Emerging from Chicago's vibrant theater scene, Keach honed his craft with the Peninsula Players during the 1930s before launching a screen career that stretched from the early 1940s into the late 1990s. Over more than seventy film and television credits, he became a familiar face in mid-century westerns, portraying characters such as Sheriff Ben Mason on Colt .45, Jed Hammer on Sugarfoot, and Gene…
