Beau Starr
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.
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Acting History
2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2013Dead Man's Party: The Making of Halloween 5 as Self
2013Back to Basics: The Making of Halloween 4 as Self
2007Time and Again as Mac Walkin
2007Code Name: The Cleaner as Old Timer
2006Psych as Mikey
2005Jenifer as Chief Charlie
2005Where the Truth Lies as Jack Scaglia
2005Cinderella Man as Sam
2005Deacons for Defense as Neely
2004The 4400 as Ben Hunsiker
2004Against the Ropes as Corcoran
2003My Name Is Tanino as Carmine 'Buddy' Omobono
2003Mafia Doctor as Angelo Dellarusso
2002Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye as Dominic Romano
2002Men with Brooms as Scott Blendick
2002The Dead Zone as Edward Nolan
2002Pretend You Don't See Her as Detective Ed Sloan
2001The Day Reagan Was Shot as Special Agent Cage
2000The Thin Blue Lie as Detective Marshall
2000Shadow Hours as Jeremiah Walker
2000Angels in the Infield as Gus Keeler
2000The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Lips Egan
2000Mercy as Lt. Finch
1999Prisoner of Love as Walt
1999Black and Blue as Tommy Walsh
1999Relic Hunter as Moore
1999The Corruptor as Captain Stan Klein
1997Men as Tony, wine taster
1997Earth: Final Conflict as Lt. Gen. Kirkland
1997Brooklyn South as Lou Wolzak
1997Hoodlum as Jules Salke
1997While My Pretty One Sleeps as Myles Kearny
1996EZ Streets
1996FX: The Series as Lamb
1996Moonshine Highway as Dale Lister
1996Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions as Det. Mike Foy
1995Never Talk to Strangers as Grogan
1995Devil in a Blue Dress as Miller
1995The Outer Limits as Jack, the Detective
1994Bad Blood as Bo
1994Dead Air as Lieutenant Marvin Gagglis
1994Due South as Harding Welsh
1994Speed as Commissioner
1993The November Men as Chief Agent Granger
1993Joshua Tree as Jack 'Rudy' Rudisill
1992Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride as Alonzo Hawkes
1991Dead Silence as Det. Barton
1991The Perfect Weapon as Capt. Carl Sanders
1991Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter as Dave Franco
1990GoodFellas as Henry's Father
1990Wings as Frederick Watts
1989Born on the Fourth of July as Man #2 - Arthur's Bar
1989True Blue as Lt. Bill Triplett
1989Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers as Sheriff Meeker
1989Relentless as Ike Taylor
1988TV 101 as Mr. Bender
1988Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers as Sheriff Meeker
1987Summer School as Mr. Gremp
1986Manhunt for Claude Dallas as Ed Pogue
1986The Check is in the Mail... as Rocco
1986Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling as Vito
1986Matlock as Chuck, the Mechanic
1986Hollywood Vice Squad as Farber
1985MacGyver as GRU Agent Anton Vissarionovich Lem
1985Fletch as Willy
1984V as Hostage Guard
1984Murder, She Wrote as Charlie Bennett
1984Murder, She Wrote as Policeman On Boat
1984Finder of Lost Loves as Lloyd Hundley
1984The Lonely Guy as 2nd Cop
1984Night Court as Sheldon
1983The A-Team as Swain
1983The A-Team as Bull McEwan
1983The A-Team as Starger
1982Shock-Trauma as Gene Kowalski
1982St. Elsewhere as Chuck DeMita
1982Knight Rider as Jacques Charon
1982Hanky Panky as Cop Passenger
1982T. J. Hooker as Rupe
1980Bizarre