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Actor Stacy Keach passed away on November 10, 2026, leaving behind a huge list of film, television, and theatre credits across his lifetime. Typecasting never really caught up with Keach. He could play diametrically different characters, like how he acted as both the morally upright Warden Henry Pope in “Prison Break” and Neo-Nazi leader Cameron Alexander in “American History X.”
Even so, Keach’s deep voice often coded him as a tough guy you don’t want to mess with. DC Comics and Batman fans will recognize that voice from “Batman: Mask of the Phantasm,” one of the best Batman movies, animated or otherwise. The titular villain is a skull-masked, scythe-wielding vigilante targeting gangsters in Gotham City. Unlike Batman (Kevin Conroy), the Phantasm employs lethal force.
Keach voices the Phantasm (at least when they’re wearing their mask). The Phantasm doesn’t say that much,
