Remembering Stacy Keach's Most Iconic Roles

Over his six-decade career, Keach cemented himself as a Hollywood movie legend and one of America’s finest stage actors. Let's take a look back at some of his most iconic roles. Keach starred in several movies throughout the 1970s, but he found his greatest commercial success on television portraying private detective Mike Hammer. Keach originally starred as Mike Hammer in the 1983 TV movie ‘Murder Me, Murder You.” The film's success led CBS to launch the 1984 series ‘Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer,’ which also starred Keach. The show ran for three seasons between 1984 and 1987, however, production was briefly interrupted in April 1984, when Keach was arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport for carrying 1.3 ounces of cocaine that was hidden in a can of shaving cream. He served six months in prison in England and was released in 1985. Despite Keach’s legal troubles, the series remained popular, and Keach went on to reprise the role in the 1989 movie ‘Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All.’