Stacy Keach was born on the 2nd June 1941, in Savannah, Georgia USA, and is an actor perhaps still best known for landing the role of Ernest Hemingway in the miniseries “Hemingway” (1988) for which he won the Golden Globe. Stacy has been active in the entertainment industry since 1966.
How much is the net worth of Stacy Keach? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $4 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2016. Films, television and stage are the main sources of his wealth.
Stacy Keach Net Worth $4 Million
To begin with, Keach matriculated from Van Nuys High School in 1959 and continued his studies at Berkeley, obtaining two degrees in 1963: one in English Philology and the other in Dramatic Art. His red hair and cleft lip were always marked at the beginning of his career, although more than one agent tried to stop his career, trying to convince him that with the harelip he would never have a prominent role. Yet Keach did not change his mind, and decided to study theatre at Yale University majoring in interpreting works of Shakespeare. Afterwards, he earned a Fulbright scholarship to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
At the beginning of his career, Keach appeared in credits as Stacy Keach, Jr., to avoid confusion with his father Stacy Keach, Sr. His brother, James Keach, is also an actor who worked with Stacy in the film “The Long Raiders” (1980), and is also known as the director of the television series “Dr. Quinn” (1993).
Concerning his professional career, Stacy Keach is known for his dramatic roles but he has also worked as a narrator for educational programs of the PBS and the Discovery Channel. Moreover, he has landed a number of roles in comedies and musicals. He is also widely recognized for his portrayal of Mike Hammer in the television series released under the franchise of “Mike Hammer” created by Mickey Spillane. He also appeared in John Carpenter’s movie “Escape from LA” (1996) as one of the bigwigs of the US military, acting alongside Kurt Russell. Keach also had the role of Cameron in the film “American History X” (1998). Another recognizable role was as Barabbas in Franco Zeffirelli’s miniseries “Jesus of Nazareth” (1977). Between 2000 and 2001, he played Ken Titus, Christopher Titus’s father in the sitcom “Titus”. He created the role of a womanizer and beer addict who was responsible for tormenting and ridiculing the protagonists of the series, his brother Dave (Zach Ward) and his best friend Tommy (David Shatraw). Between 2005 and 2006, Stacy Keach played the role of Henry Pope, the warden of Fox River Penitentiary in “Prison Break”. Recently, he starred in the science fiction film “Cell” (2016) by Tod Williams and drama thriller “Gold” by Stephen Gaghan.
To conclude, Stacy Keach has proved that imperfect looks are not an obstacle for the genius actor; it can help to earn millions if one uses it wisely.
Finally, in the personal life of Stacy Keach, he has married three times; in 1975, he married Marilyn Aiken, in 1981 Jill Donahue, and has been married to Malgosia Tomassi since 1986, with whom he has two children. He was also romantically linked with singer Judy Collins in the early 1970s.
[in a 1983 interview] I never really had a chance to play a romantic leading man until "The Blue and the Grey" came along. I never got the girl, ever - ever! I mean that was the first time. It's ironic. I said to myself the other day, my career has been in reverse. I started out playing old men, heavy and all. I feel like I've been getting younger! It's very bizarre!
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[in a 1983 interview] I think that if an actor hangs in there long enough and has successful - remotely successful - movies, he can survive a lot of bad movies. That's one thing I can certainly lay claim to! That I've survived a lot of bad movies - good pictures that didn't make it.
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[in a 1983 interview] Hopefully I'll be able to play more roles that are heroic and funny and witty and charming! I really feel like I've paid my dues with the down-and-outers!
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[on being nominated for or winning an award] To a certain degree, it does boost your ego. But I've never really felt that awards are a measure of success, even though Hollywood disagrees with me. If you're selling a film and you're an Oscar nominee or a winner, the people selling that film will let everyone know. For me, the measure of success is the work itself and how it touches your soul.
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It's very dangerous to make a judgmental evaluation about a character. You have to look at each character and find something good about them. A good bad guy is one that you love to hate, and that's really the measure of good work. When you're playing a drunk you don't play a drunk; you play a sober guy.
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Historical and contemporary roles both have their virtues. What I like the most about historical roles is doing the research behind the character and the period in which they exist. I love imagining what it must have been like to be in the room with someone like a Buffalo Bill Cody or a P.T. Barnum when they were alive. The advantage of a fictional role is that it frees you of the responsibilities of being historically accurate. You can take more liberties.
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It's always frustrating when you're pigeonholed. But it's an occupational hazard and it happens to every actor. It's just the nature of the beast. It's not easy to accept it, but you sort of have to accept it.
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[on John Huston] John Huston, the director, is a genius and like a lot of geniuses he can be erratic. But his perception, charm, and warmth are so extraordinary that you want to give the best of you. He has an incredible curiosity about life. While cutting one movie he starts working on another. I think he enjoys the process of work more than the results.
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A facial birth defect doesn't get in the way of achievement. Parents need to instill a positive sense of self-esteem in their children so they can pursue their dreams.
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The fundamental virtue of success is that it allows you to know the true significance of what it means to have the freedom to make your dreams come true.
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As of 1983 he had won three Obies for his work in "Long Day's Jourbey into Night," "Macbird," and a 1972 revival of "Hamlet.".
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Won a Tony nomination for his Broadway debut as Buffalo Bill in Arthur Kopit's "Indians" in 1969.
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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.
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Was cast as Ken Titus on Titus (2000) when, after his audition, Christopher Titus admitted that Keach intimidated him.
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Served his prison sentence at England's Reading Gaol.
Hospitalized in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a minor stroke on March 17, 2009.
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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.
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Credits the sitcom Titus (2000) for somewhat rejuvenating his career and making him more recognizable to younger audiences.
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Is often referred to as "The American Olivier".
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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 it 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 it 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 Globes 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 come-back triumph as Don Corleone in the classic gangster picture, and Olivier were nominated for the Academy Award, but Keach was not.
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Was born with a cleft palate. He had it repaired and the scar is on his lip under the right nostril. He hides the scar with his trademark mustache.
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Was nominated for Broadway's 1970 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for playing William F. Cody, aka Buffalo Bill, in Arthur Kopit's "Indians."
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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.
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Former Fulbright scholar.
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Provided the narration for the Submarine ride at Disneyland (in Anaheim, California) - but the ride no longer exists.
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.
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