Beau Starr
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.
97 acting credits
Acting · 97
Psych
2006
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The A-Team
1983
MacGyver
1985
Hill Street Blues
1981
Knight Rider
1982
Night Court
1984
Wings
1990
St. Elsewhere
1982
Matlock
1986
Earth: Final Conflict
1997
T. J. Hooker
1982
Due South
1994
The Dead Zone
2002
The Outer Limits
1995
GoodFellas
1990
Highway to Heaven
1984
Relic Hunter
1999
The 4400
2004
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
2002
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
V
1984
FX: The Series
1996
Brooklyn South
1997
Speed
1994
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003
TV 101
1988
True Blue
1989
EZ Streets
1996
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
Cinderella Man
2005
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
Hoodlum
1997
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995
The Corruptor
1999
Fletch
1985
Joshua Tree
1993
Summer School
1987
The Perfect Weapon
1991
Code Name: The Cleaner
2007
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
1991
Never Talk to Strangers
1995
Where the Truth Lies
2005
City Heat
1984
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
1992
Mercy
2000
Against the Ropes
2004
Hanky Panky
1982
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2000
My Name Is Tanino
2003
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986
Jenifer
2005
Bizarre
1980
Trial by Jury
1994
Deacons for Defense
2005
The Lonely Guy
1984
Men with Brooms
2002
Relentless
1989
Bad Blood
1994
Men
1997
Pretend You Don't See Her
2002
Thin Air
2000
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
Moonshine Highway
1996
Angels in the Infield
2000
Dead Silence
1991
The Thin Blue Lie
2000
Shadow Hours
2000
Glory Years
1987
Murderous Vision
1991
Hollywood Vice Squad
1986
Command 5
1985
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
1986
The Check is in the Mail...
1986
Prisoner of Love
1999
Back to Basics: The Making of Halloween 4
2013
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2002
Dead Man's Party: The Making of Halloween 5
2013
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
1996
Mafia Doctor
2003
Love on the Run
1985
Dead Air
1994
The Cactus Kid
2000
The Wharf Rat
1996
Empire City
1992
Long Time Gone
1986
Black and Blue
1999
While My Pretty One Sleeps
1997
Time and Again
2007
Mean Streak
1999
The November Men
1993
Shock-Trauma
1982
Gone Are the Dayes
1984