Stacy Keach
Encyclopedia
Stacy Keach is an American
actor
and narrator
. He is most famous for his drama
tic roles; however, he has done narration
work in educational programming
on PBS
and the Discovery Channel
, as well as some comedy
(particularly his role in the FOX sitcom Titus
as Ken, the hard-drinking, chain-smoking, womanizing father of comedian Christopher Titus
) and musical roles.
, Georgia
, the son of Mary Cain (née
Peckham), an actress, and Walter Stacy Keach, a theater director, drama teacher, and actor
. His brother James Keach
is an actor and television director
. Keach graduated from Van Nuys High School
in June 1959, where he was class president, then earned two BA
degrees
at the University of California, Berkeley
(1963), one in English
, the other in Dramatic Art
. He earned an M.F.A. at the Yale School of Drama
and was a Fulbright Scholar
at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
.
at the Village Gate. Then in 1967, he was cast, again Off Broadway, in George Tabori
's The Niggerlovers with Morgan Freeman
(in his first ever acting job). To this day, Freeman credits Keach with teaching him the most about acting. Keach first appeared on Broadway
in 1969 as Buffalo Bill
in Indians
by Arthur Kopit. Early in his career, he was credited as Stacy Keach, Jr. to distinguish himself from his father Stacy Keach, Sr.
He played the lead actor in The Nude Paper Sermon
an avant-garde
musical theatre
piece for media presentation, commissioned by Nonesuch Records
by composer Eric Salzman
.
He has won numerous awards including Obie award
s, Drama Desk Award
s, 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.
cop in The New Centurions
(1972), opposite George C. Scott
. That year he also starred in Fat City
, a boxing film directed by John Huston
. He was the first choice for the role of father Damien Karras
in the 1973 movie The Exorcist
, but he did not accept the role. He went on to play Kane in the 1980 movie The Ninth Configuration
, written and directed by Blatty; this role was itself intended for Nicol Williamson
.
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.
Keach was also recently seen in Toronto, Canada during the filming of the comedy movie The Chameleon.
romantic comedy
, How to Marry a Millionaire
, with Barbara Eden
and Merry Anders
. He portrayed a federal police agency officer fighting crime in the Caribbean in the 1977 TV series Caribe
. He played Barabbas
in the 1977 Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries), and portrayed Jonas Steele, a psychic
and Scout of the United States Army
in the 1982 CBS miniseries
, The Blue and the Gray. He later portrayed Mike Hammer
in the CBS
television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
and The New Mike Hammer
from 1984 to 1987. He returned to the role of Hammer in Mike Hammer, Private Eye
, a new syndicated series that aired from 1997 to 1998.
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.
viewers for narrating
episodes of Nova, National Geographic, and various other informational series. Beginning in 1999, he served as the narrator for the home video clip show World's Most Amazing Videos
, which is now seen on Spike TV
. He currently hosts The Twilight Zone
radio series. Keach can also be heard narrating the CNBC
series American Greed
. For the PBS series American Experience
, he narrated The Kennedys, among others.
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.
, Keach played the title character, John "Doc" Holiday, who may have been born with a cleft palate.
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.
Television
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and narrator
Narrator
A narrator is, within any story , the fictional or non-fictional, personal or impersonal entity who tells the story to the audience. When the narrator is also a character within the story, he or she is sometimes known as the viewpoint character. The narrator is one of three entities responsible for...
. He is most famous for his drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
tic roles; however, he has done narration
Narrator
A narrator is, within any story , the fictional or non-fictional, personal or impersonal entity who tells the story to the audience. When the narrator is also a character within the story, he or she is sometimes known as the viewpoint character. The narrator is one of three entities responsible for...
work in educational programming
Educational television
Educational television is the use of television programs in the field of distance education. It may be in the form of individual television programs or dedicated specialty channels that is often associated with cable television in the United States as Public, educational, and government access ...
on PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
and the Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
, as well as some comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
(particularly his role in the FOX sitcom Titus
Titus (TV series)
Titus is an American dark comedy sitcom that debuted on Fox in 2000. The series was created by its star, Christopher Titus, Jack Kenny, and Brian Hargrove...
as Ken, the hard-drinking, chain-smoking, womanizing father of comedian Christopher Titus
Christopher Titus
Christopher Todd Titus is an American comedian and actor. He grew up in Newark, California. Titus came to national attention with the eponymous FOX show Titus, of which he was the star, executive producer and co-creator...
) and musical roles.
Early life
Keach was born Walter Stacy Keach, Jr. in SavannahSavannah, Georgia
Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
, the son of Mary Cain (née
NEE
NEE is a political protest group whose goal was to provide an alternative for voters who are unhappy with all political parties at hand in Belgium, where voting is compulsory.The NEE party was founded in 2005 in Antwerp...
