| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stkeach.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Keach as Detective Mike Hammer]] |
| 3 | ->''"I wanted to be Creator/LaurenceOlivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things."'' |
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| 5 | Walter Stacy Keach Jr. (born June 2, 1941 in Savannah, Georgia) is an American actor and narrator, son of longtime television actor Creator/StacyKeachSr and older brother of actor, director, and producer Creator/JamesKeach. Often cast as powerful, imposing authority figures due to his commanding voice and wide frame (in addition to occasionally sporting a moustache somewhere on the Creator/PowersBoothe scale[[note]]grown to hide a cleft palate scar[[/note]]), Keach has won critical acclaim throughout his varied career. He's also led a rather interesting life which includes a struggle with cocaine addiction, a prison sentence in Reading Prison and a conversion to Roman Catholicism followed by his son being blessed by Pope John Paul II. Also, despite the fact that he often plays mean characters, he's considered to be one of the sweetest men in Hollywood and has the ability to turn the driest line into a gut-busting punchline with his delivery alone. |
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| 7 | He's perhaps best-known for his roles as the titular character in ''Literature/MikeHammer'', a manipulative Neo-Nazi in ''Film/AmericanHistoryX'', Creator/ChristopherTitus' real-life alcoholic, chain-smoking, wussy-hating, womanizing, five-times-divorced father Ken on the FOX sitcom ''Series/{{Titus}}'', a kindly prison warden in ''Series/PrisonBreak'' and a small-town bully in ''Film/{{Nebraska}}''. |
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| 10 | !!Filmography on TV Tropes: |
| 11 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | [[folder:Film roles]] |
| 14 | %%* 1958 ''{{Joy Ride|1958}}'' as Wechsler |
| 15 | %%* 1968 ''Film/TheHeartIsALonelyHunter'' as Blount |
| 16 | * 1970 ''Film/BrewsterMcCloud'' as Abraham Wright |
| 17 | %%* 1970 ''Film/EndOfTheRoad'' as Jacob Horner |
| 18 | %%* 1970 ''Film/TheTravelingExecutioner'' as Joseph Candide |
| 19 | %%* 1971 ''Film/{{Doc}}'' as Doc Holliday |
| 20 | * 1972 ''Film/TheNewCenturions'' as Roy Fehler |
| 21 | * 1972 ''Film/FatCity'' as Billy Tully |
| 22 | * 1972 ''Film/TheLifeAndTimesOfJudgeRoyBean'' as Original Bad Bob the Albino |
| 23 | %%* 1972 ''Film/{{Luther|1972}}'' as Martin Luther |
| 24 | %%* 1974 ''Film/TheGravyTrain'' as Calvin |
| 25 | * 1975 ''Film/ConductUnbecoming'' as Capt. Harper (with a British accent!) |
| 26 | %%* 1976 ''Film/StreetPeople'' as Charlie Hanson |
| 27 | * 1976 ''Film/TheKillerInsideMe'' as Lou Ford |
| 28 | %%* 1977 ''Film/TheSqueeze'' as Jim Naboth |
| 29 | %%* 1978 ''Film/TheGreatestBattle'' as Maj. Mannfred Roland |
| 30 | * 1978 ''Film/GrayLadyDown'' as Capt. Bennett |
| 31 | * 1978 ''Film/UpInSmoke'' as Sergeant Stedanko |
| 32 | %%* 1979 ''Film/TheMountainOfTheCannibalGod'' as Prof. Edward Foster |
| 33 | * 1980 ''Film/TheNinthConfiguration'' as Col. Vincent Kane |
| 34 | * 1980 ''Film/TheLongRiders'' as Frank James (also writer and producer) |
| 35 | * 1981 ''Film/RoadGames'' as Patrick Quid |
| 36 | * 1981 ''Film/NiceDreams'' as Sergeant Stedanko |
| 37 | * 1982 ''Film/ThatChampionshipSeason'' as James Daley |
| 38 | * 1990 ''Film/ClassOf1999'' as Dr. Robert "Bob" Forest |
