Veteran Goodfellas actor dead aged 81 Character actor Beau Starr, whose career spanned American football and decades of film and television including Goodfellas and the Halloween franchise, has died aged 81 after a long and varied career 3 May 2026 Beau Starr, the prolific character actor whose presence in Goodfellas and the Halloween franchise made him a familiar face across decades of film and television, has died at the age of 81.