Peckham), an actress, and Walter Stacy Keach, a theater director, drama teacher, and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. His brother James Keach
James Keach
James Keach is an American actor, producer, and director. He is the younger brother of actor Stacy Keach, Jr., and son of actor Stacy Keach, Sr.-Background:...
is an actor and television director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
. Keach graduated from Van Nuys High School
Van Nuys High School
Van Nuys High School established in 1914, is a high school in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles, California, belonging to the Los Angeles Unified School District: District 2...
in June 1959, where he was class president, then earned two BA
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degrees
Academic degree
An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
(1963), one in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, the other in Dramatic Art
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
. He earned an M.F.A. at the Yale School of Drama
Yale School of Drama
The Yale School of Drama is a graduate professional school of Yale University providing training in every discipline of the theatre: acting, design , directing, dramaturgy and dramatic criticism, playwriting, stage management, sound design, technical design and production, and theater...
and was a Fulbright Scholar
Fulbright Program
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946. Under the...
at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art is a leading British drama school in west London. LAMDA's president is Timothy West and its new principal is Joanna Read, who recently succeeded Peter James...
.
Theater
In 1966 Keach played the title role, (with his take on Lyndon Johnson being MacBeth) in MacBird! an Off Broadway spoofParody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
at the Village Gate. Then in 1967, he was cast, again Off Broadway, in George Tabori
George Tabori
George Tabori was a Hungarian writer and theater director.-Life and career:Tabori was born in Budapest as György Tábori, a son of Kornél and Elsa Tábori. His father died in Auschwitz in 1944, but his mother and his brother Paul managed to escape the Nazis. His son Peter Tabori and again his son...
's The Niggerlovers with Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman is an American actor, film director, aviator and narrator. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus and won...
(in his first ever acting job). To this day, Freeman credits Keach with teaching him the most about acting. Keach first appeared on Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
in 1969 as Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody was a United States soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was born in the Iowa Territory , in LeClaire but lived several years in Canada before his family moved to the Kansas Territory. Buffalo Bill received the Medal of Honor in 1872 for service to the US...
in Indians
Indians (play)
Indians is a play by Arthur Kopit.At its core is Buffalo Bill Cody and his Wild West Show. The play examines the contradictions of Cody's life and his work with Native Americans....
by Arthur Kopit. Early in his career, he was credited as Stacy Keach, Jr. to distinguish himself from his father Stacy Keach, Sr.
Stacy Keach, Sr.
Stacy Keach, Sr. was the stage name of Walter Stacy Keach , an American actor whose screen career spanned six decades. He and his wife, Mary Cain , were members of the Peninsula Players summer theater program during the 1930s. He may be best known for his role as Carlson in the television show Get...
He played the lead actor in The Nude Paper Sermon
Eric Salzman
Eric Salzman is an American composer, author, impresario, music critic, and record producer.After studying composition with Morris Mawner at the New York High School of Music and Art , he continued his studies at Columbia University , where his teachers included Jack Beeson, Otto Luening and...
an avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
musical theatre
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
piece for media presentation, commissioned by Nonesuch Records
Nonesuch Records
Nonesuch Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Records.-Company history:Nonesuch was founded in 1964 by Jac Holzman to produce "fine records at the same price as a trade paperback", which would be half the price of a normal LP...
by composer Eric Salzman
Eric Salzman
Eric Salzman is an American composer, author, impresario, music critic, and record producer.After studying composition with Morris Mawner at the New York High School of Music and Art , he continued his studies at Columbia University , where his teachers included Jack Beeson, Otto Luening and...
.
He has won numerous awards including Obie award
Obie Award
The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...
s, Drama Desk Award
Drama Desk Award
The Drama Desk Awards, which are given annually in a number of categories, are the only major New York theater honors for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway compete against each other in the same category...
s, 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
Cy Coleman
Cy Coleman was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.-Life and career:He was born Seymour Kaufman on June 14, 1929, in New York City to Eastern European Jewish parents, and was raised in the Bronx. His mother, Ida was an apartment landlady and his father was a brickmason...
. In 2006, he performed the lead role in Shakespeare's King Lear
King Lear
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological...
at the Goodman Theatre
Goodman Theatre
The Goodman Theatre is a professional theater company located in Chicago's Loop. A major part of Chicago theatre, it is the city's oldest currently active nonprofit theater organization...
in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. 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
Shakespeare Theatre Company
The Shakespeare Theatre Company is a regional theatre company located in Washington, D.C. Their self professed mission "is to present classic theatre of scope and size in an imaginative, skillful and accessible American style that honors the playwrights’ language and intentions while viewing their...
mounted that production again at Sidney Harman Hall
Sidney Harman Hall
Sidney Harman Hall is a theater located at Sixth and F Streets NW in Washington, D.C. It opened officially on October 1, 2007.Along with the existing Lansburgh Theatre, it comprises the new Harman Center for the Arts, the home of the Shakespeare Theatre Company...
in Washington D.C..
He has played the title role in three separate productions of Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
.
In 2008 and 2009 Keach played Richard M. Nixon in the U.S. traveling version of the play Frost/Nixon.
Films
He played a rookieRookie
Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of their sport or has little or no professional experience. The term also has the more general meaning of anyone new to a profession, training or activity Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of...
cop in The New Centurions
The New Centurions
The New Centurions is a 1972 crime drama film based on the novel by policeman turned author Joseph Wambaugh.It stars George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jane Alexander, Erik Estrada and James Sikking and was directed by Richard Fleischer....
