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Jack Starrett (1936-1989)

Alias:
Claude Ennis Starrett, Jr.
جک استارت

Birthplace:
Refugio, Texas, USA

Born:
November 2, 1936

Died:
March 27, 1989

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Director:
1969  House of Zodiac
1969  Run, Angel, Run!
1970  Cry Blood Apache
1970  Night Chase
1970  The Losers
1972  Slaughter
1972  The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie
1973  Cleopatra Jones
1974  The Dion Brothers
1975  Race with the Devil
1976  A Small Town in Texas
1976  Hollywood Man
1977  Final Chapter: Walking Tall
1977  Nowhere to Hide
1977  Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target
1978  Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
1978  Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
1979  Mr. Horn
1979  The Survival of Dana
1980  Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1982  Kiss My Grits

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1969  House of Zodiac
1969  Run, Angel, Run!
1969  The Gun Runner
1970  Cry Blood Apache
1970  Night Chase
1970  The Losers
1972  Slaughter
1972  The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie
1973  Cleopatra Jones
1974  The Dion Brothers
1975  Race with the Devil
1976  A Small Town in Texas
1976  Hollywood Man
1977  Final Chapter: Walking Tall
1977  Nowhere to Hide
1977  Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target
1978  Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
1978  Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
1979  Mr. Horn
1979  The Survival of Dana
1980  Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1982  Kiss My Grits

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Director:
1969  The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1974  Planet of the Apes
1975  Starsky & Hutch
1977  What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1979  A Man Called Sloane
1979  Eischied
1979  Paris
1980  Beyond Westworld
1981  Hill Street Blues

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