Stacy Keach, one of America's finest stage actors who became best known for playing scruffy private eye Mike Hammer on TV and whose career was nearly derailed after he was imprisoned in 1984 for trying to smuggle cocaine into Britain, died Tuesday. He was 85. cnn.it/4zI02RU
Stacy Keach, star of stage and ‘Mike Hammer’ series, dies at 85 | CNN

Stacy Keach, star of stage and ‘Mike Hammer’ series, dies at 85 | CNN

Stacy Keach, one of America’s finest stage actors who became best known for playing scruffy private eye Mike Hammer on TV and whose career was nearly derailed after he was imprisoned in 1984 for...

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Nov 11, 2026 · 3:38 AM UTC

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He died in his home in Poland
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Now why out of everything he did all his life, was it important to list his arrest record?? Very distasteful.
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Loved him in prison break. RIP
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He'll always be Sgt. Stedenko to me...
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Somewhere, they’re smoking a joint in his memory….
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His best role. By far.
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The Ninth Configuration is such an underrated all time classic
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Now I know the timeline skipped cos he's died twice...
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Warden Pope. May he RIP
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RIP to a legendary actor. I didn't know about the drug bust before today, but I remember how MJ and Kobe's media obits went so all's fair.
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And author too. “England On No Dollars A Day”.
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He played a prison warden in Prison Break meanwhile in real life he had previously gone to prison for attempted cocaine smuggling, wow
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One of the best westerns ever made.
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RIP Warden.
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He was known for prison break
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bro had to drop the 1984 drug bust lore right in the obituary 💀
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He was a thief in black list
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Porque citar o ocorrido em 1984? 🙄
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What a diabolical headline
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Mike Hammer that scruffy look, he play very true.
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Holy Mendella effect. He already died years ago.
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The funniest shit was,when he start turning to a lizard. 🤣🤣🤣
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又是一代人的记忆走了
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He died at his home near Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱 RIP 🕯️
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I was literally watching the blacklist man
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A remarkable career and unforgettable Mike Hammer. Rest in peace, Stacy Keach.
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Up next on American Greed, RIP
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RIP Titus father
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I liked his role in The Bourne Legacy.
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He was the Warden at Fox River.
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RIP Warden Henry Pope.
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I was just watching him on Two and a Half Men, so funny, such a great actor 🙏
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Narrated American Greed on CNBC doing over 225 episodes. If you like seeing fraudsters being busted it's for you. Keach had a very smooth distinctive delivery which was exactly the right tenor for this production. I recommend taking a look it's usually the best of real TV.
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