones

as Director

1972
Slaughter

as Director

1970
Cry Blood Apache

as Director

1970
The Losers

as Director

1970
Night Chase

as Director

1969
Run, Angel, Run!

as Director

1969
House of Zodiac

as Director

Actor

2020
1989
Nightwish

as Professor

1989
Family Reunion

as Charlie

1988
1988
Death Chase

as Lt. MacGrew

1988
Hollywood Heartbreak

as Lou Budowski

1984
The River

as Swick

1984
Hunter

as Dennis Balzer

1984
Hunter

as Bartender

1984
Hunter

as Bartender (uncredited)

1983
The A-Team

as Wade Blackburn

1982
First Blood

as Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt

1982
Knight Rider

as Hagen

1982
Knight Rider

as Lt. George Barth

1982
Knight Rider

as Sheriff

1979
The Rose

as Dee

1979
Mr. Horn

as Gen. George Crook

1977
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.)

1970
Cry Blood Apache

as The Deacon

1970
The Losers

as Chet Davis (uncredited)

1969
The Gay Deceivers

as Colonel Dixon

1968
Angels from Hell

as Bingham

1967
The Born Losers

as Deputy Fred

1967
Hells Angels on Wheels

as Sagt. Bingham

Editor

1969
The Gun Runner

as Editor