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Stacy Keach died on November 10, 2026 due to heart failure complicated by heart disease.\u00a0 He was 85.<\/p>\n
Stacy Keach was born Walter Stacy Keach.\u00a0 His mother was an actress and his father a theater director.\u00a0 Stacy Keach was his high school president the year he graduated.\u00a0 Mr. Keach attended the University of California, Berkeley where he graduated with two B.A. degrees; one in English and the other in Dramatic Arts.\u00a0 Stacy Keach went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale.\u00a0 He was a Fulbright Scholar at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.<\/p>\n
Stacy Keach made his debut television performance in 1964, in the series Channing. His first professional stage appearance on Broadway took place in 1965 in the play Danton’s Death. <\/em>Mr. Keach made his feature film debut in 1968, in the film The Heart is a Lonely Hunter<\/em>.\u00a0 For the rest of his 64 year acting career, Stacy Keach appeared on stage, television and in feature films.<\/p>\n Some of Stacy Keach’s television work includes: Channing; Macbeth; Great Performances; Caribe<\/em> (13 episodes); Lincoln;\u00a0 Jesus of Nazareth<\/em> (4 episodes); The Fitzpatricks; Saturday Night Live; Diary of a Young Comic; Skag; A Rumor of War<\/em> (2 episodes); The Blue and the Gray<\/em> (3 episodes); Murder Me, Murder You; Princess Daisy<\/em> (2 episodes); More Than Murder; Mistral’s Daughter<\/em> (4 episodes); The Return of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer; The New Mike Hammer<\/em> (46 episodes); Hemmingway<\/em> (4 episodes); Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All; The Mysteries of the Dark Jungle<\/em> (3 episodes); Lincoln and the War Within; Lincoln; The Wild West; Body Bags; In the Heat of the Night<\/em> (2 episodes); Batman: Mask of the Phantasm; Promised Land; Die Gang<\/em> (11 episodes); Mike Hammer, Private Eye<\/em> (26 episodes); Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book<\/em> (26 episodes); Batman Beyond; The Outer Limits; Tesla: Master of Lightning; Rugrats<\/em> (3 episodes); Gary & Mike; Touched by an Angel<\/em> (2 episodes); Boomtown; When Eagles Strike; What’s New Scooby-Doo?<\/em> (2 episodes); Will & Grace; George Lopez; Blackbeard<\/em> (3 episodes); Galapagos; Prison Break<\/em> (23 episodes); ER<\/em> (3 episodes); Live from the Lincoln Center; Meteor<\/em> (2 episodes); Two and a Half Men<\/em> (4 episodes); Lights Out<\/em> (13 episodes); Bored to Death<\/em> (2 episodes); 30 Rock; Hindenberg: The Last Fight<\/em> (2 episodes); Brooklyn Nine-Nine; The Neighbors<\/em> (3 episodes); Sean Saves the World<\/em> (3 episodes); Law and Order: Special Victims Unit; Full Circle<\/em> (8 episodes); Hot in Cleveland<\/em> (2 episodes); Crowded<\/em> (13 episodes); Ray Donovan<\/em> (2 episodes); The Simpsons<\/em> (6 episodes); Blunt Talk<\/em> (2 episodes); Tokyo Trial<\/em> (4 episodes); NCIS: New Orleans<\/em> (6 episodes); Man with a Plan<\/em> (50 episodes); The Blacklist<\/em> (6 episodes); Titus<\/em> (55 episodes) and Blue Bloods<\/em> (11 episodes).<\/p>\n Some of Stacey Keach’s feature film work includes:\u00a0The Heart is a Lonely Hunter; Brewster McCloud; Orville and Wilbur; Fat City; The New Centurians; The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean; The Killer Inside Me; Gray Lady Down; Up in Smoke; The Long Riders; Road Games; That Championship Season; Escape from L.A.; American History X; The Bourne Legacy; The Architect; The Great Chameleon; Nebraska; Sin City: A Dame to Kill For; Cell <\/em>and Jay Kelly.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n When I think of Stacy Keach, his role in The Long Riders<\/em> always comes to mind first.\u00a0 Then I think about what a long award-winning career he had and how he was able to move from drama to comedy with ease.<\/p>\n Our thoughts and prayers go out to Stacy Keach’s family, friends and fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stacy Keach died on November 10, 2026 due to heart failure complicated by heart disease.\u00a0 He was 85. 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