Beau Starr
Known for: Acting
Born: September 1, 1944
Died: April 24, 2026
Place of birth: Queens, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
67 movies · 30 TV shows, newest first
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Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
7.0
Dead Man's Party: The Making of Halloween 5
2013
8.0
Back to Basics: The Making of Halloween 4
2013
3.3
Time and Again
2007
5.1
Code Name: The Cleaner
2007
7.9
Psych
2006
6.0
Jenifer
2005
6.2
Where the Truth Lies
2005
7.6
Cinderella Man
2005
6.4
Deacons for Defense
2005
7.2
The 4400
2004
5.1
Against the Ropes
2004
7.9
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003
6.3
My Name Is Tanino
2003
5.7
Mafia Doctor
2003
7.1
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
2002
5.2
Men with Brooms
2002
7.3
The Dead Zone
2002
8.0
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2002
6.6
Pretend You Don't See Her
2002
6.5
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
7.9
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001
5.0
The Cactus Kid
2000
6.3
Thin Air
2000
7.0
The Thin Blue Lie
2000
4.9
Shadow Hours
2000
5.6
Angels in the Infield
2000
8.6
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2000
5.3
Mercy
2000
6.5
Prisoner of Love
1999
6.9
Black and Blue
1999
6.8
Relic Hunter
19994.5
Mean Streak
1999
6.1
The Corruptor
1999
4.5
Men
1997
6.8
Earth: Final Conflict
1997
9.6
Brooklyn South
1997
6.5
Hoodlum
1997
5.2
While My Pretty One Sleeps
1997
6.1
EZ Streets
1996
6.3
FX: The Series
1996
6.4
Moonshine Highway
1996
5.3
The Wharf Rat
1996
8.5
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
1996
5.4
Never Talk to Strangers
1995
6.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
4.5
Bad Blood
1994
5.8
Dead Air
1994
7.6
Due South
1994
5.4
Trial by Jury
1994
7.2
Speed
1994
8.0
The November Men
1993
6.1
Joshua Tree
1993
7.8
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
1992
9.0
Empire City
1992
6.3
Dead Silence
1991
6.4
The Perfect Weapon
1991
9.0
Murderous Vision
1991
6.5
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
1991
8.5
GoodFellas
1990
6.8
Wings
1990
7.0
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
6.3
True Blue
1989
5.3
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
5.3
Relentless
1989
7.0
TV 101
1988
6.2
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
6.4
Summer School
1987
6.0
Glory Years
1987
5.5
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986
7.5
Long Time Gone
1986
6.3
The Check is in the Mail...
1986
6.5
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986
7.1
Matlock
1986
3.8
Hollywood Vice Squad
1986
5.0
Love on the Run
1985
7.7
MacGyver
1985
5.0
Command 5
1985
6.8
Fletch
1985
5.5
City Heat
1984
7.1
V
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
6.8
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984
8.0
Gone Are the Dayes
1984
6.2
The Lonely Guy
1984
7.3
Night Court
1984
6.5
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
7.5
The A-Team
1983
10.0
Shock-Trauma
1982
5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
7.5
Knight Rider
1982
5.3
Hanky Panky
1982
6.5
T. J. Hooker
1982
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
5.9
Bizarre
1980