# Stacy Keach RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [November 11, 2026, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stacy-keach-rip/1034827 "2026-11-11T06:05:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stacy-keach-rip/1034827/1 "2026-11-11T06:05:28Z")
Stacy Keach died _“after a long and difficult battle with a serious heart condition and heart failure”_ according to his wife. He had a good, long run as an actor. I really liked how he played his roles. Who didn’t laugh at Sgt Stedenko? > **[Stacy Keach, Star of ‘Mike Hammer,’ ‘Fat City,’ Dies at 85](https://variety.com/2026/film/news/stacy-keach-dead-mike-hammer-fat-city-1236944687/)** > > Stacy Keach, whose work includes movies like “Fat City” and the starring role in “The New Mike Hammer” series on CBS, died Wednesday in Poland. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stacy-keach-rip/1034827/2 "2026-11-11T07:22:02Z")
I was listening to tunes out in the desert tonight and _Fiberweed Van Theme_ came on. Always good for a smile. _Completely lost due to incompetence…_ ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stacy-keach-rip/1034827/3 "2026-11-11T07:45:13Z")
I enjoyed him in The Ninth Configuration. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stacy-keach-rip/1034827/4 "2026-11-11T07:51:42Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > I really liked how he played his roles. I rather liked him in a very restrained role as Frank James in [The Long Riders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Riders). Which was a wee bit different than another of his character roles in a Western. The comedic psycho albino gunman [Bad Bob](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zPo253ePXM) in [The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Times_of_Judge_Roy_Bean). ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stacy-keach-rip/1034827/5 "2026-11-11T08:41:16Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > I enjoyed him in The Ninth Configuration. Yes indeed. That’s what I came here to say but you beat me to it. (Damn, I loved that movie. It pains me that it is not better known and admired.) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stacy-keach-rip/1034827/6 "2026-11-11T13:22:46Z")
Honestly, I thought he was dead already. Now I always associate him with his fake ads for couches and Bazooka Joe gum from “30 Rock”. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uGXEsFRpHq8/hqdefault.jpg "3O Rock 'Kouchtown' commercials with Stacy Keach 4-19-2012") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGXEsFRpHq8) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stacy-keach-rip/1034827/7 "2026-11-11T13:23:47Z")
And gum. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mn8irnsmu9w/hqdefault.jpg "30 Rock- Bazooka Joe Gum Commercial with Stacy Keach.avi") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn8irnsmu9w) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stacy-keach-rip/1034827/8 "2026-11-11T16:18:13Z")
I was surprised to see him on a segment of _Body Bags_ not too long ago. I tuned in after it started and thought it was a Creepshow episode. It was about a man, distressed about going bald, who finds a . . ._solution_. He was hilarious in it, especially to I who had never seen him do comedy. Debbi Harry and Sheena Easton were also in it. RIP, sir, and thank you for all the good work. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stacy-keach-rip/1034827/9 "2026-11-11T20:08:58Z")
RIP Great actor - one of the best performances I’ve ever seen was in “Fat City” (also a favorite movie of mine). On YouTube, there’s also a free version of “The New Centurions” with Keach and George C. Scott - best movie about cops/ ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stacy-keach-rip/1034827/10 "2026-11-12T06:57:23Z")
In terms of an original Sci-fi premise, there is none better. And Hamlet performed entirely with dogs! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stacy-keach-rip/1034827/11 "2026-11-12T07:27:53Z")
I liked his complex character on the sitcom _Titus_. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stacy-keach-rip/1034827/12 "2026-11-13T01:50:04Z")
I’ve been watching the “Best of Ken Titus” compilation videos on YouTube. What an evil, hilarious man!