Beau Starr is an American actor best known for his role as Sheriff Ben
Meeker in the horror films
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
and
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989), and for his
long-running role in
Due South (1994) as Lt. Harding
Welsh.
Beau began acting in the early 1980s, taking guest roles in TV series
such as
Knight Rider (1982),
Hill Street Blues (1981)
and
The New Mike Hammer (1984). He soon
switched to feature films, however, playing the unstable father of
Judd Nelson in
William Lustig's
Relentless (1989), an equally violent
father in
Martin Scorsese's
GoodFellas (1990), and a police
commissioner in
Jan de Bont's
Speed (1994).
He has since notched up over one hundred TV and film appearances
including
Oliver Stone's
Born on the Fourth of July (1989),
Trial by Jury (1994),
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995),
and
Hoodlum (1997).
More recently he starred in the
Masters of Horror (2005)
episode
'Jennifer', directed by
Dario Argento.
He is the brother of actor
Mike Starr.
Psych(2006)as Mikey
Time and Again(2007)as Mac Walkin
Code Name: The Cleaner(2007)as Old Timer
Final Days of Planet Earth(2006)as Oliver
The Dead Zone(2002)as Edward Nolan
Halloween 4: Back to the Basics: Making of Halloween 4(2013)as Self
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror(2006)as Self
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies(2025)as Self
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness(2007)as Sheriff Ben Meeker
Earth: Final Conflict(1997)as Lt. Gen. Kirkland