(1972), opposite George C. Scott
George C. Scott
George Campbell Scott was an American stage and film actor, director and producer. He was best known for his stage work, as well as his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the film Patton, and as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr...
. That year he also starred in Fat City
Fat City (film)
Fat City is an American neo-noir boxing drama film directed by John Huston. The picture stars Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, and Susan Tyrrell....
, a boxing film directed by John Huston
John Huston
John Marcellus Huston was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , Key Largo , The Asphalt Jungle , The African Queen , Moulin Rouge...
. He was the first choice for the role of father Damien Karras
Damien Karras
Father Damien Karras, SJ is a fictional character from the novel The Exorcist, its sequel Legion, and their film adaptations.Father Karras was one of the priests who exorcises the demon from young Regan MacNeil. He is a Jesuit psychiatrist suffering a crisis of faith...
in the 1973 movie The Exorcist
The Exorcist (film)
The Exorcist is a 1973 American horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted from the 1971 novel of the same name by William Peter Blatty and based on the exorcism case of Robbie Mannheim, dealing with the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother’s desperate attempts to win back her...
, but he did not accept the role. He went on to play Kane in the 1980 movie The Ninth Configuration
The Ninth Configuration
The Ninth Configuration, is an American-made film, released in 1980, directed by William Peter Blatty...
, written and directed by Blatty; this role was itself intended for Nicol Williamson
Nicol Williamson
Nicol Williamson is a Scottish-born English actor who was described by English playwright John Osborne as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando".-Early life:...
.
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
Cheech and Chong
Cheech & Chong are a comedy duo consisting of Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong, who found a wide audience in the 1970s and 1980s for their films and stand-up routines, which were based on the hippie and free love era, and especially drug culture movements, most notably their love for...
's Police Department arch-nemesis Sgt. Stedenko in Up In Smoke
Up in Smoke
Up in Smoke, directed by Lou Adler, is Cheech and Chong's first feature-length film, released in 1978 by Paramount Pictures. It stars Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Edie Adams, Strother Martin, and Stacy Keach....
and Nice Dreams. He also appeared as Barabbas
Barabbas
Barabbas or Jesus Barabbas is a figure in the Christian narrative of the Passion of Jesus, in which he is the insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem.The penalty for Barabbas' crime was death by crucifixion, but according to the four canonical gospels and the...
in Jesus of Nazareth. In 1978 he played a role of explorer and scientist in The Mountain of the Cannibal God
The Mountain of the Cannibal God
The Mountain of the Cannibal God is an Italian cult movie starring Ursula Andress and Stacy Keach with English dialogue that was filmed in Sri Lanka. The film was also widely released as Slave of the Cannibal God and released in the UK as Prisoner of the Cannibal God...
, co-starring former Bond girl Ursula Andress
Ursula Andress
Ursula Andress is a Swiss actress and a sex symbol of the 1960s. She is known for her roles as Bond girl Honey Ryder in Dr...
.
The film became a cult
Cult film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences...
favorite as a "Video nasty
Video nasty
"Video nasty" was a colloquial term coined in the United Kingdom by 1982 which originally applied to a number of films distributed on video cassette that were criticized for their violent content by the press, commentators such as Mary Whitehouse and various religious organizations.While violence...
".
One of his most convincing screen performances was as Frank James
Frank James
Alexander Franklin "Frank" James was a famous American outlaw. He was the older brother of outlaw Jesse James.-Childhood:...
(elder brother of Jesse
Jesse James
Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He also faked his own death and was known as J.M James. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary...
) in The Long Riders
The Long Riders
The Long Riders is a 1980 western film directed by Walter Hill. It was produced by James Keach, Stacy Keach and Tim Zinnemann and featured an original soundtrack by Ry Cooder. Cooder won the Best Music award in 1980 from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards for this soundtrack...
(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
White supremacy
White supremacy is the belief, and promotion of the belief, that white people are superior to people of other racial backgrounds. The term is sometimes used specifically to describe a political ideology that advocates the social and political dominance by whites.White supremacy, as with racial...
in American History X
American History X
American History X is a 1998 American drama film directed by Tony Kaye and starring Edward Norton and Edward Furlong. It was distributed by New Line Cinema....
, alongside Edward Norton
Edward Norton
Edward Harrison Norton is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. In 1996, his supporting role in the courtroom drama Primal Fear garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor...
and Edward Furlong
Edward Furlong
Edward Walter Furlong is an American actor whose best known film roles are John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Daniel Vinyard in American History X. He is a two-time Saturn Award nominee, winning the 1992 Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor for his performance in...
. In Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
William Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on...
's 2008 biopic W.
W. (film)
W. is a 2008 American film based on the life and presidency of George W. Bush. It was produced and directed by Oliver Stone, written by Stanley Weiser, and stars Josh Brolin as Bush, with a cast that includes Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Scott...
