Walter Stacy Keach, Jr. (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor and narrator. He is most famous for his dramatic roles; however, he has done narration work in educational programming on PBS and the Discovery Channel, as well as some comedy (particularly his role in the FOX sitcom Titus as Ken, the hard-drinking, chain-smoking, womanizing father of comedian Christopher Titus) and musical roles.
Known For
Gold
(2016)
Clive Coleman
Cell
(2016)
Charles Ardai
American History X
(1998)
Cameron
Planes
(2013)
Skipper (voice)
Gotti
(2018)
Neil Dellacroce
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
(2014)
Wallenquist
The Bourne Legacy
(2012)
Turso
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
(1993)
Phantasm and Carl Beaumont (voice)
If I Stay
(2014)
Gramps
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
(2004)
Gov. Lancaster
Planes: Fire & Rescue
(2014)
Skipper (voice)
Machete
(2010)
Doc Franklin
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
(2008)
Skipper
Escape from L.A.
(1996)
Malloy
Truth
(2015)
Lt. Colonel Bill Burkett
The Duellists
(1977)
Narrator (voice)
Full Filmography
Acting
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
(1968)
Blount
The Traveling Executioner
(1970)
Jonas Candide
End of the Road
(1970)
Jacob Horner
Brewster McCloud
(1970)
Abraham Wright
Doc
(1971)
Doc Holliday
The New Centurions
(1972)
Roy Fehle
Fat City
(1972)
Tully
Particular Men
(1972)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
(1972)
Bad Bob
Watched!
(1974)
Mike Mandell / Sonny
The Dion Brothers
(1974)
Calvin
Antigone
(1974)
Chorus
Luther
(1974)
Martin Luther
All the Kind Strangers
(1974)
James "Jimmy" Wheeler
One By One
(1975)
Narrator
James Dean: The First American Teenager
(1975)
Narrator (voice)
Conduct Unbecoming
(1975)
Capitano Archer
The Killer Inside Me
(1976)
Lou Ford
Street People
(1976)
Charlie Hanson
Dynasty
(1976)
Matt Blackwood
The Squeeze
(1977)
Jim Naboth
The Duellists
(1977)
Narrator (voice)
The Biggest Battle
(1978)
Maggiore Mannfred Roland
Two Solitudes
(1978)
Huntley McQueen
Gray Lady Down
(1978)
Captain Bennett
Up in Smoke
(1978)
Sergeant Stedenko
Slave of the Cannibal God
(1978)
Professor Edward Foster
Diary of a Young Comic
(1979)
Mr. Porzinski
Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
(1980)
Judge Murdock
The Ninth Configuration
(1980)
Col. Vincent Kane
The Long Riders
(1980)
Frank James
Nice Dreams
(1981)
The Sarge
Roadgames
(1981)
Patrick 'Pat' Quid
Butterfly
(1982)
Jess Tyler
That Championship Season
(1982)
James Daley
Wait Until Dark
(1982)
Roat / Roat Sr. / Roat Jr.
Murder Me, Murder You
(1983)
Mike Hammer
More Than Murder
(1984)
Mike Hammer
Intimate Strangers
(1986)
Dr. Jeff Bierston
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
(1986)
Mike Hammer
The Forgotten
(1989)
Adam Roth
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
(1989)
Mike Hammer
False Identity
(1990)
Ben Driscoll / Harlan Errickson
Night of 100 Stars III
(1990)
Self
Class of 1999
(1990)
Dr. Bob Forrest
Lindbergh
(1990)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Milena
(1991)
Jesenski
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
(1991)
Capt. Charles Butler McVay
The Secret World Of Bats
(1992)
Host
Lincoln
(1992)
George McClellan (voice)
Lincoln and the War Within
(1992)
Revenge on the Highway
(1992)
Claude Sams
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
(1993)
Phantasm and Carl Beaumont (voice)
Rio Diablo
(1993)
Kansas
Irresistible Force
(1993)
Harris Stone
Body Bags
(1993)
Richard
Working with Orson Welles
(1993)
Himself
National Geographic: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal
(1993)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Warren Oates: Across the Border
(1993)
Self
Sunset Grill
(1993)
Harrison Shelgrove
Raw Justice
(1994)
Deputy Mayor Bob Jenkins
The Secret of the Wild Child
(1994)
Self
Reflections on Elephants
(1994)
Narrator
New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020
(1994)
Wynorski
Against Their Will: Women in Prison
(1994)
Jack Devlin
Texas
(1995)
Sam Houston
Les disciples du diable
(1995)
The Reverend
Andrew Wyeth: Self Portrait - Snow Hill
(1995)
Narrator
Amanda & the Alien
(1995)
Emmitt Mallory
Young Ivanhoe
(1995)
Pembrooke
The Pathfinder
(1996)
Compte du Leon
Prey of the Jaguar
(1996)
The Commander
Titanic's Lost Sister
(1996)
Narrator (voice) - US Version
Escape from L.A.
