00:00Stacy Keech. An American actor, he gained recognition for his work on stage and screen.
00:05Among his honors were four Drama Desk Awards and a Golden Globe, while his other distinctions
00:09included nominations for a Primetime Emmy and a Tony Award. He was also a member of the Theater
00:13Hall of Fame and was awarded a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2019. His television credits included
00:18leading roles in Titus, 2000, and Man with a Plan, as well as narration duties for the documentary
00:23program American Greed, beginning in 2007. He also portrayed a recurring character in Prison Break.
00:29His first Broadway appearance came in 1965 with a production of George Bookner's play
00:34Danton's Death. Five years later, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a play for
00:38playing Buffalo Bill in Arthur Coppett's play Indians, 1970. Keech began making occasional
00:43appearances on the CBS television drama Blue Bloods in 2016, portraying Archbishop Kevin
00:48Kearns. Keech appeared as Hamlet in two independent theatrical productions of the Shakespearean tragedy.
00:53His early film work also included an appearance in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, released in 1968.
00:59He was born 1941 and died November 10, he was 85 years, due to heart failure complicated by heart
01:04disease at his home.
