Beau Starr, the character actor who appeared in John Carpenter's Halloween sequels and Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, has died at 81.
Starr built a steady career in film and television across five decades, becoming a recognizable face in horror and crime dramas. His work in the Halloween franchise cemented him in genre history, while his role in Goodfellas placed him alongside Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci in one of cinema's most quotable crime epics. Beyond those marquee credits, he accumulated substantial TV work, the kind of actor who showed up in prestige projects and B-movies alike without losing momentum.
His Goodfellas co-star Christopher Serrone honored him on Instagram, writing that Starr "enjoyed a rich and meaningful life." That phrasing captures something about character actors who never became household names but worked consistently enough to shape the texture of American film and television. They're the actors audiences recognize instantly without always remembering their names, the ones who made other people's stories better.