{"id":24993,"date":"2026-05-03T15:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=24993"},"modified":"2026-05-03T15:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:06:12","slug":"goodfellas-and-halloween-actor-passed-away-at-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=24993","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Goodfellas,\u2019 and \u2018Halloween\u2019 Actor Passed Away At 81!"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:08834775-c520-49ed-b86b-090501083f06-24\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-50\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"2a846a62-525b-4bb4-bfc0-c03cfd503962\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3-mini\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"247\">Beau Starr, the veteran actor known for roles in <em data-start=\"49\" data-end=\"88\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Halloween IV<\/span><\/span><\/em>, <em data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"129\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Halloween V<\/span><\/span><\/em>, and <em data-start=\"135\" data-end=\"174\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Goodfellas<\/span><\/span><\/em>, has died at 81 from natural causes in Vancouver, his brother confirmed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"249\" data-end=\"540\">Before acting, he briefly played football in the NFL and CFL before moving into entertainment. He later built a long career in film and TV, debuting in <em data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"414\">Hanky Panky<\/em> (1982) and gaining recognition as Sheriff Ben Meeker in the <em data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"486\">Halloween<\/em> franchise and as Henry Hill\u2019s father in <em data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"539\">Goodfellas<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"704\">Starr also appeared in numerous films and TV shows, including <em data-start=\"604\" data-end=\"611\">Speed<\/em>, <em data-start=\"613\" data-end=\"641\">Born on the Fourth of July<\/em>, and the series <em data-start=\"658\" data-end=\"669\">Due South<\/em>, where he had a long-running role.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"706\" data-end=\"807\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">He is remembered by family and colleagues as a warm, positive person who deeply appreciated his fans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p id=\"ob-readmore-th-position\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdino.cencia.2025%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0VDjBtwLYTqvRhdbArEqUVyDPAqrbv3951bkqKdpap9rUYajXkrQhTA74cHwmVAsfl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"741\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beau Starr, the veteran actor known for roles in Halloween IV, Halloween V, and Goodfellas, has died at 81 from natural causes in Vancouver, his brother confirmed. 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He later built a long career in film and TV, debuting in Hanky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=24993\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;\u2018Goodfellas,\u2019 and \u2018Halloween\u2019 Actor Passed Away At 81!&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24995,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24993\/revisions\/24995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}