Jack Starrett

Known for DirectingBorn 1936-11-02Died 1989-03-27Refugio, Texas, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Survival of Dana

Thaddeus Rose and Eddie

Hill Street Blues

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

The A-Team

First Blood

Knight Rider

Nowhere to Hide

Starsky & Hutch

Blazing Saddles

Hunter

Mr. Horn

Eischied

Planet of the Apes

Kid Blue

Wildside

The Rose

Paris

The River

Race with the Devil

Family Reunion

Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus

The Born Losers

Big Hawaii

What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

Night Chase

A Man Called Sloane

Cleopatra Jones

Hollywood Heartbreak

Slaughter

The Dion Brothers

Beyond Westworld

Final Chapter: Walking Tall

The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie

The Gay Deceivers

Kiss My Grits

Hells Angels on Wheels

Hollywood Man

Nightwish

Brothers in Arms

The Losers

Angels from Hell

A Small Town in Texas

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

Hell's Bloody Devils

Run, Angel, Run!

The Girls from Thunder Strip

Death Chase