Jack Starrett

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.

Directed

1. Starsky & Hutch (1975) — Director
2. Race with the Devil (1975) — Director
3. Hill Street Blues (1981) — Director
4. Planet of the Apes (1974) — Director
5. Cleopatra Jones (1973) — Director
6. Slaughter (1972) — Director
7. Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977) — Director
8. A Small Town in Texas (1976) — Director
9. The Dion Brothers (1974) — Director
10. Cry Blood Apache (1970) — Director
11. The Losers (1970) — Director
12. Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980) — Director
13. Beyond Westworld (1980) — Director
14. Hollywood Man (1976) — Director
15. The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie (1972) — Director
16. Night Chase (1970) — Director
17. Run, Angel, Run! (1969) — Director
18. Kiss My Grits (1982) — Director
19. A Man Called Sloane (1979) — Director
20. The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969) — Director
21. Mr. Horn (1979) — Director
22. Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target (1977) — Director
23. Eischied (1979) — Director
24. What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977) — Director
25. Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus (1978) — Director
26. Nowhere to Hide (1977) — Director
27. Paris (1979) — Director
28. The Survival of Dana (1979) — Director
29. Thaddeus Rose and Eddie (1978) — Director
30. House of Zodiac (1969) — Director

Also appeared in

1. First Blood (1982) — Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
2. Blazing Saddles (1974) — Gabby Johnson
3. Knight Rider (1982) — Hagen
4. The A-Team (1983) — Wade Blackburn
5. The River (1984) — Swick
6. Race with the Devil (1975) — Gas Station Attendant
7. The Rose (1979) — Dee
8. Hill Street Blues (1981)
9. Hunter (1984) — Dennis Balzer
10. The Born Losers (1967) — Deputy Fred
11. Nightwish (1989) — Professor
12. Grizzly II: Revenge (2020) — Papas
13. Hells Angels on Wheels (1967) — Sagt. Bingham
14. The Gay Deceivers (1969) — Colonel Dixon
15. A Small Town in Texas (1976) — Buford Tyler
16. Kid Blue (1973) — Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
17. Hell's Bloody Devils (1970) — Rocky
18. The Losers (1970) — Chet Davis (uncredited)
19. Cry Blood Apache (1970) — The Deacon
20. The Dion Brothers (1974) — Gentleman Rancher (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
21. Angels from Hell (1968) — Bingham
22. The Girls from Thunder Strip (1970) — Sheriff
23. Death Chase (1988) — Lt. MacGrew
24. Family Reunion (1989) — Charlie
25. Wildside (1985)
26. Brothers in Arms (1988) — Father
27. Mr. Horn (1979) — Gen. George Crook
28. Hollywood Heartbreak (1988) — Lou Budowski
29. Nowhere to Hide (1977) — Gus
30. Big Hawaii (1977)
31. The Making of 'First Blood' (1982) — Self
32. Mr. Horn (1979) — Gen. George Crook