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.

Known for

★8.5

GoodFellas

1990

★7.2

Speed

1994

★7.6

Cinderella Man

2005

★6.2

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

1988

★7.0

Born on the Fourth of July

1989

★7.5

Knight Rider

1982

★5.3

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

1989

★7.5

The A-Team

1983

★7.9

Psych

2006

★7.7

MacGyver

1985

★6.8

Fletch

1985

★7.2

The 4400

2004

★6.5

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995

★7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1984

★6.2

Where the Truth Lies

2005

★6.1

The Corruptor

1999

★6.4

Summer School

1987

★5.1

Code Name: The Cleaner

2007

★6.5

Hoodlum

1997

★7.7

The Outer Limits

1995

★5.5

City Heat

1984

★7.1

V

1984

★7.4

Highway to Heaven

1984

★6.3

My Name Is Tanino

2003