As Actor
Nightwish
1989
4.9
Jack Starrett
Acting
Birth date
November 2, 1936
Birth place
Refugio, Texas, USA
Death date
March 27, 1989
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.
Featured in
As Actor
Brothers in Arms
1988
2.5
As Actor
Death Chase
1988
3.4
As Actor
First Blood
1982
7.5
As Director
Kiss My Grits
1982
4.0
As Actor, As Director
Mr. Horn
1979
6.0
As Director
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
1977
5.3
As Director
Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target
1977
2.0
As Director
Hollywood Man
1976
4.7
As Director
A Small Town in Texas
1976
4.7
As Director
Race with the Devil
1975
6.4
As Actor, As Director
The Dion Brothers
1974
5.6
As Director
Cleopatra Jones
1973
5.7
As Director
Slaughter
1972
5.6
As Director
Night Chase
1970
5.5
As Actor
The Girls from Thunder Strip
1970
4.0
As Actor, As Director
The Losers
1970
4.9
As Actor
Hell's Bloody Devils
1970
3.9
As Actor
The Gay Deceivers
1969
5.5
As Director
Run, Angel, Run!
1969
3.4