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Claude Ennis "Jack" Starrett Jr. (November 2, 1936 – March 27, 1989) was an American actor and film director. Starrett is perhaps best known for his role as Gabby Johnson, a parody of George "Gabby" Hayes, in the 1974 film Blazing Saddles and is also known for his role as the brutal policeman Art Galt in the 1982 action film First Blood.
Jack Starrett (1936-1989) was a versatile and talented filmmaker who specialized in low-budget drive-in movies. He directed and acted in biker, blaxploitation, horror and action films, and appeared in TV shows like Hill Street Blues and The A-Team.
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- Refugio, Texas, USA
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- Sherman Oaks, California, USA
Jack Starrett was a versatile actor and director of low-budget exploitation films, such as Race with the Devil and Slaughter. He also appeared in Blazing Saddles, First Blood and The River, and died in 1989 from kidney failure.
- November 2, 1936
- March 27, 1989
Jack Starrett was an American actor and film director who appeared in many biker and action films. He also played Gabby Johnson in Blazing Saddles and Deputy Galt in First Blood.
Mar 29, 1989 · Jack Starrett, who entered films as an actor but will be remembered primarily as director of a series of low-budget adventure films, died Monday in a Sherman Oaks hospital of liver failure at age...
Nov 27, 2023 · He is best known for his roles as Gabby Johnson in Blazing Saddles and Deputy Galt in First Blood, as well as for directing cult classics like Run, Angel, Run!, The Losers, and Race with the Devil. However, his life was cut short by kidney failure at the age of 52.
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