Jack Starrett
- Directing
- November 2, 1936 · Refugio, Texas, USA
- March 27, 1989
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
Filmography
- Grizzly II: Revenge · Papas
- Nightwish · Professor
- Family Reunion · Charlie
- Brothers in Arms · Father
- Death Chase · Lt. MacGrew
- Hollywood Heartbreak · Lou Budowski
- Wildside
- The River · Swick
- Hunter · Dennis Balzer, Bartender (uncredited)
- The A-Team · Wade Blackburn
- First Blood · Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
- Knight Rider · Hagen, Lt. George Barth
- Kiss My Grits · Director
- The Making of 'First Blood' · Self
- Hill Street Blues · Director
- Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes · Director
- Beyond Westworld · Director
- The Rose · Dee
- Paris · Director
- A Man Called Sloane · Director
- Eischied · Director
- The Survival of Dana · Director
- Mr. Horn · Gen. George Crook, Director
- Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus · Director
- Thaddeus Rose and Eddie · Director
- What Really Happened to the Class of '65? · Director
- Big Hawaii
- Final Chapter: Walking Tall · Director
- Nowhere to Hide · Gus, Director
- Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target · Director
- Hollywood Man · Director
- A Small Town in Texas · Buford Tyler, Director
- Starsky & Hutch · Director
- Race with the Devil · Gas Station Attendant, Director
- Planet of the Apes · Director
- The Dion Brothers · Gentleman Rancher (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.), Director
- Blazing Saddles · Gabby Johnson
- Cleopatra Jones · Director
- Kid Blue · Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
- Slaughter · Director
- The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie · Director
- Night Chase · Director
- The Girls from Thunder Strip · Sheriff
- Cry Blood Apache · The Deacon, Director
- The Losers · Chet Davis (uncredited), Director
- Hell's Bloody Devils · Rocky
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors · Director
- The Gay Deceivers · Colonel Dixon
- Run, Angel, Run! · Director
- The Gun Runner · Editing
- House of Zodiac · Director
- Angels from Hell · Bingham
- The Born Losers · Deputy Fred
- Hells Angels on Wheels · Sagt. Bingham