, Keach portrays a Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
preacher
Preacher
Preacher is a term for someone who preaches sermons or gives homilies. A preacher is distinct from a theologian by focusing on the communication rather than the development of doctrine. Others see preaching and theology as being intertwined...
whose spiritual guidance
Spiritual direction
Spiritual direction is the practice of being with people as they attempt to deepen their relationship with the divine, or to learn and grow in their own personal spirituality. The person seeking direction shares stories of his or her encounters of the divine, or how he or she is experiencing...
begins with George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
's AA
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is an international mutual aid movement which says its "primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety." Now claiming more than 2 million members, AA was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio...
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.
Keach was also recently seen in Toronto, Canada during the filming of the comedy movie The Chameleon.
Television
One of Keach's early television roles was in 1958 on the syndicatedTelevision syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
romantic comedy
Romantic Comedy
Romantic Comedy can refer to* Romantic Comedy , a 1979 play written by Bernard Slade* Romantic Comedy , a 1983 film adapted from the play and starring Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen...
, How to Marry a Millionaire
How to Marry a Millionaire (TV series)
How to Marry a Millionaire is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from 1957 to 1959. The series was based on the 1953 film of the same name which starred Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall.-Synopsis:...
, with Barbara Eden
Barbara Eden
Barbara Eden is an American film and television actress and singer who is best known for her starring role in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.-Early years:...
and Merry Anders
Merry Anders
Merry Anders is an American actress who has appeared in a number of television programs and films since the 1950s. In 1954, she succeeded Ann Todd as Stuart Erwin's daughter in the final season of his TV series, The Stu Erwin Show.In the 1955-1956 season, she joined Janis Paige in the 26-week CBS...
. He portrayed a federal police agency officer fighting crime in the Caribbean in the 1977 TV series Caribe
Caribe
Caribe may refer to:* Caribe , a computer worm designed for mobile phones* Caribe , a Venezuelan telenovela* Caribe , a 1975 television series produced by Quinn Martin...
. He played Barabbas
Barabbas
Barabbas or Jesus Barabbas is a figure in the Christian narrative of the Passion of Jesus, in which he is the insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem.The penalty for Barabbas' crime was death by crucifixion, but according to the four canonical gospels and the...
in the 1977 Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries), and portrayed Jonas Steele, a psychic
Psychic
A psychic is a person who professes an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception , or is said by others to have such abilities. It is also used to describe theatrical performers who use techniques such as prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot...
and Scout of the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
in the 1982 CBS miniseries
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
, The Blue and the Gray. He later portrayed Mike Hammer
Mike Hammer
Michael "Mike" Hammer is a fictional detective created by the American author Mickey Spillane in the 1947 book I, the Jury .-Description:...
in the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer is the title used for two syndicated television series that followed the adventures of fictional private detective Mike Hammer...
and The New Mike Hammer
The New Mike Hammer
The New Mike Hammer is an American television series based on the exploits of the fictitious New York-based private detective Mike Hammer. The show starred Stacy Keach and was essentially a continuation of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, an earlier television program featuring an identical core cast...
from 1984 to 1987. He returned to the role of Hammer in Mike Hammer, Private Eye
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
Mike Hammer, Private Eye is an American syndicated television program based on the adventures of the fictitious private detective Mike Hammer, created by novelist Mickey Spillane...
, a new syndicated series that aired from 1997 to 1998.
In 2000, he played the cantankerous father Ken Titus in the title family of Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
's sitcom Titus
Titus (TV series)
Titus is an American dark comedy sitcom that debuted on Fox in 2000. The series was created by its star, Christopher Titus, Jack Kenny, and Brian Hargrove...
. 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
Prison Break
Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company for four seasons, from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an...
. In 1984, he was convicted of smuggling
Smuggling
Smuggling is the clandestine transportation of goods or persons, such as out of a building, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations.There are various motivations to smuggle...
cocaine
Cocaine
Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
into the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and spent six months imprisoned
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
in Reading Prison
Reading (HM Prison)
HM Prison Reading, formerly known as Reading Gaol, is a prison located in Reading, Berkshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.-History:...
. The governor of that prison would serve as the basis for his character.
Narrator
Stacy Keach is perhaps most familiar to younger televisionTelevision
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
viewers for narrating
Narrator
A narrator is, within any story , the fictional or non-fictional, personal or impersonal entity who tells the story to the audience. When the narrator is also a character within the story, he or she is sometimes known as the viewpoint character. The narrator is one of three entities responsible for...
episodes of Nova, National Geographic, and various other informational series. Beginning in 1999, he served as the narrator for the home video clip show World's Most Amazing Videos
World's Most Amazing Videos
World's Most Amazing Videos is a reality television series, similar to Real TV and Maximum Exposure. Like these shows, it showcases accidents, disasters, police chases and other extraordinary events that are caught on video camera. Although it is similar in content to Maximum Exposure, it takes a...
, which is now seen on Spike TV
Spike TV
Spike is an American cable television channel. It launched on March 7, 1983 as The Nashville Network , a joint venture of WSM, Inc...
