Claude Ennis "Jack" Starrett Jr. (November 2, 1936 â€" 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 deputy Art Galt in the 1982 action film First Blood. He also
played the cruel foreman Swick in The River.Starrett acted in the
biker films The Born Losers, Hells Angels on Wheels (both from 1967),
Angels from Hell (1968) and Hell's Bloody Devils (1970), and directed
two more: Run, Angel, Run in 1969 and Nam's Angels (1970) as well as
the horror film Race with the Devil (1975) - that was filmed in his
home state of Texas - in which he also played a gas station
attendant.Starrett was raised in Refugio, Texas and worked in the oil
fields before coming to Hollywood.
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 deputy Art Galt in the 1982 action film First Blood. He also
played the cruel foreman Swick in The River.Starrett acted in the
biker films The Born Losers, Hells Angels on Wheels (both from 1967),
Angels from Hell (1968) and Hell's Bloody Devils (1970), and directed
two more: Run, Angel, Run in 1969 and Nam's Angels (1970) as well as
the horror film Race with the Devil (1975) - that was filmed in his
home state of Texas - in which he also played a gas station
attendant.Starrett was raised in Refugio, Texas and worked in the oil
fields before coming to Hollywood.
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