(1996)
Malloy
Murder in My Mind
(1997)
Cargill
Future Fear
(1997)
General Wallace
Legend of the Lost Tomb
(1997)
Dr. William Bent
Volcano: Nature's Inferno
(1997)
Narrator (voice)
The Sea Wolf
(1997)
Sea Devils
(1998)
Captain Savienko
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
(1998)
Self
American History X
(1998)
Cameron
Dolphins: The Wild Side
(1999)
Narrator (voice)
Olympic Glory
(1999)
Narrator (voice)
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
(1999)
Dr. Michaels
Unshackled
(2000)
Warden Kelso
Tesla: Master of Lightning
(2000)
Nikola Tesla (Voice)
Icebreaker
(2000)
Bill Foster
Fear Runs Silent
(2000)
Mr. Hill
Mercy Streets
(2000)
Tom
The Courage to Love
(2000)
Jean-Baptiste Delille
Alien Technology
(2000)
Host
Militia
(2000)
George Armstrong Montgomery
Savage Planet: Deadly Skies
(2000)
Narrator (voice)
Lightning: Fire from the Sky
(2001)
Bart Pointdexter
Birds of Passage
(2001)
Captain Savienko
Majestic White Horses
(2001)
Narrator (voice)
The Face: Jesus in Art
(2001)
Narrator (voice)
Sunstorm
(2001)
Gen. John Parker
The Real Death Star
(2002)
Narrator (voice)
The Santa Trap
(2002)
Max the Biker
Kangaroo Hitchcock: The Making of 'Road Games'
(2003)
Self
Frozen Impact
(2003)
Pete Crane
Operation Balikatan
(2003)
General Thurmond
How Do You Change Your Parents?
(2003)
Richard Hendersen
Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
(2003)
Narrator (voice)
Galaxy Hunter
(2004)
3V3
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
(2004)
Gov. Lancaster
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
(2004)
Self
The Hollow
(2004)
Claus Van Ripper
Keep Your Distance
(2005)
Brooks Voight
Caught in the Headlights
(2005)
Mr. Jones
Man with the Screaming Brain
(2005)
Dr. Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov
Come Early Morning
(2006)
Owen Allen
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America
(2006)
Collin Reed
Desolation Canyon
(2006)
Samuel Kendrick
The Switch
(2006)
Death Row
(2006)
John Elias
Jesus, Mary and Joey
(2006)
Jack O`Callahan
The Pixar Story
(2007)
Narrator (voice)
Honeydripper
(2007)
Sheriff Pugh
Lone Rider
(2008)
Robert Hattaway
Ring of Death
(2008)
Warden Carl Golan
Not Quite Hollywood
(2008)
Self
W.
(2008)
Rev. Earle Hudd
The Last Full Measure
(2008)
Narrator (voice)
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
(2008)
Skipper
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
(2008)
Merlyn
The Nanny Express
(2009)
Reverend MacGregor
Chicago Overcoat
(2009)
Ray Berkowski
The Boxer
(2009)
Joe
The Assistants
(2009)
Harlin W. Keyes
Imbued
(2009)
Donatello
The Portal
(2010)
Professor Haffler
Machete
(2010)
Doc Franklin
The Aristofrogs
(2010)
Storm War
(2011)
Marcus
Air Mater
(2011)
Skipper (voice)
Miller's Tale
(2011)
Self
Jerusalem Countdown
(2011)
Jackson
Cellmates
(2012)
Warden Merville
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
(2012)
Self
The Bourne Legacy
(2012)
Turso
The Great Chameleon
(2013)
Max
Ooga Booga
(2013)
Judge
Planes
(2013)
Skipper (voice)
Nebraska
(2013)
Ed Pegram
Meir's Festival
(2013)
Self
Planes: Fire & Rescue
(2014)
Skipper (voice)
If I Stay
(2014)
Gramps
Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
(2014)
Skipper
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
(2014)
Wallenquist
Sam
(2015)
The Shopkeeper
Truth
(2015)
Lt. Colonel Bill Burkett
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(2015)
Father Rupert Mayer
(2015)
Colonel von Bayern
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
(2016)
Self
Cell
(2016)
Charles Ardai
Gold
(2016)
Clive Coleman
Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’
(2016)
Self
Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'
(2017)
Self
Girlfriend's Day
(2017)
Gundy
Habit & Armour
(2017)
Narrator (voice)
Periphery
(2018)
Noah Cross
Gotti
(2018)
Neil Dellacroce
Valerie
(2019)
Self
Survival Skills
(2020)
The Narrator
Titus Family | Homecoming
(2020)
Ken Titus
Buckle Up
(2023)
Ronnie Straight
Writing
Directing
Production