. He currently hosts The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (radio)
The Twilight Zone "Radio Dramas" is a nationally syndicated radio series featuring adaptations of the classic television series The Twilight Zone, launched in October 2002...
radio series. Keach can also be heard narrating the CNBC
CNBC
CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
series American Greed
American Greed
-Season 2:Episode #7 The Martin Frankel CaseFinancier Martin Frankel, a con-man who vanished with $200 million dollars. A story of money laundering, prostitution, bizarre sex and drug abuse.Episode #8 When Greed and Giving Collide...
. For the PBS series American Experience
American Experience
American Experience is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service Public television stations in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards, about important or interesting events and people in American history...
, he narrated The Kennedys, among others.
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.
Personal life
Keach was born with a cleft lip and a partial cleft of the hard palate and underwent numerous operations as a child. Throughout his adult life he has often worn a mustache to hide the scars. He is now the honorary chairman of the Cleft Palate Foundation, and advocates for insurance coverage for such surgeries. In the 1971 film DocDoc (film)
Doc is a 1971 American western film, which tells the story of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and of one of its protagonists, Doc Holliday. It stars Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway and Harris Yulin. It was directed by Frank Perry, while Pete Hamill wrote the original screenplay...
, Keach played the title character, John "Doc" Holiday, who may have been born with a cleft palate.
In 1984, London police
Metropolitan Police Service
The Metropolitan Police Service is the territorial police force responsible for Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London which is the responsibility of the City of London Police...
arrested Keach at Heathrow Airport for carrying cocaine. Keach pleaded guilty, and served a nine-month sentence at Reading Prison
Reading (HM Prison)
HM Prison Reading, formerly known as Reading Gaol, is a prison located in Reading, Berkshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.-History:...
.
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
Malgosia Tomassi
Malgosia Tomassi was born in Warsaw, Poland. Tomassi presently works as an interior designer. She is the wife of actor Stacy Keach, whom she met on the set of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer...
around 1986. He has two children from his third marriage. He was also romantically linked to singer Judy Collins
Judy Collins
Judith Marjorie "Judy" Collins is an American singer and songwriter, known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records ; and for her social activism. She is an alumna of the University of Colorado.-Musical career:Collins was born and raised in Seattle, Washington...
in the early 1970s.
He had a mild stroke
Stroke
A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
in March 2009 but has made a full recovery.
Filmography
Films| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joy Ride | 1958 | Wechsler | |
| 1968 | Blount | ||
| Brewster McCloud Brewster McCloud Brewster McCloud is a 1970 movie, directed by Robert Altman, about a young recluse who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome, where he is building a pair of wings so he can fly. He is helped by his fairy godmother, played by Sally Kellerman.... |
1970 | Abraham Wright | |
| End of The Road | 1970 | Jacob Horner | |
| 1970 | Jonas Candide | ||
| Doc Doc (film) Doc is a 1971 American western film, which tells the story of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and of one of its protagonists, Doc Holliday. It stars Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway and Harris Yulin. It was directed by Frank Perry, while Pete Hamill wrote the original screenplay... |
1971 | Doc Holliday | |
| 1972 | Roy Fehler | ||
| Fat City Fat City (film) Fat City is an American neo-noir boxing drama film directed by John Huston. The picture stars Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, and Susan Tyrrell.... |
1972 | Billy Tully | KCFCC Kansas City Film Critics Circle The Kansas City Film Critics Circle is a group of media film critics in the Kansas City metropolitan area. James Loutzenhiser, a local psychiatrist and film buff, who died in November 2001, founded the group in 1967... Award for Best Actor (tied with Marlon Brando Marlon Brando Marlon Brando, Jr. was an American movie star and political activist. "Unchallenged as the most important actor in modern American Cinema" according to the St... forThe Godfather The Godfather The Godfather is a 1972 American epic crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo. With a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola and an uncredited Robert Towne, the film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard... ) |
| 1972 | Original Bad Bob the Albino | ||
| Wilbur and Orville: The First to Fly | 1973 | Wilbur Wright | |
| Luther Luther (1973 film) Luther is the 1973 film of John Osborne's biographical play, presenting the life of Martin Luther. It was one of eight in the first season of the American Film Theater's series of plays made into films. It was produced by Ely Landau, directed by British director Guy Green, and filmed at Shepperton... |
1973 | Martin Luther | |
