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.

Filmography

• 2007Code Name: The Cleaner — Old Timer
• 2007Time and Again — Mac Walkin
• Psych — Mikey
• 2005Cinderella Man — Sam
• 2005Deacons for Defense — Neely
• 2005Jenifer — Chief Charlie
• 2005Where the Truth Lies — Jack Scaglia
• 2004Against the Ropes — Corcoran
• The 4400 — Ben Hunsiker
• 10-8: Officers on Duty — Vincent Amonte
• 2003Mafia Doctor — Angelo Dellarusso
• 2003My Name Is Tanino — Carmine 'Buddy' Omobono
• 2002Men with Brooms — Scott Blendick
• 2002Pretend You Don't See Her — Detective Ed Sloan
• Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye — Dominic Romano
• The Dead Zone — Edward Nolan
• 2002Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story — Ranger Styles
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery — Malcolm Vedder, Lieutenant Noonan, Judge Corbett, Thomas 'Thumbs' Meeker
• 2001The Day Reagan Was Shot — Special Agent Cage
• 2000Angels in the Infield — Gus Keeler
• 2000Mercy — Lt. Finch
• 2000Shadow Hours — Jeremiah Walker
• 2000The Cactus Kid — Police Captain
• 2000The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery — Lips Egan
• 2000The Thin Blue Lie — Detective Marshall
• 2000Thin Air — Chief of Detectives P. Delaney
• 1999Black and Blue — Tommy Walsh
• 1999Mean Streak — Capt. Churchman
• 1999Prisoner of Love — Walt
• Relic Hunter — Moore
• 1999The Corruptor — Captain Stan Klein
• Brooklyn South — Lou Wolzak
• Earth: Final Conflict — Lt. Gen. Kirkland
• 1997Hoodlum — Jules Salke
• 1997Men — Tony, wine taster
• 1997While My Pretty One Sleeps — Myles Kearny
• 1996Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions — Det. Mike Foy
• EZ Streets
• FX: The Series — Lamb
• 1996Moonshine Highway — Dale Lister
• 1996The Wharf Rat — Joey the Fist
• 1995Devil in a Blue Dress — Miller
• 1995Never Talk to Strangers — Grogan
• The Outer Limits — Jack, the Detective
• 1994Bad Blood — Bo
• 1994Dead Air — Lieutenant Marvin Gagglis
• Due South — Harding Welsh
• 1994Speed — Commissioner
• 1994Trial by Jury — Phillie
• 1993Joshua Tree — Jack 'Rudy' Rudisill
• 1993The November Men — Chief Agent Granger
• 1992Empire City
• 1992Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride — Alonzo Hawkes
• 1991Dead Silence — Det. Barton
• 1991Murderous Vision — Captain
• 1991Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter — Dave Franco
• 1991The Perfect Weapon — Capt. Carl Sanders
• 1990GoodFellas — Henry's Father
• Wings — Frederick Watts
• 1989Born on the Fourth of July — Man #2 - Arthur's Bar
• 1989Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers — Sheriff Meeker
• 1989Relentless — Ike Taylor
• True Blue — Lt. Bill Triplett
• 1988Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers — Sheriff Meeker
• TV 101 — Mr. Bender
• 1987Glory Years
• Jake and the Fatman — Stone
• 1987Summer School — Chainsaw's Dad
• 1986Hollywood Vice Squad — Farber
• 1986Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling — Vito
• 1986Long Time Gone — Man in Car
• 1986Manhunt for Claude Dallas — Ed Pogue
• Matlock — Chuck, the Mechanic
• 1986The Check is in the Mail... — Rocco
• 1985Command 5 — Smalley
• 1985Fletch — Willy
• 1985Love on the Run — Lt. Sturgis
• MacGyver — GRU Agent Anton Vissarionovich Lem
• 1984City Heat — Pitt Lookout
• Finder of Lost Loves — Lloyd Hundley
• 1984Gone Are the Dayes — Big Man
• Highway to Heaven — Vince Diller
• Murder, She Wrote — Charlie Bennett, Policeman On Boat
• Night Court — Sheldon
• 1984The Lonely Guy — 2nd Cop
• V — Hostage Guard
• Hardcastle and McCormick — Jensen
• The A-Team — Swain, Bull McEwan, Starger
• 1982Hanky Panky — Cop Passenger
• Knight Rider — Jacques Charon
• Newhart — Prisoner
• 1982Shock-Trauma — Gene Kowalski
• St. Elsewhere — Chuck DeMita
• T. J. Hooker — Rupe
• Hill Street Blues — Joey DeSoto
• Bizarre

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Back to Basics: The Making of Halloween 4 — Self
• 2013Dead Man's Party: The Making of Halloween 5 — Self