Beau Starr
Department: Acting
Biography
Beau Starr (born September 1, 1944) is an American actor who has starred in movies and on television. 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.
Known For
Deacons for Defense
2005
Men
1997
Mercy
2000
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
Where the Truth Lies
2005
Joshua Tree
1993
Hanky Panky
1982
The Thin Blue Lie
2000
Time and Again
2007
Men with Brooms
2002
Pretend You Don't See Her
2002
Dead Man's Party: The Making of Halloween 5
2013
Back to Basics: The Making of Halloween 4
2013
While My Pretty One Sleeps
1997
Shock-Trauma
1982
Mafia Doctor
2003
The November Men
1993
Black and Blue
1999
Code Name: The Cleaner
2007
Summer School
1987
Jenifer
2005
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
GoodFellas
1990
Dead Silence
1991
The Perfect Weapon
1991
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2000
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986
My Name Is Tanino
2003
Relentless
1989
Bad Blood
1994
Hoodlum
1997
Shadow Hours
2000
Hollywood Vice Squad
1986
Speed
1994
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
Fletch
1985
Dead Air
1994
The Corruptor
1999
Angels in the Infield
2000
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995
Against the Ropes
2004
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
1992
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
1996
Cinderella Man
2005
Never Talk to Strangers
1995
The Lonely Guy
1984
The Check is in the Mail...
1986
Moonshine Highway
1996
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986
Prisoner of Love
1999
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
The Wharf Rat
1996
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2002
The Cactus Kid
2000
Thin Air
2000
Mean Streak
1999
Trial by Jury
1994
Empire City
1992
Murderous Vision
1991
Glory Years
1987
Long Time Gone
1986
Love on the Run
1985
Command 5
1985
City Heat
1984
Gone Are the Dayes
1984
Bizarre
1980
The 4400
2004
Wings
1990
V
1984
True Blue
1989
FX: The Series
1996
The Outer Limits
1995
Psych
2006
Relic Hunter
1999
Due South
1994
Knight Rider
1982
The A-Team
1983
The A-Team
1983
Night Court
1984
The A-Team
1983
TV 101
1988
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
2002
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
T. J. Hooker
1982
Earth: Final Conflict
1997
MacGyver
1985
EZ Streets
1996
Brooklyn South
1997
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Dead Zone
2002
St. Elsewhere
1982
Matlock
1986
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003
Hill Street Blues
1981
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983