| 1974 | Calvin | ||
| Watched | 1974 | Mike Mandell/Sonny | |
| Conduct Unbecoming Conduct Unbecoming (film) Conduct Unbecoming is a 1975 British drama film, an adaptation of the Barry England play Conduct Unbecoming first staged in 1969. It was directed by Michael Anderson and starred an ensemble cast of actors including Michael York, Richard Attenborough and Trevor Howard.-Plot:Two young British... |
1975 | Captain Harper | |
| Street People | 1976 | Charlie Hanson | |
| 1976 | Lou Ford | ||
| 1977 | Jim Naboth | ||
| 1978 | Major Mannfred Roland | ||
| Gray Lady Down Gray Lady Down Gray Lady Down is a 1978 disaster film by Universal Studios starring Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, and features the first film role for a young Christopher Reeve... |
1978 | Capt. Bennett | |
| Up in Smoke Up in Smoke Up in Smoke, directed by Lou Adler, is Cheech and Chong's first feature-length film, released in 1978 by Paramount Pictures. It stars Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Edie Adams, Strother Martin, and Stacy Keach.... |
1978 | Sergeant Stedanko | |
| Two Solitudes Two Solitudes (film) Two Solitudes is a 1978 motion picture, written and directed by Lionel Chetwynd, based on the 1945 novel by Hugh MacLennan.-Cast:*Jean-Pierre Aumont : Jean-Claude Tallard*Stacy Keach : Huntley McQueen*Gloria Carlin : Kathleen Tallard... |
1978 | Huntley McQueen | |
| Mountain of the Cannibal God | 1979 | Professor Edward Foster | |
| 1980 | Col. Vincent Kane | ||
| 1980 | Frank James Frank James Alexander Franklin "Frank" James was a famous American outlaw. He was the older brother of outlaw Jesse James.-Childhood:... |
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| Roadgames Roadgames Roadgames is a 1981 Australian film directed by Richard Franklin. The film stars Stacy Keach as a truck driver, and Jamie Lee Curtis as a hitchhiker.-Synopsis:... |
1981 | Patrick Quid | |
| Nice Dreams | 1981 | Sergeant Stedanko | |
| Butterfly Butterfly (1982 film) Butterfly is a 1982 film directed by Matt Cimber, based on the 1947 novel The Butterfly by James M. Cain. The starring cast includes Stacy Keach, Pia Zadora, Ed McMahon, and Orson Welles. The original music score was composed by Ennio Morricone... |
1982 | Jess Tyler | |
| That Championship Season That Championship Season (1982 film) That Championship Season is Jason Miller's 1982 film version of his 1973 Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway play of the same name. It stars Robert Mitchum, Martin Sheen, Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach and Paul Sorvino and was filmed on location in Scranton, Pennsylvania where it is set.In 1999, Sorvino... |
1982 | James Daley | |
| False Identity False Identity False Identity is a 1990 film directed by James Keach. It stars Stacy Keach and Geneviève Bujold.-Plot summary:When Rachel, a radio personality, discovers a Purple Heart at a garage sale she decides to find out its history... |
1990 | Ben Driscoll/Harlan Errickson | |
| Class of 1999 Class of 1999 Class of 1999 is a 1990 science fiction film directed by Mark L. Lester. It is the director's follow-up to his 1982 film Class of 1984.-Synopsis:... |
1990 | Dr. Bob Forest | |
| Milena | 1991 | Jesenski | |
| Sunset Grill Sunset Grill (film) Sunset Grill is a 1993 neo-noir mystery film starring Peter Weller as a private detective in Los Angeles. The movie co-stars Lori Singer and Stacy Keach, and was directed by Kevin Connor.- Plot :... |
1993 | Harrison Shelgrove | |
| Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is a 1993 animated superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, and is a spin-off of the Emmy Award-winning Batman: The Animated Series... |
1993 | Carl Beaumont / Voice of Phantasm | Voice only |
| New Crime City | 1994 | Wynorski | |
| Raw Justice Raw Justice Raw Justice also known as Good Cop, Bad Cop or Strip Girl is a 1994 film starring Stacy Keach, David Keith, Airplane! star Robert Hays and Pamela Anderson.- Plot summary :... |
1994 | Deputy Mayor Bob Jenkins | |
| Escape From L.A. Escape from L.A. Escape From L.A. is a 1996 film directed by John Carpenter. The sequel to the action film Escape from New York, the film follows former war hero Snake Plissken, played by Kurt Russell... |
1996 | Commander Malloy | |
| Prey of the Jaguar | 1996 | The Commander | |
| 1997 | Captain Wolf | ||
| American History X American History X American History X is a 1998 American drama film directed by Tony Kaye and starring Edward Norton and Edward Furlong. It was distributed by New Line Cinema.... |
1998 | Cameron Alexander | |
| Future Fear | 1998 | General Wallace | |
| Fear Runs Silent | 1999 | Mr. Hill | |
| Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return is the sixth film in the Children of the Corn series. It is the fourth film that went direct-to-video... |
1999 | Dr. Michaels | |
| Unshackled | 2000 | Warden Kelso | |
| Icebreaker | 2000 | Bill Foster | |
| Militia Militia (film) Militia is a 2000 direct-to-video action film directed by Jim Wynorski. It stars Dean Cain, Jennifer Beals and Frederic Forrest.-Plot:A raid, led by Ethan Carter is carried out by ATF agents against a militia group, the Brotherhood of Liberty. Their leader, William Fain, is captured and his family... |
2000 | George Armstrong Montgomery | |
| Mercy Streets Mercy Streets Mercy Streets is a 2000 Christian action/drama film written and directed by Jon Gunn. It starred Eric Roberts and Stacey Keach, among others.- Plot :... |
2000 | Tom | |
| Sunstorm | 2001 | General John Parker | |
