Keach, Stacy

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 700+ words | Copyright

Keach, Stacy (b. 1941), actor. The masculine, tough‐faced leading man exudes an oddly delicate yet crude persona in performance that makes him ideal for antiheroes. He was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of a drama coach and film producer, and as a child underwent four operations on his face, leaving him with his unusual look. Keach was educated at the University of California at Berkeley and at Yale before studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He worked in various Shakespeare festivals before making his Manhattan debut in 1964 in a Central Park production of Hamlet. Keach first gained attention in the Off‐Broadway spoof Macbird! (1967) and soon was playing leading roles in New York Shakespeare Festival classics. His other significant performances include Buffalo Bill in Indians (1969), alcoholic Jamie Tyrone in Long Day's Journey Into Night (1971), and a variety of potent backwoods characters in The Kentucky Cycle (1993).

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