Keach was narrator of the 1973 Formula One racing documentary "Champions Forever, The Quick and the Dead" by Claude du Boc. He played Cheech & Chong's police department nemesis Sgt. Stedenko in "Up in Smoke" and "Nice Dreams". He also appeared as Barabbas in "Jesus of Nazareth". In 1978 he played a role of explorer and scientist in "The Mountain of the Cannibal God", co-starring former Bond girl Ursula Andress. The film became a cult favorite as a "video nasty". Another one of his screen performances was as Frank James (elder brother of Jesse) in "The Long Riders" (1980). His brother James played Jesse James. Keach starred in the 1981 Australian thriller Roadgames alongside Jamie Lee Curtis. In 1982 Keach starred in "Butterfly" with Pia Zadora. In the 1993 movie, "Body Bags" he played a man who is obsessed with hair.