Beau Starr
Acting
Born 1944-09-01 · Queens, New York, USA · Died 2026-04-24
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.
Acting
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Dead Man's Party: The Making of Halloween 5
Self
Back to Basics: The Making of Halloween 4
Self
Time and Again
Mac Walkin
Code Name: The Cleaner
Old Timer
Psych
Mikey
Jenifer
Chief Charlie
Where the Truth Lies
Jack Scaglia
Cinderella Man
Sam
Deacons for Defense
Neely
The 4400
Ben Hunsiker
Against the Ropes
Corcoran
10-8: Officers on Duty
Vincent Amonte
My Name Is Tanino
Carmine 'Buddy' Omobono
Mafia Doctor
Angelo Dellarusso
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
Dominic Romano
Men with Brooms
Scott Blendick
The Dead Zone
Edward Nolan
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
Ranger Styles
Pretend You Don't See Her
Detective Ed Sloan
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Special Agent Cage
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Malcolm Vedder
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Lieutenant Noonan
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Judge Corbett
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Thomas 'Thumbs' Meeker
The Cactus Kid
Police Captain
Thin Air
Chief of Detectives P. Delaney
The Thin Blue Lie
Detective Marshall
Shadow Hours
Jeremiah Walker
Angels in the Infield
Gus Keeler