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Stacy Keach, Actor and Voice of Skipper in Planes, Dies at 85

Keach voiced Skipper in DisneyToon Studios’ 2013 film and was known for his stage work and television role as Mike Hammer.

Skipper, the Planes character voiced by Stacy Keach
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Stacy Keach, the actor who voiced Skipper in Disney’s Planes, died at age 85.

Keach died at home in Magdalenka, Poland, his wife Malgosia Tomassi Keach said in a statement, according to The Associated Press and Deadline.

In the 2013 DisneyToon Studios film, Keach voiced Skipper, the naval aviator who helps young crop duster Dusty prepare to race. Disney’s D23 film entry lists Keach in the role.

Keach also worked onstage and was known to television audiences for playing private detective Mike Hammer.

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