Actor Stacy Keach Dies

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Stacy Keach had range. He played outlaw Frank James in the Western The Long Riders, the bumbling Sgt. Stedenko in the Cheech and Chong stoner comedy Up in Smoke, and Hamlet on stage multiple times....

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Stacy Keach, the prolific actor famous for his role as private investigator Mike Hammer, has died. He was 85. [image or embed]
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) 7:04 PM Nov 11, 2026

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Keach enjoyed a diversified and extremely busy acting career, including quite a bit of time in the theater. I occasionally rewatch and still thoroughly enjoy The Long Riders (1980). An actor who who seemed to revel in his chosen profession and explored it fully. RIP.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-11-11 01:19 PM | Reply

The casting of brothers to play brothers in The Long Riders was really well done. The Keachs and the Carradines and the Quaids.

#2 | Posted by qcp at 2026-11-11 01:31 PM | Reply

He'll always be Sgt Stedenko to me though.

Bye Bye ------- - Cheech & Chong's Up In Smoke

#3 | Posted by qcp at 2026-11-11 01:42 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Because chanteuse Judy Collins "chose" Stacy Keach over musician Stephen Stills in the late 1960s, this song was a by-product of his lament: YouTube

A recent OP I wrote discussed the racism that Joe Biden grew up in Pennsylvania: That Championship Season.

That 1982 movie starred the late Stacy Keach.

RIP and thanks for the memories.

"FUNNY 2"

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-11-11 02:06 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I saw him at Spreckles theater in San Diego in 1992. "Solitary Confinement". He was phenomenal.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-11-12 10:47 AM | Reply