---
name: "James Keach"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-keach"
fi1m_id: "james-keach"
imdb_id: "nm0005077"
tmdb_id: 408
wikidata_id: "Q1680660"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "7 December 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-04T18:19:39.095635+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# James Keach

## Identity

James Keach

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-keach
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-keach
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005077
- **TMDB ID:** 408
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1680660
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Keach, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1680660, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005077/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/408

Producer and director. Born 7 December 1947 in Savannah, Georgia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 7 December 1947, Savannah, Georgia, USA
- **Active:** 1973–2005
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 80 (1), 1980s 70 (1), 2000s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Keach, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1680660, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005077/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/408

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Kojak*](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md) (80), [*National Lampoon's Vacation*](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-vacation.md) (70)
- **HBO Max:** [*Walk the Line*](https://film.one/film/walk-the-line.md) (78)

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## Biography

James Keach is an American actor, director and producer. He was born on 7 December 1947 in Savannah, Georgia, and trained at Northwestern University and the Yale School of Drama.

Keach is best known for producing the 2005 film *Walk the Line* and for co-writing, producing and appearing as Jesse James in the 1980 western *The Long Riders*. He has also acted in supporting roles in films including *National Lampoon's Vacation* (1983) and *Wildcats* (1986), and has directed episodes of series such as *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Walk the Line* (2005), Fi1m 78, as Warden — [page](https://film.one/film/walk-the-line.md)
- *National Lampoon's Vacation* (1983), Fi1m 70, as Motorcycle Cop — [page](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-vacation.md)
- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, as Ted Strong — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)

## Complete filmography (86)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul* (2026), Director, Producer
- *Brothers Under Fire* (2026), Producer
- *Taking Care* (2024), Director, Producer
- *Linda and the Mockingbirds* (2020), Director, Producer
- *David Crosby: Remember My Name* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Turning Point* (2018), narrator, Director
- *Augie* (2017), Director
- *Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me* (2014), Director, Producer
- *Perfectly Prudence* (2011), as Mister
- *Waiting for Forever* (2010), Director, Producer
- *Blind Dating* (2006), Director, Producer
- *Walk the Line* (2005), as Warden · Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/walk-the-line.md)
- *Mom's on Strike* (2002), Director
- *Submerged* (2001), Director
- *Blackout* (2001), Executive Producer, Director
- *Camouflage* (2001), Director
- *The District* (2000), series, Director
- *Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble* (2000), as Dr. Huston · Director, Executive Producer
- *Murder in the Mirror* (2000), Director, Executive Producer
- *Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie* (1999), Director
- *A Memory in My Heart* (1999), Executive Producer
- *A Marriage of Convenience* (1998), Director, Executive Producer
- *The New Swiss Family Robinson* (1998), as Jack Robinson
- *The Absolute Truth* (1997), Executive Producer, Director
- *JAG* (1995), series, Director
- *The Stars Fell on Henrietta* (1995), Director
- *A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story* (1994), Director, Executive Producer
- *Praying Mantis* (1993), Director, Executive Producer
- *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993), series, as Brent Currier · Director
- *Sunstroke* (1992), Director
- *Covington Cross* (1992), series, Director
- *Jack's Place* (1992), series, Director
- *The Dance Goes On* (1992), as James Smith
- *Murder in High Places* (1991), as Ronald Levering
- *Good Cops, Bad Cops* (1990), Actor
- *False Identity* (1990), Associate Producer, Director
- *The Young Riders* (1989), series, Director
- *Options* (1989), as Ed Sloan
- *The Forgotten* (1989), Director, Producer, Writer
- *The Experts* (1989), as Yuri · Producer
- *The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains* (1987), as Father Vincent Godfrey Burns
- *Evil Town* (1987), as Christopher Fuller
- *Armed and Dangerous* (1986), Producer
- *A Winner Never Quits* (1986), Producer
- *Wildcats* (1986), as Frank Needham
- *Stand Alone* (1985), as Detective Isgrow
- *Moving Violations* (1985), as Deputy Halik
- *The Razor's Edge* (1984), as Gray Maturin
- *National Lampoon's Vacation* (1983), as Motorcycle Cop — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-vacation.md)
- *Wishman* (1983), as Galen Reed
- *Love Letters* (1983), as Oliver Andrews
- *Till Death Do Us Part* (1982), Actor
- *Thou Shalt Not Kill* (1982), as Jeff Tompkins
- *The Long Riders* (1980), as Jesse James · Writer, Executive Producer
- *The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway* (1980), as Bondo
- *Smokey and the Hotwire Gang* (1979), as Joshua
- *Like Normal People* (1979), as Robert Meyers, Jr.
- *Hurricane* (1979), as Sgt. Strang
- *Comes a Horseman* (1978), as Emil Kroegh
- *Lacy and the Mississippi Queen* (1978), as Parker
- *FM* (1978), as Lt. Reach
- *Nowhere to Run* (1978), as McEnerney
- *Kill Me If You Can* (1977), as Officer #1
- *The Blue Hotel* (1977), as Johnnie
- *Six Characters in Search of An Author* (1976), as The Son
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, Actor
- *The Tony Randall Show* (1976), series, Actor
- *Death Play* (1976), as James
- *Cannonball* (1976), as Wolfe Messer
- *The Quest* (1976), series, Actor
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), series, Actor
- *Switch* (1975), series, as Dean 'Skip' Crowe
- *Joe Forrester* (1975), series, Actor
- *Slashed Dreams* (1975), as Levon · Writer
- *The Hatfields and the McCoys* (1975), as Jim McCoy
- *Miles To Go Before I Sleep* (1975), as Man In Bar
- *Dr. Shagetz* (1975), as Christopher Fuller
- *Police Woman* (1974), series, Actor
- *The Manhunter* (1974), series, Actor
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Ted Strong — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *The Deadly Visitor* (1973), as Virgil
- *Kung Fu* (1972), series, as Abe Jones
- *The Rookies* (1972), series, Actor
- *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor
- *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor
- *Untitled Linda Ronstadt Biopic*, Producer, Screenplay

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