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Jack Starrett
Refugio, 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 b…
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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
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2020
Grizzly II: Revenge
Movie Papas
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1989
Nightwish
Movie Professor
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1989
Family Reunion
Movie Charlie
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1988
Brothers in Arms
Movie Father
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1988
Death Chase
Movie Lt. MacGrew
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1988
Hollywood Heartbreak
Movie Lou Budowski
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1985
Wildside
TV show
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1984
The River
Movie Swick
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1984
Hunter
TV show Dennis Balzer
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1983
The A-Team
TV show Wade Blackburn
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1982
First Blood
Movie Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
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1982
Knight Rider
TV show Hagen
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1982
Kiss My Grits
Movie Director
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1982
The Making of 'First Blood'
Movie Self
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1981
Hill Street Blues
TV show
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1980
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Movie Director
More credits
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1980
Beyond Westworld
TV show Director
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1979
The Rose
Movie Dee
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1979
Paris
TV show Director
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1979
A Man Called Sloane
TV show Director
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1979
Eischied
TV show Director
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1979
The Survival of Dana
Movie Director
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1979
Mr. Horn
TV show Gen. George Crook
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1978
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
Movie Director
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1978
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
Movie Director
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1977
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
TV show Director
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1977
Big Hawaii
TV show
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1977
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
Movie Director
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1977
Nowhere to Hide
Movie Gus
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1977
Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target
Movie Director
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1976
Hollywood Man
Movie Director
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1976
A Small Town in Texas
Movie Buford Tyler
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1975
Starsky & Hutch
TV show Director
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1975
Race with the Devil
Movie Gas Station Attendant
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1974
Planet of the Apes
TV show Director
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1974
The Dion Brothers
Movie Gentleman Rancher (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
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1974
Blazing Saddles
Movie Gabby Johnson
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1973
Cleopatra Jones
Movie Director
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1973
Kid Blue
Movie Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
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1972
Slaughter
Movie Director
