Person
Beau Starr
Born 1 September 1944 Died 24 April 2026, aged 81 Queens, New York, USA TMDB ↗
Beau Starr (born September 1, 1944) was an American actor who has starred in movies and on television. His younger brother Mike Starr was also a successful actor. A graduate of Hofstra University, where he played football, he later played professionally for the Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL. He is known for his film role as Sheriff Ben Meeker in the 1988 hit horror movie Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers; he reprised his role in the 1989 sequel Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers as well as playing Henry Hill's Father in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas. Many also remember him as Lt. Harding Welsh in Due South.
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The numbers
36age in their first credit on record (1980)
27years on screen and counting
9credits in 1984, their busiest year
100dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 62 Time and Again
2007as Mac Walkin
Age: 62 Code Name: The Cleaner
2007as Old Timer
Age: 61 Jenifer
2005as Chief Charlie
Age: 61 Where the Truth Lies
2005as Jack Scaglia
Age: 60 Cinderella Man
2005as Sam
Age: 60 Deacons for Defense
2005as Neely
Age: 59 Against the Ropes
2004as Corcoran
Age: 58 My Name Is Tanino
2003as Carmine 'Buddy' Omobono
Age: 58 Mafia Doctor
2003as Angelo Dellarusso
Age: 58 Men with Brooms
2002as Scott Blendick
Age: 57 Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2002as Ranger Styles
Age: 57 Pretend You Don't See Her
2002as Detective Ed Sloan
Age: 57 The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001as Special Agent Cage
Age: 56 The Cactus Kid
2000as Police Captain
Age: 56 Thin Air
2000as Chief of Detectives P. Delaney
Age: 55 The Thin Blue Lie
2000as Detective Marshall
Age: 55 Shadow Hours
2000as Jeremiah Walker
Age: 55 Angels in the Infield
2000as Gus Keeler
Age: 55 The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2000as Lips Egan
Age: 55 Mercy
2000as Lt. Finch
Age: 55 Prisoner of Love
1999as Walt
Age: 55 Black and Blue
1999as Tommy Walsh
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Age: 54 Mean Streak
1999as Capt. Churchman
Age: 54 The Corruptor
1999as Captain Stan Klein
Age: 53 Men
1997as Tony, wine taster
Age: 52 Hoodlum
1997as Jules Salke
Age: 52 While My Pretty One Sleeps
1997as Myles Kearny
Age: 51 Moonshine Highway
1996as Dale Lister
Age: 51 The Wharf Rat
1996as Joey the Fist
Age: 51 Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
1996as Det. Mike Foy
Age: 51 Never Talk to Strangers
1995as Grogan
Age: 51 Devil in a Blue Dress
1995as Miller
Age: 50 Bad Blood
1994as Bo
Age: 50 Dead Air
1994as Lieutenant Marvin Gagglis
Age: 50 Trial by Jury
1994as Phillie
Age: 49 Speed
1994as Commissioner
Age: 49 The November Men
1993as Chief Agent Granger
Age: 48 Joshua Tree
1993as Jack 'Rudy' Rudisill
Age: 48 Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
1992as Alonzo Hawkes
Age: 48 Empire City
1992
Age: 46 Dead Silence
1991as Det. Barton
Age: 46 The Perfect Weapon
1991as Capt. Carl Sanders
Age: 46 Murderous Vision
1991as Captain
Age: 46 Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
1991as Dave Franco
Age: 46 GoodFellas
1990as Henry's Father
Age: 45 Born on the Fourth of July
1989as Man #2 - Arthur's Bar
Age: 45 Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989as Sheriff Meeker
Age: 44 Relentless
1989as Ike Taylor
Age: 44 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988as Sheriff Meeker
Age: 42 Summer School
1987as Mr. Gremp
Age: 42 Glory Years
1987
Age: 42 Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986as Ed Pogue
Age: 41 Long Time Gone
1986as Man in Car
Age: 41 The Check is in the Mail...
1986as Rocco
Age: 41 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986as Vito
Age: 41 Hollywood Vice Squad
1986as Farber
Age: 41 Love on the Run
1985as Lt. Sturgis
Age: 40 Command 5
1985as Smalley
Age: 40 Fletch
1985as Willy
Age: 40 City Heat
1984as Pitt Lookout
Age: 39 Gone Are the Dayes
1984as Big Man
Age: 39 The Lonely Guy
1984as 2nd Cop
Age: 38 Shock-Trauma
1982as Gene Kowalski
Age: 37 Hanky Panky
1982as Cop Passenger
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TV credits
Age: 61 Psych
2006as Mikey
Age: 59 The 4400
2004as Ben Hunsiker
Age: 59 10-8: Officers on Duty
2003as Vincent Amonte
Age: 58 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
2002as Dominic Romano
Age: 57 The Dead Zone
2002as Edward Nolan
Age: 56 A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001as Malcolm Vedder
Age: 56 A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001as Lieutenant Noonan
Age: 56 A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001as Judge Corbett
Age: 56 A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001as Thomas 'Thumbs' Meeker
Age: 55 Relic Hunter
1999as Moore
Age: 53 Earth: Final Conflict
1997as Lt. Gen. Kirkland
Age: 53 Brooklyn South
1997as Lou Wolzak
Age: 52 EZ Streets
1996
Age: 52 FX: The Series
1996as Lamb
Age: 50 The Outer Limits
1995as Jack, the Detective
Age: 50 Due South
1994as Harding Welsh
Age: 45 Wings
1990as Frederick Watts
Age: 45 True Blue
1989as Lt. Bill Triplett
Age: 44 TV 101
1988as Mr. Bender
Age: 41 Matlock
1986as Chuck, the Mechanic
Age: 41 MacGyver
1985as GRU Agent Anton Vissarionovich Lem
Age: 40 V
1984as Hostage Guard
Age: 40 Murder, She Wrote
1984as Charlie Bennett
Age: 40 Murder, She Wrote
1984as Policeman On Boat
Age: 40 Finder of Lost Loves
1984as Lloyd Hundley
Age: 40 Highway to Heaven
1984as Vince Diller
Age: 39 Night Court
1984as Sheldon
Age: 39 Hardcastle and McCormick
1983as Jensen
Age: 38 The A-Team
1983as Swain
Age: 38 The A-Team
1983as Bull McEwan
Age: 38 The A-Team
1983as Starger
Age: 38 St. Elsewhere
1982as Chuck DeMita
Age: 38 Knight Rider
1982as Jacques Charon
Age: 37 T. J. Hooker
1982as Rupe
Age: 36 Hill Street Blues
1981as Joey DeSoto
Age: 36