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Stacy Keach in May 2007
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Born |
Walter Stacy Keach, Jr. June 2, 1941 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor, narrator |
Years active | 1966–present |
Spouse(s) | Kathryn Baker (m. 1964; div. ?) Marilyn Aiken (m. 1975; div. ?) Jill Donahue (m. 1981; div. 1986) Malgosia Tomassi (m. 1986) |
Parent(s) |
Stacy Keach, Sr. Mary Cain (née Peckham) |
Relatives | James Keach (brother) |
Website | www |
Walter Stacy Keach, Jr. (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor of stage, film, and television. Highly prolific, he has played mainly dramatic roles throughout his career, including author Mickey Spillane's fictional detective Mike Hammer in the 1984 TV series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer and later a series of television films. However, he has also performed as a narrator for programs including CNBC'S American Greed and various educational television programs. He has appeared on The Opie & Anthony Show on Sirius XM satellite radio, as well as performing comedy, particularly in his role in the Fox sitcom Titus as Ken, the father of comedian Christopher Titus, and twice as Sergeant Stedenko in Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke and Nice Dreams.
Keach was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of Mary Cain (née Peckham), an actress, and Stacy Keach, Sr. (Walter Stacy Keach), a theatre 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 a Master of Fine Arts at the Yale School of Drama and was a Fulbright Scholar at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. While studying in London Keach met his acting hero Laurence Olivier.