Jack Starrett
Directing • Born 1936-11-02 – Died 1989-03-27
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.
Filmography
34 credits
First Blood
Movie • 1982
Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
Race with the Devil
Movie • 1975
Gas Station Attendant
The Losers
Movie • 1970
Chet Davis (uncredited)
Hell's Bloody Devils
Movie • 1970
Rocky
The Born Losers
Movie • 1967
Deputy Fred
Death Chase
Movie • 1988
Lt. MacGrew
Nightwish
Movie • 1989
Professor
Cry Blood Apache
Movie • 1970
The Deacon
Grizzly II: Revenge
Movie • 2020
Papas
The Girls from Thunder Strip
Movie • 1970
Sheriff
Angels from Hell
Movie • 1968
Bingham
Blazing Saddles
Movie • 1974
Gabby Johnson
Hollywood Heartbreak
Movie • 1988
Lou Budowski
The River
Movie • 1984
Swick
The Gay Deceivers
Movie • 1969
Colonel Dixon
Brothers in Arms
Movie • 1988
Father
The Dion Brothers
Movie • 1974
Gentleman Rancher (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
Family Reunion
Movie • 1989
Charlie
Hells Angels on Wheels
Movie • 1967
Sagt. Bingham
A Small Town in Texas
Movie • 1976
Buford Tyler
Nowhere to Hide
Movie • 1977
Gus
Mr. Horn
Movie • 1979
Gen. George Crook
Kid Blue
Movie • 1973
Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
The Rose
Movie • 1979
Dee
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Wade Blackburn
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Hagen
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Hunter
TV • 1984
Dennis Balzer
Wildside
TV • 1985
Big Hawaii
TV • 1977
Hunter
TV • 1984
Bartender (uncredited)
Hunter
TV • 1984
Bartender
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Lt. George Barth
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Sheriff