| Birds of Passage | 2001 | Captain Savienko | |
| When Eagles Strike When Eagles Strike When Eagles Strike is a 2003 action film starring ex-bodybuilder Christian Boeving, Stacy Keach, Nate Adams, Eddie Garcia and Monsour del Rosario. It was directed/co-produced by Cirio H. Santiago, and also shot on Philippines due to low budget.... |
2003 | General Thurmond | |
| 2004 | Claus Van Ripper | ||
| Caught in the Headlights Caught in the Headlights Caught in the Headlights is an action thriller film released in 2004. The film stars Erika Eleniak, Kim Coates, Brigitta Dau, Stacy Keach, and Erin Gray.-Cast:* Erika Eleniak as Kate Parker* Kim Coates as Harry Eden* Brigitta Dau as Claire Scott... |
2004 | Mr. Jones | |
| Galaxy Hunter | 2004 | 3V3 | |
| El Padrino: The Latin Godfather | 2004 | Governor Lancaster | |
| Man with the Screaming Brain Man with the Screaming Brain Man with the Screaming Brain is a 2005 science fiction/slapstick film directed by, co-written by, and starring Bruce Campbell. It is Campbell's feature film directorial debut. The film was co-written by David Goodman and co-stars Ted Raimi.-Production:... |
2005 | Dr. Ivanov | |
| Keep Your Distance | 2005 | Brooks Voight | |
| Come Early Morning Come Early Morning Come Early Morning is a 2006 film, the feature film directorial debut by Joey Lauren Adams, starring Ashley Judd and Jeffrey Donovan. The movie was shot throughout the metropolitan Little Rock, Arkansas area including Pulaski Heights, and Adams' hometown of North Little Rock... |
2006 | Owen Allen | |
| Jesus, Mary and Joey | 2006 | Jack O'Callahan | |
| Honeydripper Honeydripper (film) Honeydripper is a 2007 American musical drama film written and directed by John Sayles.-Plot:Filmed and set in Alabama, the film stars Danny Glover as the owner of a blues club that is failing until he hires a young electric guitarist . The film also stars musician Keb' Mo', actor/comedian Kel... |
2007 | Sheriff | |
| W. W. (film) W. is a 2008 American film based on the life and presidency of George W. Bush. It was produced and directed by Oliver Stone, written by Stanley Weiser, and stars Josh Brolin as Bush, with a cast that includes Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Scott... |
2008 | Earle Hudd | |
| Chicago Overcoat Chicago Overcoat Chicago Overcoat is a feature length gangster film. The script was written by Brian Caunter, John W. Bosher, Josh Staman, and Andrew Alex Dowd, with Caunter also directing the film. The production filmed in Chicago and wrapped principal photography November 29, 2007... |
2009 | Ray Berkowski | |
| 2009 | Joe | ||
| Planes Planes (film) Planes is an upcoming direct-to-video spin-off of Cars. Pixar Animation Studios however, will not be producing the film. Instead, it will be produced by DisneyToon Studios... |
2013 | Skipper | Voice only |
Television
| Title | Year | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All the Kind Strangers All the Kind Strangers - Plot summary :Children of a bootlegger in an extremely remote area of the U.S. have been orphaned when their mother died giving birth to the 7th of them at home and the distraught father fell off the roof of the house in a drunken stupor... |
1974 | Jimmy Wheeler | Television film | ||
| Dynasty | 1976 | Matt Blackwood | Mini series | ||
| Jesus of Nazareth | 1977 | Barabbas | Mini series | ||
| 1980 | Maj. Ball | Mini series | |||
| 1982 | Jonas Steele | Mini series | |||
| Princess Daisy Princess Daisy (film) Princess Daisy is a 1983 film by Waris Hussein, based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Judith Krantz.-Plot:Princess Daisy tells the story of a young girl who is sent to England to live with her father, Prince Valenski, after her mother's death in a car crash... |
1983 | Prince Alexander "Stash" Valensky | Mini series | ||
| Murder Me, Murder You Murder Me, Murder You Murder Me, Murder You is a made-for-TV movie starring Stacy Keach as Mickey Spillane's iconic hard-boiled private detective, Mike Hammer. The movie marks the first time the fictitious gumshoe would be portrayed on the small-screen since Darren McGavin played the part in the black-and-white version... |
1983 | Mike Hammer | Television film | ||
| Mistral's Daughter | 1984 | Julien Mistral | Mini series | ||
| More Than Murder | 1984 | Mike Hammer | Television film | ||
| Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer is the title used for two syndicated television series that followed the adventures of fictional private detective 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 | |||
| Intimate Strangers | 1986 | Dr. Jeff Bierston | Television film | ||
| 1986–1987 | Mike Hammer | Television series | |||
| Hemingway | 1988 | Ernest Hemingway | Mini series Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film (tied with Michael Caine Michael Caine Sir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules .... for Jack the Ripper Jack the Ripper "Jack the Ripper" is the best-known name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The name originated in a letter, written by someone claiming to be the murderer, that was disseminated in the... ) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie.-1950s:*1952: Thomas Mitchell*1953: no award*1954: Robert Cummings – 12 Angry Men*1955: Lloyd Nolan – Caine Mutiny Court Marshal... |
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| 1989 | Adam Roth | Television film | |||
| Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All is a 1989 made for television film. It effectively served as a sequel the CBS television series The New Mike Hammer, and starred Stacy Keach.... |
