Jack Starrett

Film director

1936 – 1989

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Who was Jack Starrett?

Jack Starrett 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 George "Gabby" Hayes, in the 1974 classic parody film Blazing Saddles and is also known for his role as the brutal deputy Art 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, Hells Angels on Wheels, and Angels from Hell. He acted in another biker film, Hell's Bloody Devils, and directed two more: Run, Angel, Run in 1969 and Nam's Angels.

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Born
Nov 2, 1936
Refugio
Also known as
  • Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.
  • Claud Ennis
  • Claude Ennis Starrett, Jr.
Spouses
Children
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • San Marcos Baptist Academy
Lived in
  • Texas
Died
Mar 27, 1989
Sherman Oaks
Resting place
Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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