
James Keach
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James Keach is an American actor, director and producer who has been active in Hollywood since the early 1970s. He is widely recognized for his work on the classic western film The Long Riders (1980) and for his award-winning documentaries. He is the son of actor Stacy Keach and the younger brother of actor Stacy Keach, Jr.
Known for
Credits

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
as Motorcycle Cop

Slashed Dreams (1975)
as Levon

Walk the Line (2005)
as Warden

Wildcats (1986)
as Frank Needham

Cannonball (1976)
as Wolfe Messer

Moving Violations (1985)
as Deputy Halik

The Razor's Edge (1984)
as Gray Maturin

Love Letters (1983)
as Oliver Andrews

The Long Riders (1980)
as Jesse James

Comes a Horseman (1978)
as Emil Kroegh

Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul (2026)
as Self

The Experts (1989)
as Yuri
Death Play (1976)
as James

Good Cops, Bad Cops (1990)
Actor

FM (1978)
as Lt. Reach

The New Swiss Family Robinson (1998)
as Jack Robinson

Stand Alone (1985)
as Detective Isgrow

Hurricane (1979)
as Sgt. Strang

Murder in High Places (1991)
as Ronald Levering

Till Death Do Us Part (1982)
Actor

Miles To Go Before I Sleep (1975)
as Man In Bar

The Deadly Visitor (1973)
as Virgil

The Hatfields and the McCoys (1975)
as Jim McCoy

Kill Me If You Can (1977)
as Officer #1

Options (1989)
as Ed Sloan

Evil Town (1987)
as Christopher Fuller

Nowhere to Run (1978)
as McEnerney

Turning Point (2018)
as narrator

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)
as Father Vincent Godfrey Burns

Lacy and the Mississippi Queen (1978)
as Parker

Six Characters in Search of An Author (1976)
as The Son
Like Normal People (1979)
as Robert Meyers, Jr.

Perfectly Prudence (2011)
as Mister

Dr. Shagetz (1975)
as Christopher Fuller

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (2000)
as Dr. Huston

Smokey and the Hotwire Gang (1979)
as Joshua

Thou Shalt Not Kill (1982)
as Jeff Tompkins

The Blue Hotel (1977)
as Johnnie

The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway (1980)
as Bondo
The Dance Goes On (1992)
as James Smith

Wishman (1983)
as Galen Reed

Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line (2006)
as Self