1989 | Mike Hammer | Television film | ||
| 1991 | Colonel Edward Corishant | Mini series | |||
| Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis | 1991 | Capt. Charles Butler McVay Charles B. McVay III Rear Admiral Charles Butler McVay III was the Commanding Officer of the when it was lost in action in 1945, resulting in massive loss of life. After years of mental health problems he committed suicide... |
Television film | ||
| Lincoln | 1992 | George McClellan (voice only) | Television film | ||
| Rio Diablo | 1993 | Kansas | Television film | ||
| Body Bags | 1993 | Richard Coberts | Television film | ||
| Against Their Will: Women in Prison | 1994 | Jack Devlin | Television film | ||
| Texas James A. Michener's Texas James A. Michener's Texas is a 1994 ABC television movie directed by Richard Lang and starring Patrick Duffy as Stephen Austin, Stacy Keach as Sam Houston, Chelsea Field as Maddie Quimper, Rick Schroder as Otto McNab, Grant Show as William Travis, David Keith as Jim Bowie, John Schneider as Davy... |
1994 | Sam Houston Sam Houston Samuel Houston, known as Sam Houston , was a 19th-century American statesman, politician, and soldier. He was born in Timber Ridge in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, of Scots-Irish descent. Houston became a key figure in the history of Texas and was elected as the first and third President of... |
ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... Television film |
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| Young Ivanhoe Young Ivanhoe Young Ivanhoe is a 1995 television series based on the 1819 novel by Sir Walter Scott. It was directed by Ralph L. Thomas and starred Kristen Holden-Ried as Ivanhoe. Other starring actors were Stacy Keach, Margot Kidder, Nick Mancuso, Rachel Blanchard, and Matthew Daniels.... |
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 Murder in My Mind Murder in My Mind is a 1997 science fiction crime drama film starring Nicollette Sheridan, Stacy Keach, Peter Outerbridge, Peter Coyote, Ian Tracey and Peter Flemming. It was directed by Robert Iscove and written by Tom Swale.-External links:*... |
1997 | Cargill | Television film | ||
| Mike Hammer, Private Eye Mike Hammer, Private Eye Mike Hammer, Private Eye is an American syndicated television program based on the adventures of the fictitious private detective Mike Hammer, created by novelist Mickey Spillane... |
1997–1998 | Mike Hammer | Television series | ||
| 2000 | Jean Baptiste | Television film | |||
| Titus Titus (TV series) Titus is an American dark comedy sitcom that debuted on Fox in 2000. The series was created by its star, Christopher Titus, Jack Kenny, and Brian Hargrove... |
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 Prison Break Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company for four seasons, from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an... |
2005–2007 | Henry Pope | Television series | ||
| Desolation Canyon Desolation Canyon Desolation Canyon is a 2006 Hallmark Channel television movie starring Stacy Keach and Patrick Duffy. The western film was written by Dan Fitzsimons and directed by David S. Cass Sr.-Plot:... |
2006 | Samuel Kendrick | Television film | ||
| Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America is an ABC two-hour TV movie which first aired May 9, 2006 in which an American "businessman visiting China is infected and carries the deadly mutated bird flu virus back via jetliner to the USA, soon it spreads throughout the country then the rest of the world... |
2006 | Secretary Collin Reed | Television film | ||
| Blackbeard | 2006 | Capt. Benjamin Hornigold | Television film | ||
| Death Row (a.k.a. Haunted Prison) | 2006 | John Elias | Television film | ||
| Lone Rider Lone Rider Lone Rider is a 2008 made for television Western. It was directed by David S. Cass, Sr. and stars Lou Diamond Phillips and Stacy Keach.-Plot:... |
2008 | Robert Hattaway | Television film | ||
| Ring of Death Ring of Death (2008 film) Ring of Death is a television movie created for Spike TV in 2008, which stars Johnny Messner, Stacy Keach and Charlotte Ross.- Plot :Burke Wyatt is a hardened ex-cop with a seasoned history of extreme and over-the-top methods during his time with the police, but having been dismissed for the past... |
2008 | Warden Golan | Television film | ||
| 2009 | Rev. McGuiness | Television film | |||
| Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. Starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the show was originally about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper; his uptight brother, Alan; and Alan's growing son, Jake... |
2009 | Chelsea's father | Television Series | ||
| Lights Out Lights Out (2011 TV series) Lights Out is an American television boxing drama series from the FX network in the United States. It stars Holt McCallany as Patrick "Lights" Leary, a New Jersey native, and former heavyweight champion boxer who is considering a comeback. The series premiered on January 11, 2011 at 10 pm ET/PT. On... |
2011 | Pops Leary | Television Series | [ The Chameleon (In production)]] | 2011 |
| Bored to Death Bored to Death Bored to Death is an American comedy series, which premiered on HBO on September 20, 2009. , three seasons have aired, each consisting of eight episodes. The show was created by author Jonathan Ames, and stars Jason Schwartzman as a fictional Jonathan Ames – a writer based in Brooklyn, New York... |
2011 | Jonathon's Father | Television Series | Film |