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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 ac…
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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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Grizzly II: Revenge
as Papas
Nightwish
as Professor
Family Reunion
as Charlie
Brothers in Arms
as Father
Death Chase
as Lt. MacGrew
Hollywood Heartbreak
as Lou Budowski
The River
as Swick
First Blood
as Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
The Making of 'First Blood'
as Self
The Rose
as Dee
Nowhere to Hide
as Gus
A Small Town in Texas
as Buford Tyler
Race with the Devil
as Gas Station Attendant
The Dion Brothers
as Gentleman Rancher (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
Blazing Saddles
as Gabby Johnson
Kid Blue
as Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
The Girls from Thunder Strip
as Sheriff
Cry Blood Apache
as The Deacon
The Losers
as Chet Davis (uncredited)
Hell's Bloody Devils
as Rocky
The Gay Deceivers
as Colonel Dixon
Angels from Hell
as Bingham
The Born Losers
as Deputy Fred
Hells Angels on Wheels
as Sagt. Bingham