Jack Starrett
Director
Biography
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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Filmography
First Blood
as Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt 1982
Blazing Saddles
as Gabby Johnson 1974
Race with the Devil
as Gas Station Attendant 1975
The River
as Swick 1984
The Rose
as Dee 1979
The Born Losers
as Deputy Fred 1967
Nightwish
as Professor 1989
Grizzly II: Revenge
as Papas 2020
Hells Angels on Wheels
as Sagt. Bingham 1967
The Gay Deceivers
as Colonel Dixon 1969
A Small Town in Texas
as Buford Tyler 1976
Kid Blue
as Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.) 1973
Hell's Bloody Devils
as Rocky 1970
The Losers
as Chet Davis (uncredited) 1970
Cry Blood Apache
as The Deacon 1970
The Dion Brothers
as Gentleman Rancher (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.) 1974
The Girls from Thunder Strip
as Sheriff 1970