Jack Starrett

from Refugio, Texas, USA

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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).

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Timeline

2020Aged 84

  • Poster for Grizzly II: Revenge

    Papas

1989Aged 53

  • Poster for Family Reunion

    Charlie

  • Poster for Nightwish

    Professor

1988Aged 52

  • Poster for Hollywood Heartbreak

    Lou Budowski

  • Poster for Death Chase

    Lt. MacGrew

  • Poster for Brothers in Arms

    Father

1984Aged 48

  • Poster for The River

    Swick

1982Aged 46

  • Poster for First Blood

    Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt

  • Poster for Kiss My Grits

    Director

1980Aged 44

  • Poster for Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

    Director

1979Aged 43

  • Poster for Mr. Horn

    Gen. George Crook

  • Poster for The Rose

    Dee

  • Poster for The Survival of Dana

    Director

1978Aged 42

  • Poster for Thaddeus Rose and Eddie

    Director

  • Poster for Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus

    Director

1977Aged 41

  • Poster for Nowhere to Hide

    Gus

  • Poster for Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target

    Director

  • Poster for Final Chapter: Walking Tall

    Director

1976Aged 40

  • Poster for A Small Town in Texas

    Buford Tyler

  • Poster for Hollywood Man

    Director

1975Aged 39

  • Poster for Race with the Devil

    Gas Station Attendant

1974Aged 38

  • Poster for Blazing Saddles

    Gabby Johnson

  • Poster for The Dion Brothers

    Gentleman Rancher (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)

1973Aged 37

  • Poster for Kid Blue

    Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)

  • Poster for Cleopatra Jones

    Director

1972Aged 36

  • Poster for The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie

    Director

  • Poster for Slaughter

    Director

1970Aged 34

  • Poster for Hell's Bloody Devils

    Rocky

  • Poster for The Losers

    Chet Davis (uncredited)

  • Poster for Cry Blood Apache

    The Deacon

  • Poster for The Girls from Thunder Strip

    Sheriff

  • Poster for Night Chase

    Director

1969Aged 33

1968Aged 32

  • Poster for Angels from Hell

    Bingham

1967Aged 31

  • Poster for Hells Angels on Wheels

    Sagt. Bingham

  • Poster for The Born Losers

    Deputy Fred

Year unknown

  • Poster for The Making of 'First Blood'

    (Unknown)