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Jack Starrett

Jack Starrett

Director · 1936–1989 · Refugio, Texas, USA

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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.

Directed 29

1980s

  1. 1982

    Kiss My Grits

    Director

  2. 1981

    Hill Street Blues

    Director

    80
  3. 1980

    Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

    Director

  4. Beyond Westworld

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    Paris

    Director

  2. A Man Called Sloane

    Director

  3. Eischied

    Director

  4. The Survival of Dana

    Director

  5. Mr. Horn

    Director

  6. 1978

    Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus

    Director

  7. Thaddeus Rose and Eddie

    Director

  8. 1977

    What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

    Director

  9. Final Chapter: Walking Tall

    Director

  10. Nowhere to Hide

    Director

  11. Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target

    Director

  12. 1976

    Hollywood Man

    Director

  13. A Small Town in Texas

    Director

    53
  14. 1975

    Starsky & Hutch

    Director

    71

  15. Race with the Devil

    Director

    64
  16. 1974

    Planet of the Apes

    Director

    70

  17. The Dion Brothers

    Director

  18. 1973

    Cleopatra Jones

    Director

  19. 1972

    Slaughter

    Director

    47

  20. The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie

    Director

  21. 1970

    Night Chase

    Director

  22. Cry Blood Apache

    Director

    31

  23. The Losers

    Director

    52

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

    Director

  2. Run, Angel, Run!

    Director

Acted in 30

1970s

  1. 1979

    The Rose

    Dee

  2. Mr. Horn

    Gen. George Crook · 2 episodes

  3. 1977

    Big Hawaii

    TV

  4. Nowhere to Hide

    Gus

  5. 1976

    A Small Town in Texas

    Buford Tyler

    53
  6. 1975

    Race with the Devil

    Gas Station Attendant

    64
  7. 1974

    The Dion Brothers

    Gentleman Rancher (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)

  8. Blazing Saddles

    Gabby Johnson

    78
  9. 1973

    Kid Blue

    Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)

  10. 1970

    The Girls from Thunder Strip

    Sheriff

  11. Cry Blood Apache

    The Deacon

    31

  12. The Losers

    Chet Davis (uncredited)

    52

  13. Hell's Bloody Devils

    Rocky

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Gay Deceivers

    Colonel Dixon

  2. 1968

    Angels from Hell

    Bingham

  3. 1967

    The Born Losers

    Deputy Fred

    58

  4. Hells Angels on Wheels

    Sagt. Bingham

    47

Edited 1

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Gun Runner

    Editor

Appearances1

1980s

  1. 1982

    The Making of 'First Blood'

    Self