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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Filmography
Cast Credits
Grizzly II: Revenge
Character: Papas
MOVIE • 2020
Nightwish
Character: Professor
MOVIE • 1989
Family Reunion
Character: Charlie
MOVIE • 1989
Brothers in Arms
Character: Father
MOVIE • 1988
Death Chase
Character: Lt. MacGrew
MOVIE • 1988
Hollywood Heartbreak
Character: Lou Budowski
MOVIE • 1988
Wildside
Character:
TV • 1985
The River
Character: Swick
MOVIE • 1984
Hunter
Character: Dennis Balzer
TV • 1984
Hunter
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
TV • 1984
Hunter
Character: Bartender
TV • 1984
The A-Team
Character: Wade Blackburn
TV • 1983
First Blood
Character: Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
MOVIE • 1982
Knight Rider
Character: Hagen
TV • 1982
Knight Rider
Character: Lt. George Barth
TV • 1982
Knight Rider
Character: Sheriff
TV • 1982
Hill Street Blues
Character:
TV • 1981
The Rose
Character: Dee
MOVIE • 1979
Mr. Horn
Character: Gen. George Crook
MOVIE • 1979
Big Hawaii
Character:
TV • 1977
Crew
Crew Credits
Kiss My Grits
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1982
Hill Street Blues
Role: Director
TV • 1981
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1980
Beyond Westworld
Role: Director
TV • 1980
Paris
Role: Director
TV • 1979
A Man Called Sloane
Role: Director
TV • 1979
Eischied
Role: Director
TV • 1979
The Survival of Dana
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1979
Mr. Horn
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1979
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1978
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1978
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
Role: Director
TV • 1977
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
Nowhere to Hide
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
Hollywood Man
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
A Small Town in Texas
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
Starsky & Hutch
Role: Director
TV • 1975
Race with the Devil
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1975
Planet of the Apes
Role: Director
TV • 1974