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

• 2020Grizzly II: Revenge — Papas
• 1989Family Reunion — Charlie
• 1989Nightwish — Professor
• 1988Brothers in Arms — Father
• 1988Death Chase — Lt. MacGrew
• 1988Hollywood Heartbreak — Lou Budowski
• Wildside
• Hunter — Dennis Balzer, Bartender (uncredited)
• 1984The River — Swick
• The A-Team — Wade Blackburn
• 1982First Blood — Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
• 1982Kiss My Grits — Director
• Knight Rider — Hagen, Lt. George Barth, Sheriff
• Hill Street Blues — Director
• Beyond Westworld — Director
• 1980Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes — Director
• A Man Called Sloane — Director
• Eischied — Director
• Mr. Horn — Gen. George Crook
• Paris — Director
• 1979The Rose — Dee
• 1979The Survival of Dana — Director
• 1978Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus — Director
• 1978Thaddeus Rose and Eddie — Director
• Big Hawaii
• 1977Final Chapter: Walking Tall — Director
• 1977Nowhere to Hide — Gus, Director
• 1977Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target — Director
• What Really Happened to the Class of '65? — Director
• 1976A Small Town in Texas — Buford Tyler, Director
• 1976Hollywood Man — Director
• 1975Race with the Devil — Gas Station Attendant, Director
• Starsky & Hutch — Director
• 1974Blazing Saddles — Gabby Johnson
• Planet of the Apes — Director
• 1974The Dion Brothers — Gentleman Rancher (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.), Director
• 1973Cleopatra Jones — Director
• 1973Kid Blue — Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
• 1972Slaughter — Director
• 1972The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie — Director
• 1970Cry Blood Apache — The Deacon, Director
• 1970Hell's Bloody Devils — Rocky
• 1970Night Chase — Director
• 1970The Girls from Thunder Strip — Sheriff
• 1970The Losers — Chet Davis (uncredited), Director
• 1969House of Zodiac — Director
• 1969Run, Angel, Run! — Director
• The Bold Ones: The New Doctors — Director
• 1969The Gay Deceivers — Colonel Dixon
• 1969The Gun Runner — Editor
• 1968Angels from Hell — Bingham
• 1967Hells Angels on Wheels — Sagt. Bingham
• 1967The Born Losers — Deputy Fred

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1982The Making of 'First Blood' — Self