Beau Starr

Known for ActingBorn 1944-09-01Died 2026-04-24Queens, New York, USA

Beau Starr (born September 1, 1944) was an American actor who has starred in movies and on television. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Shock-Trauma

Brooklyn South

Empire City

Murderous Vision

The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery

Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions

GoodFellas

Dead Man's Party: The Making of Halloween 5

Back to Basics: The Making of Halloween 4

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

10-8: Officers on Duty

Psych

The November Men

A Nero Wolfe Mystery

Gone Are the Dayes

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride

Cinderella Man

The Outer Limits

MacGyver

Due South

Hill Street Blues

Murder, She Wrote

Long Time Gone

Knight Rider

The A-Team

The Dead Zone

Highway to Heaven

The 4400

Night Court

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye

Speed

The Thin Blue Lie

Matlock

V

Black and Blue

Born on the Fourth of July

TV 101

Relic Hunter

Earth: Final Conflict

Wings

Fletch

Pretend You Don't See Her

Finder of Lost Loves

Prisoner of Love

The Day Reagan Was Shot

Deacons for Defense

Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter

Devil in a Blue Dress