
Directing
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…

Grizzly II: Revenge
as Papas

Nightwish
as Professor

Family Reunion
as Charlie

Brothers in Arms
as Father

Hollywood Heartbreak
as Lou Budowski

Death Chase
as Lt. MacGrew

The River
as Swick

First Blood
as Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt

The Rose
as Dee

Mr. Horn
as Gen. George Crook
The River
1984