Beau Starr
Acting
1944-09-01 · Queens, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025 · Movie
Back to Basics: The Making of Halloween 4
2013 · Movie
Dead Man's Party: The Making of Halloween 5
2013 · Movie
Time and Again
2007 · Movie
Code Name: The Cleaner
2007 · Movie
Psych
2006 · Series
Jenifer
2005 · Movie
Where the Truth Lies
2005 · Movie
Cinderella Man
2005 · Movie
Deacons for Defense
2005 · Movie
The 4400
2004 · Series
Against the Ropes
2004 · Movie
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003 · Series
My Name Is Tanino
2003 · Movie
Mafia Doctor
2003 · Movie
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
2002 · Series
Men with Brooms
2002 · Movie
The Dead Zone
2002 · Series
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2002 · Movie
Pretend You Don't See Her
2002 · Movie
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001 · Movie
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001 · Series
The Cactus Kid
2000 · Movie
Thin Air
2000 · Movie
The Thin Blue Lie
2000 · Movie
Shadow Hours
2000 · Movie
Angels in the Infield
2000 · Movie
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2000 · Movie
Mercy
2000 · Movie
Prisoner of Love
1999 · Movie
Black and Blue
1999 · Movie
Relic Hunter
1999 · Series
Mean Streak
1999 · Movie
The Corruptor
1999 · Movie
Men
1997 · Movie
Earth: Final Conflict
1997 · Series
Brooklyn South
1997 · Series
Hoodlum
1997 · Movie
While My Pretty One Sleeps
1997 · Movie
EZ Streets
1996 · Series
FX: The Series
1996 · Series
Moonshine Highway
1996 · Movie
The Wharf Rat
1996 · Movie
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
1996 · Movie
Never Talk to Strangers
1995 · Movie
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995 · Movie
The Outer Limits
1995 · Series
Bad Blood
1994 · Movie
Dead Air
1994 · Movie
Due South
1994 · Series
Trial by Jury
1994 · Movie
Speed
1994 · Movie
The November Men
1993 · Movie
Joshua Tree
1993 · Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
1992 · Movie
Empire City
1992 · Movie
Dead Silence
1991 · Movie
The Perfect Weapon
1991 · Movie
Murderous Vision
1991 · Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
1991 · Movie
GoodFellas
1990 · Movie
Wings
1990 · Series
Born on the Fourth of July
1989 · Movie
True Blue
1989 · Series
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989 · Movie
Relentless
1989 · Movie
TV 101
1988 · Series
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988 · Movie
Summer School
1987 · Movie
Glory Years
1987 · Movie
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986 · Movie
Long Time Gone
1986 · Movie
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986 · Movie
The Check is in the Mail...
1986 · Movie
Matlock
1986 · Series
Hollywood Vice Squad
1986 · Movie
Love on the Run
1985 · Movie
MacGyver
1985 · Series
Command 5
1985 · Movie
Fletch
1985 · Movie
City Heat
1984 · Movie
V
1984 · Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Finder of Lost Loves
1984 · Series
Highway to Heaven
1984 · Series
Gone Are the Dayes
1984 · Movie
The Lonely Guy
1984 · Movie
Night Court
1984 · Series
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983 · Series
The A-Team
1983 · Series
Shock-Trauma
1982 · Movie
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Series
Knight Rider
1982 · Series
Hanky Panky
1982 · Movie
T. J. Hooker
1982 · Series
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Series
Bizarre
1980 · Series