Jack Starrett
Birthday
1936/11/02
Day of death
1989/03/27 (52 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Refugio, Texas, USA
Also know as
Claude Ennis Starrett, Jr.
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 office...Read more
Acting
(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
(1979) Mr. Horn
as Gen. George Crook
(1973) Kid Blue
as Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
(1979) The Rose
as Dee
(1983) The A-Team
as Wade Blackburn
(1982) Knight Rider
as Hagen
(1981) Hill Street Blues
as ---
(1984) Hunter
as Dennis Balzer
(1985) Wildside
as ---
(1977) Big Hawaii
as ---
(1984) Hunter
as Bartender
(1984) Hunter
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1982) Knight Rider
as Lt. George Barth
(1982) Knight Rider
as Sheriff