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Beau Starr
Queens, New York, USA
Beau Starr (September 1, 1944 – April 24, 2026) was an American actor who has starred in movies and on television. His younger brother Mike Starr was also a successful actor. A g…
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Beau Starr (September 1, 1944 – April 24, 2026) was an American actor who has starred in movies and on television. His younger brother Mike Starr was also a successful actor. A graduate of Hofstra University, where he played football, he later played professionally for the Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL. He is known for his film role as Sheriff Ben Meeker in the 1988 hit horror movie Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers; he reprised his role in the 1989 sequel Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers as well as playing Henry Hill's Father in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas. Many also remember him as Lt. Harding Welsh in Due South.
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2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie Self - (archive footage)
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2013
Back to Basics: The Making of Halloween 4
Movie Self
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2013
Dead Man's Party: The Making of Halloween 5
Movie Self
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2007
Time and Again
Movie Mac Walkin
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2007
Code Name: The Cleaner
Movie Old Timer
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2006
Psych
TV show Mikey
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2005
Jenifer
Movie Chief Charlie
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2005
Where the Truth Lies
Movie Jack Scaglia
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2005
Cinderella Man
Movie Sam
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2005
Deacons for Defense
Movie Neely
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2004
The 4400
TV show Ben Hunsiker
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2004
Against the Ropes
Movie Corcoran
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2003
10-8: Officers on Duty
TV show Vincent Amonte
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2003
My Name Is Tanino
Movie Carmine 'Buddy' Omobono
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2003
Mafia Doctor
Movie Angelo Dellarusso
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2002
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
TV show Dominic Romano
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2002
Men with Brooms
Movie Scott Blendick
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2002
The Dead Zone
TV show Edward Nolan
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2002
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
Movie Ranger Styles
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2002
Pretend You Don't See Her
Movie Detective Ed Sloan
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2001
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Movie Special Agent Cage
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2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
TV show Malcolm Vedder
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2000
The Cactus Kid
Movie Police Captain
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2000
Thin Air
Movie Chief of Detectives P. Delaney
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2000
The Thin Blue Lie
Movie Detective Marshall
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2000
Shadow Hours
Movie Jeremiah Walker
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2000
Angels in the Infield
Movie Gus Keeler
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2000
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Movie Lips Egan
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2000
Mercy
Movie Lt. Finch
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1999
Prisoner of Love
Movie Walt
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1999
Black and Blue
Movie Tommy Walsh
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1999
Relic Hunter
TV show Moore
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1999
Mean Streak
Movie Capt. Churchman
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1999
The Corruptor
Movie Captain Stan Klein
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1997
Men
Movie Tony, wine taster
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1997
Earth: Final Conflict
TV show Lt. Gen. Kirkland
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1997
Brooklyn South
TV show Lou Wolzak
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1997
Hoodlum
Movie Jules Salke
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1997
While My Pretty One Sleeps
Movie Myles Kearny
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1996
EZ Streets
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