Jack Starrett
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday2 November 1936
Died27 March 1989 (age 52)
Place of birthRefugio, Texas, USA
Known credits54
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…
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020 · Papas
Nightwish
1989 · Professor
Family Reunion
1989 · Charlie
Brothers in Arms
1988 · Father
Death Chase
1988 · Lt. MacGrew
Hollywood Heartbreak
1988 · Lou Budowski
Wildside
1985
The River
1984 · Swick
Hunter
1984 · Dennis Balzer
Hunter
1984 · Bartender (uncredited)
Hunter
1984 · Bartender
The A-Team
1983 · Wade Blackburn
First Blood
1982 · Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
Knight Rider
1982 · Hagen
Knight Rider
1982 · Lt. George Barth
Knight Rider
1982 · Sheriff
Kiss My Grits
1982 · Director
The Making of 'First Blood'
1982 · Self
Hill Street Blues
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Director
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980 · Director
Beyond Westworld
1980 · Director
The Rose
1979 · Dee
Paris
1979 · Director
A Man Called Sloane
1979 · Director
Eischied
1979 · Director
The Survival of Dana
1979 · Director
Mr. Horn
1979 · Gen. George Crook
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
1978 · Director
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
1978 · Director
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977 · Director
Big Hawaii
1977
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
1977 · Director
Nowhere to Hide
1977 · Gus
Nowhere to Hide
1977 · Director
Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target
1977 · Director
Hollywood Man
1976 · Director
A Small Town in Texas
1976 · Buford Tyler
A Small Town in Texas
1976 · Director
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Director
Race with the Devil
1975 · Gas Station Attendant
Race with the Devil
1975 · Director
Planet of the Apes
1974 · Director
The Dion Brothers
1974 · Gentleman Rancher (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
The Dion Brothers
1974 · Director
Blazing Saddles
1974 · Gabby Johnson
Cleopatra Jones
1973 · Director
Kid Blue
1973 · Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
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