Jack Starrett
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).
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Known for
Grizzly II: Revenge
Nightwish
Family Reunion
Brothers in Arms
Death Chase
Hollywood Heartbreak
Wildside
The River
Hunter
The A-Team
First Blood
Knight Rider
Kiss My Grits
Hill Street Blues
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Beyond Westworld
The Rose
Paris
A Man Called Sloane
The Survival of Dana
Mr. Horn
Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?
Big Hawaii
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
Nowhere to Hide
Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target
Hollywood Man
A Small Town in Texas
Starsky & Hutch
Race with the Devil
Planet of the Apes
The Dion Brothers
Blazing Saddles
Cleopatra Jones
Kid Blue
Slaughter
The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie
Night Chase
The Girls from Thunder Strip
Cry Blood Apache
The Losers
Hell's Bloody Devils
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
The Gay Deceivers
Run, Angel, Run!
The Gun Runner
Angels from Hell
The Born Losers
Hells Angels on Wheels