Name | Stacy Keach |
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Caption | Stacy Keach in May 2007 |
Birth name | Walter Stacy Keach, Jr. |
Birth date | June 02, 1941 |
Birth place | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor/Narrator |
Yearsactive | 1966–present |
Spouse | Malgosia Tomassi (1986-present) Jill Donahue (1981-1986: div.) Marilyn Aiken (1975-?: div.) Kathryn Baker (1964-?: div.) |
Website | http://www.stacykeach.com/ |
He has won numerous awards including Obie awards, Drama Desk Awards, and Vernon Rice Awards. In the early 1980s, he starred in the title role of the national touring company of the musical Barnum composed by Cy Coleman. In 2006, he performed the lead role in Shakespeare's King Lear at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. In 2008, he played Merlin in Lerner and Loewe's "Camelot", done with the NY Philharmonic. In the summer of 2009, he starred when Shakespeare Theatre Company mounted that production again at Sidney Harman Hall in Washington D.C..
He has played the title role in three separate productions of Hamlet.
In 2008 and 2009 Keach played Richard M. Nixon in the U.S. traveling version of the play Frost/Nixon.
Stacy Keach's storytelling talent as narrator was given worldwide exposure in the 1973 Formula One racing documentary "Champions Forever, The Quick and the Dead" by Claude du Boc.
Keach played Cheech and Chong's Police Department arch-nemesis Sgt. Stedenko in Up In Smoke and Nice Dreams. He also appeared as Barabbas in Jesus of Nazareth. In 1978 he played a role of explorer and scientist in The Mountain of the Cannibal God, co-starring former Bond girl Ursula Andress. The film became a cult favorite as a "Video nasty".
One of his most convincing screen performances was as Frank James (elder brother of Jesse) in The Long Riders (1980). Keach excelled in this role, portraying a character who shows maturity and perspective during the outlaws’ doomed career, but who is ultimately imprisoned by fraternal ties.. Long Riders famously included brothers playing brothers and Stacey's Brother James Keach played Jesse James ( The Carradine and Quaid brothers also starred in the film ). In 1982 Keach starred in Butterfly with Pia Zadora.
He portrayed a white supremacist in American History X, alongside Edward Norton and Edward Furlong. In Oliver Stone's 2008 biopic W., Keach portrays a Texas preacher whose spiritual guidance begins with George W. Bush's AA experience, but extends long thereafter.
Keach also starred in the TV film, Ring of Death playing a sadistic prison warden who runs an underground fight club where prisoners compete for their lives.
In 2000, he played the cantankerous father Ken Titus in the title family of Fox's sitcom Titus. Cast members of Titus have commented they enjoyed working with Keach because, even with the dryest line the writers could invent, Keach would find a way to make the line funny.
Fans of The Simpsons may also recognize Keach's voice in the recurring role of Duff Brewery President, Howard K. Duff VIII, beginning with the 12th season episode, "Hungry, Hungry Homer", wherein Homer attempts to stop Howard K. Duff from moving the Springfield Isotopes baseball team to Albuquerque by staging a hunger strike.
Keach guest starred in the sitcom Will & Grace. He also had a recurring role as Warden Henry Pope in the Fox drama Prison Break. In 1984, he was convicted of smuggling cocaine into the United Kingdom and spent six months imprisoned in Reading Prison. The governor of that prison would serve as the basis for his character.
Keach portrays the role of "John" in "The Truth & Life Dramatized audio New Testament Bible," a 22-hour, celebrity-voiced, fully-dramatized audio New Testament which uses the RSV-CE translation.
In 1984, London police arrested Keach at Heathrow Airport for carrying cocaine. Keach pleaded guilty, and served a nine-month sentence at Reading Prison.
He has been married four times: to Kathryn Baker in 1964, to Marilyn Aiken in 1975, to Jill Donahue in 1981, and to Malgosia Tomassi around 1986. He has two children from his third marriage. He was also romantically linked to singer Judy Collins in the early 1970s.He had a mild stroke in March 2009 but has made a full recovery.
