American actor Stacy Keach, best known to many television viewers for portraying Warden Henry Pope in the hit series Prison Break, has died at the age of 85.
Keach died on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, at his family home in Magdalenka, Poland. His wife, Malgosia Tomassi Keach, confirmed his death in a statement, saying he had battled a serious heart condition and heart failure.
“After a long and difficult battle with a serious heart condition and heart failure, Stacy peacefully departed this world,” she said.
Although younger audiences may remember him as Warden Henry Pope in Prison Break, Keach enjoyed a career spanning more than six decades across television, film and theatre.
He was also widely recognised for playing private investigator Mike Hammer in the television series Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer and The New Mike Hammer.
His other screen credits included Titus, Blue Bloods, American History X, Fat City, The Long Riders and The Bourne Legacy.
Keach also earned critical recognition for portraying author Ernest Hemingway in the 1988 television miniseries Hemingway. The performance earned him a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy nomination.
Beyond television and film, he was an accomplished stage actor known for his performances in Shakespearean productions, including Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear.
He is survived by his wife and children.
His death marks the loss of a veteran performer whose work reached audiences across several generations.
