Beau Starr
1944-2026
Known for GoodFellas, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers.
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997)
Time and Again (2007)
Pretend You Don't See Her (2002)
Joshua Tree (1993)
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Angels in the Infield (2000)
The Thin Blue Lie (2000)
Dead Silence (1991)
The Perfect Weapon (1991)
Mercy (2000)
Thin Air (2000)
Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000)
The Wharf Rat (1995)
Murderous Vision (1991)
Relentless (1989)
Where the Truth Lies (2005)
Bad Blood (1994)
My Name Is Tanino (2002)
Deacons for Defense (2003)
The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001)
Hoodlum (1997)
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Against the Ropes (2004)
Men (1997)
Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)
Shadow Hours (2000)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (1992)
Summer School (1987)
Trial by Jury (1994)
Fletch (1985)
The Corruptor (1999)
Moonshine Highway (1996)
City Heat (1984)
GoodFellas (1990)
Men with Brooms (2002)
Speed (1994)
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
Hanky Panky (1982)
The Lonely Guy (1984)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
