Jack Starrett Overview

Biography

Perhaps best known for playing Gabby Johnson (a parody of Western actor Gabby Hayes) in Mel Brooks's seminal spoof "Blazing Saddles," Jack Starrett made a name for himself by acting in a number of biker movies that were in vogue during the late 1960s. Two years before "Easy Rider," he costarred with Jack Nicholson in "Hells Angels on Wheels." Starrett...