Trivia

Was born with a cleft palate. He had this repaired and the scar is on his lip under the right nostril. He hides the scar with his trademark mustache.

In 1984, he was jailed in England for nine months for smuggling cocaine. He would later base his performance of the fair-minded Warden Henry Pope in Prison Break (2005) on the warden of that prison.

Was cast as Ken Titus on Titus (2000) when, after his audition, Christopher Titus admitted that Keach intimidated him.

Former Fulbright scholar.

When he played Ken Titus on the sitcom Titus (2000), he would sometimes receive tips from the actual Ken Titus (before he passed away), on how to portray him better.

Credits the sitcom Titus (2000) for somewhat rejuvenating his career and making him more recognizable to younger audiences.

Hospitalized in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a minor stroke on March 17, 2009.

Stacy's father started as a community college drama teacher. He then became the director of the Pasadena Playhouse. His mother was Mary Kain Keach.

Son of Stacy Keach Sr., older brother of James Keach.

Provided the narration for the Submarine ride at Disneyland (in Anaheim, California) - but the ride no longer exists.

Performed the role of the King of Siam in a touring rendition of "The King and I".

Served his prison sentence at England's Reading Gaol.

He won an Obie Award for his performance in the title role of "MacBird!" (1967).

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 1628 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on July 31, 2019.

Studied drama at the University of California - Berkeley, Yale University, and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA).

Acted in a number of plays at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Under the then-extant rules, Keach should have been awarded Best Actor honors from the New York Film Critics Circle for his portrayal of Tully in Fat City (1972), as this required only a plurality of the vote and Keach was the top vote-getter in the category. At the time, the NYCC was second in prestige only to the Academy Awards (and some actors and filmmakers considered this a superior honor) and was a major influence on subsequent Oscar nominations. (In the 1976 presidential election year, director Robert Altman characterized the NYFCC Awards as the 'New York primary' leading up to the Oscar 'election', where the Golden Globe Awards was the 'California primary'.) A vocal faction of the NYFCC, dismayed by the rather low percentage of votes that would have given Keach the award, successfully demanded a rule change so that the winner would have to obtain a majority. In subsequent balloting, Keach failed to win a majority of the vote, and he lost ground to his main rival, Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972). However, Brando could not gain a majority either, and a compromise candidate, Laurence Olivier in Sleuth (1972), eventually was awarded Best Actor honors. Both Brando, who eventually won the Oscar for his comeback triumph as Don Corleone in the classic gangster picture, and Olivier were nominated for the Academy Award, but Keach was not.

Along with Louis Gossett Jr., he was one of two actors considered for the role of the SGC's new commanding officer, General Hank Landry, on Stargate SG-1 (1997). The role instead went to Beau Bridges.

He was nominated for the 2018 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Solo Performance for "Pamplona" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1970 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for playing Buffalo Bill Cody, aka Buffalo Bill, in Arthur Kopit's "Indians".

Attended and graduated from Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles, California (1959).

Ironically, Stacy Keach - who was fired by Mike Nichols and replaced by Martin Balsam in the role of Colonel Cathcart in the movie Catch-22 (1970) - also was replaced in another Joseph Heller work, the play "We Bombed in New Haven", which started out as a dramatization of "Catch-22". Keach, who originated the role of Captain Starkey in the play at the Yale Repertory Theatre, was replaced by Jason Robards when it transitioned to Broadway.

As of 1983, he had won three Obie Awards for his work in "Long Day's Jourbey into Night", "Macbird", and a revival of "Hamlet" (1972).

Founded a polo team.

Has an office at Burbank Studios in Hollywood.

Lives on Winding Ways, a private road half a mile from Paradise Cove, Malibu, California, with his house set in 3 acres.

Has a Doberman- Husky cross dog.

Client of Dick Guttman.