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.

Filmography

• 2026Brothers Under Fire — Producer
• 2026Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul — Self, Director, Producer
• 2024Taking Care — Director, Producer
• 2020Linda and the Mockingbirds — Director, Producer
• 2019David Crosby: Remember My Name — Executive Producer
• 2018Turning Point — narrator, Director
• 2017Augie — Director
• 2014Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me — Director, Producer
• 2011Perfectly Prudence — Mister
• 2010Waiting for Forever — Director, Producer
• 2007Blind Dating — Director, Producer
• 2005Walk the Line — Warden, Producer
• 2002Mom's on Strike — Director
• 2001Blackout — Director, Executive Producer
• 2001Camouflage — Director
• 2001Submerged — Director
• 2000Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble — Dr. Huston, Director, Executive Producer
• 2000Murder in the Mirror — Director, Executive Producer
• The District — Director
• 1999A Memory in My Heart — Executive Producer
• 1999Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie — Director
• 1998A Marriage of Convenience — Director, Executive Producer
• 1998The New Swiss Family Robinson — Jack Robinson
• 1997The Absolute Truth — Executive Producer, Director
• JAG — Director
• 1995The Stars Fell on Henrietta — Director
• 1994A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story — Director, Executive Producer
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — Brent Currier, Director
• 1993Praying Mantis — Director, Executive Producer
• Covington Cross — Director
• Jack's Place — Director
• 1992Sunstroke — Director
• 1992The Dance Goes On — James Smith
• 1991Murder in High Places — Ronald Levering
• 1990False Identity — Associate Producer, Director
• 1990Good Cops, Bad Cops
• 1989Options — Ed Sloan
• 1989The Experts — Yuri, Producer
• 1989The Forgotten — Director, Producer, Writer
• The Young Riders — Director
• 1987Evil Town — Christopher Fuller
• 1987The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains — Father Vincent Godfrey Burns
• 1986A Winner Never Quits — Producer
• 1986Armed and Dangerous — Producer
• 1986Wildcats — Frank Needham
• 1985Moving Violations — Deputy Halik
• 1985Stand Alone — Detective Isgrow
• 1984The Razor's Edge — Gray Maturin
• 1983Love Letters — Oliver Andrews
• 1983National Lampoon's Vacation — Motorcycle Cop
• 1983Wishman — Galen Reed
• 1982Thou Shalt Not Kill — Jeff Tompkins
• 1982Till Death Do Us Part
• 1980The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway — Bondo
• 1980The Long Riders — Jesse James, Writer, Executive Producer
• 1979Hurricane — Sgt. Strang
• 1979Like Normal People — Robert Meyers, Jr.
• 1979Smokey and the Hotwire Gang — Joshua
• 1978Comes a Horseman — Emil Kroegh
• 1978FM — Lt. Reach
• 1978Lacy and the Mississippi Queen — Parker
• 1978Nowhere to Run — McEnerney
• 1977Kill Me If You Can — Officer #1
• 1977The Blue Hotel — Johnnie
• 1976Cannonball — Wolfe Messer
• 1976Death Play — James
• Quincy, M.E.
• 1976Six Characters in Search of An Author — The Son
• The Quest
• The Tony Randall Show
• 1975Dr. Shagetz — Christopher Fuller
• Joe Forrester
• 1975Miles To Go Before I Sleep — Man In Bar
• 1975Slashed Dreams — Levon, Writer
• Starsky & Hutch
• Switch — Dean 'Skip' Crowe
• 1975The Hatfields and the McCoys — Jim McCoy
• Police Woman
• The Manhunter
• Kojak — Ted Strong
• 1973The Deadly Visitor — Virgil
• Kung Fu — Abe Jones
• The Rookies
• Cannon
• Ironside
• Untitled Linda Ronstadt Biopic — Producer, Screenplay

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2006Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line — Self
• Vicki! — Self