Beau Starr

Born: 1944-09-01, Queens, New York, USA

Died: 2026-04-24

Biography

Beau Starr (September 1, 1944 – April 24, 2026) 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

• Psych (2006)
• Wings (1990)
• Murder, She Wrote (1984)
• MacGyver (1985)
• Knight Rider (1982)
• Hill Street Blues (1981)
• Earth: Final Conflict (1997)
• T. J. Hooker (1982)
• St. Elsewhere (1982)
• Due South (1994)
• The Outer Limits (1995)
• Relic Hunter (1999)
• The 4400 (2004)
• GoodFellas (1990)
• FX: The Series (1996)
• Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)
• Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (2002)
• 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003)
• Speed (1994)
• Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
• Brooklyn South (1997)
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001)
• Cinderella Man (2005)
• Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
• Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
• The Corruptor (1999)
• Hoodlum (1997)
• Joshua Tree (1993)
• Shock-Trauma (1982)
• Fletch (1985)