Title | Year | Role | Notes |
! scope="row" | 1958 | Wechsler | |
1968 | Blount | ||
Brewster McCloud | 1970 | Abraham Wright | |
! scope="row" | 1970 | Jacob Horner | |
1970 | Jonas Candide | ||
! scope="row" | 1971 | Doc Holliday | |
1972 | Roy Fehler | ||
! scope="row" | 1972 | Billy Tully | |
1972 | Original Bad Bob the Albino | ||
Wilbur and Orville: The First to Fly | 1973 | Wilbur Wright | |
! scope="row" | 1973 | Martin Luther | |
1974 | Calvin | ||
Watched! | 1974 | Mike Mandell/Sonny | |
! scope="row" | 1975 | Captain Harper | |
! scope="row" | 1976 | Charlie Hanson | |
1976 | Lou Ford | ||
1977 | Jim Naboth | ||
1978 | Major Mannfred Roland | ||
Gray Lady Down | 1978 | Capt. Bennett | |
Up in Smoke | 1978 | Sergeant Stedanko | |
! scope="row" | 1978 | Huntley McQueen | |
Mountain of the Cannibal God | 1979 | Professor Edward Foster | |
1980 | Col. Vincent Kane | ||
1980 | Frank James | ||
Roadgames | 1981 | Patrick Quid | |
Nice Dreams | 1981 | Sergeant Stedanko | |
! scope="row" | 1982 | Jess Tyler | |
! scope="row" | 1982 | James Daley | |
False Identity | 1990 | Ben Driscoll/Harlan Errickson | |
Class of 1999 | 1990 | Dr. Bob Forest | |
! scope="row" | 1991 | Jesenski | |
! scope="row" | 1993 | Harrison Shelgrove | |
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | 1993 | Carl Beaumont / Voice of Phantasm | Voice only |
New Crime City | 1994 | Wynorski | |
Raw Justice | 1994 | Deputy Mayor Bob Jenkins | |
Escape From L.A. | 1996 | Commander Malloy | |
Prey of the Jaguar | 1996 | The Commander | |
1997 | Captain Wolf | ||
American History X | 1998 | Cameron Alexander | |
Future Fear | 1998 | General Wallace | |
Fear Runs Silent | 1999 | Mr. Hill | |
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return | 1999 | Dr. Michaels | |
! scope="row" | 2000 | Warden Kelso | |
! scope="row" | 2000 | Bill Foster | |
! scope="row" | 2000 | George Armstrong Montgomery | |
Mercy Streets | 2000 | Tom | |
! scope="row" | 2001 | General John Parker | |
! scope="row" | 2001 | Captain Savienko | |
When Eagles Strike | 2003 | General Thurmond | |
2004 | Claus Van Ripper | ||
Caught in the Headlights | 2004 | Mr. Jones | |
Galaxy Hunter | 2004 | 3V3 | |
El Padrino: The Latin Godfather | 2004 | Governor Lancaster | |
Man with the Screaming Brain | 2005 | Dr. Ivanov | |
! scope="row" | 2005 | Brooks Voight | |
Come Early Morning | 2006 | Owen Allen | |
Jesus, Mary and Joey | 2006 | Jack O'Callahan | |
! scope="row" | 2007 | Sheriff | |
! scope="row" | 2008 | Earle Hudd | |
Chicago Overcoat | 2009 | Ray Berkowski | |
2009 | Joe |
Title | Year | Role | Notes |
All the Kind Strangers | 1974 | Jimmy Wheeler | Television film |
! scope="row" | 1976 | Matt Blackwood | Mini series |
! scope="row" | 1977 | Barabbas | Mini series |
1980 | Maj. Ball | Mini series | |
1982 | Jonas Steele | Mini series | |
! scope="row" | 1983 | Prince Alexander "Stash" Valensky | Mini series |
Murder Me, Murder You | 1983 | Mike Hammer | Television film |
! scope="row" | 1984 | Julien Mistral | Mini series |
More Than Murder | 1984 | Mike Hammer | Television film |
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | 1984–1985 | Mike Hammer | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama |
1986 | Mike Hammer | Television film | |
! scope="row" | 1986 | Dr. Jeff Bierston | Television film |
1986–1987 | Mike Hammer | Television series | |
! scope="row" | 1988 | Ernest Hemingway | Mini seriesGolden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film (tied with Michael Caine for Jack the Ripper)Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie |
1989 | Adam Roth | Television film | |
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All | 1989 | Mike Hammer | Television film |
1991 | Colonel Edward Corishant | Mini series | |
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis | 1991 | Television film | |
! scope="row" | 1992 | George McClellan (voice only) | Television film |
Rio Diablo | 1993 | Kansas | Television film |
! scope="row" | 1993 | Richard Coberts | Television film |
Against Their Will: Women in Prison | 1994 | Jack Devlin | Television film |
! scope="row" | 1994 | Sam Houston | |
Young Ivanhoe | 1995 | Pembrooke | Television film |
Amanda & the Alien | 1995 | Emmitt Mallory | Television film |
1996 | Compte du Leon | Television film | |
Legend of the Lost Tomb | 1997 | Dr. William Bent | Television film |
Murder in My Mind | 1997 | Cargill | Television film |
Mike Hammer, Private Eye | 1997–1998 | Mike Hammer | Television series |
2000 | Jean Baptiste | Television film | |
! scope="row" | 2000–2002 | Ken Titus | Television series |
Lightning: Fire from the Sky | 2001 | Bart Pointdexter | Television film |
2001, 2003, 2006 | Howard Duff (voice only) | Television series | |
2002 | Max Hurst | Television film | |
Miracle Dogs | 2003 | C.W. Aldrich | Television film |
Frozen Impact | 2003 | Pete Crane | Television film |
Prison Break | 2005–2007 | Henry Pope | Television series |
Desolation Canyon | 2006 | Samuel Kendrick | Television film |
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America | 2006 | Secretary Collin Reed | Television film |
! scope="row" | 2006 | Capt. Benjamin Hornigold | Television film |
! scope="row" | 2006 | John Elias | Television film |
Lone Rider | 2008 | Robert Hattaway | Television film |
! scope="row" | 2008 | Warden Golan | Television film |
2009 | Rev. McGuiness | Television film | |
Two and a Half Men | 2009 | Chelsea's father | Television Series |
! scope="row" | 2011 | Pops Leary | Television Series |
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