Known for 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 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.
Born
November 2, 1936
Died
March 27, 1989 (age 52)
Birthplace
Refugio, Texas, USA
Filmography
45 films, 16 shows


Kiss My Grits
1982 · 1h 41m
country: Mexico
A man heads for Mexico with a mobster's girlfriend.


Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980 · 1h 30m
country: United States
The fugitives Burke, Virdon and Galen try to save the life of a human blacksmith and his son, whom gorilla leader Urko has threatened with death should his horse lose another race. The trio also attempt to expose a crooked gorilla by framing him in a plot to kill Urko. [The third of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Horse Race" and "The Tyrant"]


The Survival of Dana
1979 · 1h 36m
country: United States
High school student Dana moves to the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles after her North Dakota parents get divorced and falls in with the wrong crowd.


Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus
1978 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A stunt car racing team gets involved in a madcap cross-country auto race that is supposed to determine the disposition of a family fortune.


Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
1978 · 1h 40m
country: United States
The adventures of two good old boys from Texas, no-account buddies who are finally forced to face reality for themselves and for their girlfriends.


Final Chapter: Walking Tall
1977 · 1h 53m
country: United States
It's the final chapter in this chilling, real-life story of Sheriff Buford Pusser, a good-hearted lawman set on keeping his town safe. Still distraught over his wife's death, he blows up every moonshine still in McNairy county and burns the brothels and whiskey joints to the ground. Having gone too far, he's voted out of office, but that doesn't stop the mob from seeking their revenge. Buford soon discovers how small his town is when he runs out of highway with the mob on his trail.


Nowhere to Hide
1977 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A special unit of the U.S. Marshal's Service is assigned to protect a syndicate hitman who is to testify against his former bosses, who have put out a contract on his life.


Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target
1977 · 1h 12m
country: United States
A millionaire hires a pair of private investigators, who specialize in recovering lost and stolen objects, to find his daughter, who has apparently been smuggled out of the country.


Hollywood Man
1976 · 1h 47m
country: United States
A film crew struggles to finish a motorcycle-stunt epic despite repeated threats of sabotage from the mob.


A Small Town in Texas
1976 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A crooked sheriff in a small Southern town frames an ex-convict in a drug bust and takes his girlfriend.


Race with the Devil
1975 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.


The Dion Brothers
1974 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Two rural West Virginia brothers leave home, rob an armored car and become fugitives.


Cleopatra Jones
1973 · 1h 29m
country: United States
After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.


Slaughter
1972 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and after being blackmailed by the feds, is forced to head to South America to finish the mobsters off.


The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie
1972 · 1h 47m
country: Spain
A traveling salesman is lured by a precocious teenage girl to her shack in the desert for some sexual escapades. However, a scuzzy biker comes along and they both find themselves dominated and tormented by him.


Night Chase
1970 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A man fleeing the scene after shooting his wife's lover forms an unexpected relationship with the tough cab driver he hires to drive him to the Mexican border.


Cry Blood Apache
1970 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Telling the story of his early life in flashback, a former prospector (Joel McCrea, with flashback sequences featuring son Jody) explains his brutal massacre of a tribe of Indians. The only survivor (Marie Gahua) agrees to lead him to a secret gold mine.


The Losers
1970 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Some bikers are hired by the CIA during the Vietnam War to rescue a captured agent from the clutches of the Red Chinese army. After a round of drinking, fighting, and whoring around, the cycle gang, led by Big Bill Smith, fix up their Yamahas with machine guns, grenades and armor plating, and storm the enemy camp.


Run, Angel, Run!
1969 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Angel (William Smith), an outlaw biker, sells out his gang by exposing their wild conquests to Like magazine for $10,000. With his photo on the cover, Angel skips town and tries to start over with help from sheep rancher Dan Felton (Dan Kemp). An ex-motorcycle enthusiast, Dan becomes a mentor to Angel, giving him hope for a peaceful future. But Angel must put hope aside when members of his former gang viciously attack Dan's teenage daughter.
House of Zodiac
House of Zodiac
1969
country: Unknown
A Film Produced By Richard Compton.