Acting credits
97
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Beau Starr
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 67Series: 30
TMDB ID: 42308
IMDb ID: nm0823462
Known for: Acting
Born: September 1, 1944
Died: April 24, 2026
Age: 81
Place of birth: Queens, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1980 - 2025
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 6.59
Wikidata: Q813336
Also known as
Beau Davis
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Beau Starr.
as Self - (archive footage)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025 • Movie
as Self
Dead Man's Party: The Making of Halloween 5
2013 • Movie
as Self
Back to Basics: The Making of Halloween 4
2013 • Movie
as Mac Walkin
Time and Again
2007 • Movie
as Old Timer
Code Name: The Cleaner
2007 • Movie
as Chief Charlie
Jenifer
2005 • Movie
as Jack Scaglia
Where the Truth Lies
2005 • Movie
as Sam
Cinderella Man
2005 • Movie
as Neely
Deacons for Defense
2005 • Movie
as Corcoran
Against the Ropes
2004 • Movie
as Carmine 'Buddy' Omobono
My Name Is Tanino
2003 • Movie
as Angelo Dellarusso
Mafia Doctor
2003 • Movie
as Scott Blendick
Men with Brooms
2002 • Movie
as Ranger Styles
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2002 • Movie
as Detective Ed Sloan
Pretend You Don't See Her
2002 • Movie
as Special Agent Cage
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001 • Movie
as Police Captain
The Cactus Kid
2000 • Movie
as Chief of Detectives P. Delaney
Thin Air
2000 • Movie
as Detective Marshall
The Thin Blue Lie
2000 • Movie
as Jeremiah Walker
Shadow Hours
2000 • Movie
as Gus Keeler
Angels in the Infield
2000 • Movie
as Lips Egan
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2000 • Movie
as Lt. Finch
Mercy
2000 • Movie
as Walt
Prisoner of Love
1999 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Beau Starr.
as Mikey • 1 eps
Psych
2006 • Series
as Ben Hunsiker • 1 eps
The 4400
2004 • Series
as Vincent Amonte • 1 eps
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003 • Series
as Dominic Romano • 1 eps
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
2002 • Series
as Edward Nolan • 1 eps
The Dead Zone
2002 • Series
as Malcolm Vedder • 1 eps
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001 • Series
as Moore • 1 eps
Relic Hunter
1999 • Series
as Lt. Gen. Kirkland • 1 eps
Earth: Final Conflict
1997 • Series
as Lou Wolzak • 1 eps
Brooklyn South
1997 • Series
2 eps
EZ Streets
1996 • Series
as Lamb • 1 eps
FX: The Series
1996 • Series
as Jack, the Detective • 1 eps
The Outer Limits
1995 • Series
as Harding Welsh • 66 eps
Due South
1994 • Series
as Frederick Watts • 1 eps
Wings
1990 • Series
as Lt. Bill Triplett • 13 eps
True Blue
1989 • Series
as Mr. Bender • 1 eps
TV 101
1988 • Series
as Chuck, the Mechanic • 1 eps
Matlock
1986 • Series
as GRU Agent Anton Vissarionovich Lem • 1 eps
MacGyver
1985 • Series
as Hostage Guard • 1 eps
V
1984 • Series
as Charlie Bennett • 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
1984 • Series
as Lloyd Hundley • 1 eps
Finder of Lost Loves
1984 • Series
as Vince Diller • 1 eps
Highway to Heaven
1984 • Series
as Sheldon • 1 eps
Night Court
1984 • Series
as Jensen • 1 eps
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983 • Series