| 39 | * 1993 ''Film/SunsetGrill'' as Harrison Shelgrove |
| 40 | * 1993 ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' as Carl Beaumont and the Phantasm |
| 41 | * 1996 ''Film/EscapeFromLA'' as Commander Malloy |
| 42 | * 1997 ''Film/TheSeaWolf'' as Captain Wolf |
| 43 | * 1998 ''Film/AmericanHistoryX'' as Cameron Alexander |
| 44 | * 2000 ''Film/{{Icebreaker}}'' as Bill Foster |
| 45 | * 2000 ''Film/{{Militia}}'' as George Armstrong Montgomery |
| 46 | * 2002 ''Film/TheSantaTrap'' |
| 47 | * 2004 ''Film/TheHollow'' as Claus Von Ripper |
| 48 | * 2005 ''Film/ManWithTheScreamingBrain'' as Dr. Ivanov |
| 49 | * 2012 ''Film/TheBourneLegacy'' as Turso |
| 50 | * 2013 ''WesternAnimation/{{Planes}}'' as Skipper |
| 51 | * 2013 ''Film/{{Nebraska}}'' as Ed Pegram |
| 52 | * 2014 ''Film/SinCityADameToKillFor'' as Wallenquist |
| 53 | %%* 2014 ''Film/IfIStay'' as Grandpa |
| 54 | * 2014 ''Literature/{{Cell}}'' as Charles Ardai |
| 55 | * 2015 ''Film/{{Sam}}'' as the Shopkeeper |
| 56 | * 2018 ''Film/{{Gotti}}'' as Neil Dellacroce |
| 57 | [[/folder]] |
| 58 | |
| 59 | [[folder:Television roles]] |
| 60 | * 1978 ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' as Man in ''Cold As Ice'' |
| 61 | * 1984-1985 ''Series/MikeHammer'' as Mike Hammer |
| 62 | * 1997-2003 ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'' as Maury Hoover/Ty Duncan |
| 63 | * 1998-2001 ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' as Marvin Finster |
| 64 | * 1999 ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' as Vance |
| 65 | * 2000 ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'' as Cord van Owen |
| 66 | * 2000-2002 ''Series/{{Titus}}'' as Ken Titus |
| 67 | * 2001-2002 ''WesternAnimation/TheZetaProject'' as Roland de Flores |
| 68 | * 2001, 2003, 2006-2016 ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' as Howard Duff |
| 69 | * 2003-2005 ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' as Harold Lind/The Mayor |
| 70 | * 2005 ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'' as Blaine [=McNamara=] |
| 71 | * 2005 ''Series/WillAndGrace'' as Wendell Schacter |
| 72 | * 2005-2007 ''Series/PrisonBreak'' as Henry Pope |
| 73 | * 2007 ''Series/{{ER}}'' as Mike Gates |
| 74 | * 2010 ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' as Tom, Chelsea's father |
| 75 | %%* 2011 ''Series/LightsOut'' as Pops Leary |
| 76 | * 2012 ''Series/ThirtyRock'' as Himself |
| 77 | * 2012-2013 ''Series/TheNeighbors'' as Dominick Weaver |
| 78 | %%* 2013 ''Series/SeanSavesTheWorld'' as Lee Thompson |
| 79 | * 2013 ''Series/SixteenHundredPenn'' as Senator from Thoroughgood |
| 80 | * 2013 ''Series/AngerManagement'' as Ray |
| 81 | * 2013 ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' as Jimmy Brogan |
| 82 | * 2014 ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' as Orion Bauer |
| 83 | * 2015 ''Series/HotInCleveland'' as Alex |
| 84 | * 2015-2019 ''Series/NCISNewOrleans'' as Cassius Pride |
| 85 | %%* 2016 ''Series/{{Crowded}}'' as Bob Moore |
| 86 | * 2016 ''Series/BluntTalk'' as Arthur Bronson |
| 87 | * 2016 ''Series/RayDonovan'' as Marty (The Texan) |
| 88 | * 2016 ''Series/TokyoTrial'', narrator |
| 89 | * 2016-present ''Series/BlueBloods'' as Archbishop Kevin Kearns |
| 90 | * 2017-2020 ''Series/ManWithAPlan'' |
| 91 | * 2019 ''Series/TheBlacklist'' as Robert Vesco |
| 92 | [[/folder]] |
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