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Jack Starrett

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Director, Actor
Born:
November 2, 1936 in Refugio, TX
Death:
March 27, 1989
Biography:Starting out as an actor and production assistant in basement-budget cycle flicks like "Angels from Hell", "Jack Starrett" matriculated into a director of exploitation and blaxploitation features. Starrett is the "auteur" of such low-cost money-spinners as "Slaughter" (1972), "Cleopatra Jones" (1973) and "Final Chapter: Walking Tall" (1977). In the late seventies, he was one of the principal directors of TV's "Starsky and Hutch". Starrett's TV directorial credits include the 1979 miniseries "Mr. Horn", in which he assigned himself the supporting role of General Crook. He briefly returned to full-time acting with a featured role in "Sylvester Stallone"'s "First Blood" (1982). Jack Starrett died of renal failure at the age of 52. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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