Beau Starr

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

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Shock-Trauma

Brooklyn South

Empire City

Murderous Vision

Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions

The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery

GoodFellas

Dead Man's Party: The Making of Halloween 5

Back to Basics: The Making of Halloween 4

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

A Nero Wolfe Mystery

Psych

The November Men

10-8: Officers on Duty

Gone Are the Dayes

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride

The Outer Limits

Cinderella Man

MacGyver

Due South

Hill Street Blues

Knight Rider

Murder, She Wrote

Long Time Gone

The A-Team

The Dead Zone

Highway to Heaven

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye

The 4400

Night Court

Speed

Newhart

The Thin Blue Lie

V

Black and Blue

Born on the Fourth of July

TV 101

Earth: Final Conflict

Matlock

Wings

Relic Hunter

Finder of Lost Loves

Pretend You Don't See Her

Fletch

Prisoner of Love

Hoodlum

FX: The Series

Deacons for Defense