Robert Stack


    Starbirth:
    January 13, 1919
    Supernova:
    May 14, 2003
    Birthplace:
    Los Angeles, California, USA
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Overview

Robert Langford Modini Stack was a multilingual American actor and television host. In addition to acting in more than 40 films, he also appeared on the television series The Untouchables and later served as the host of Unsolved Mysteries. Born in Los Angeles, California, Stack spent his early childhood growing up in Europe.  Becoming fluent in French and Italian at an early age, and he did not learn English until returning to Los Angeles.  Stack achieved minor fame in sporting, winning multiple championships including setting two world records and winning multiple honors in skeet shooting Stack studied drama at Bridgewater State College, earning his first hollywood role at the age of 20 and continuing to star in numerous roles throughout the early 1940s. After serving in the military, Stack returned to Hollywood to star in numerous films including stand out roles in The High and the Mighty (opposite John Wayne) and Written on the Wind (1957), for which he was awarded an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Stack later moved on to televised dramatic series, depicting the crime-fighting Eliot Ness in The Untouchables (1959–1963), which earned him a best actor Emmy Award in 1960. Stack also starred in multiple drama series, before returning to film, this time in comedies to satirize his famed stoic and humorless demeanor. He began hosting Unsolved Mysteries in 1987, and served as the show's host throughout it's entire original run from 1987 to 2002.


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Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (archive) 2019
Acting for Douglas Sirk Self (archive footage) 2008
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs Host 2004
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir Self 2001
Killer Bud The Gooch 2001
Recess: School's Out Superintendent (voice) 2001
Mumford Himself 1999
Sealed with a Kiss Sumner Ethridge 1999
Hercules: Zero to Hero Narrator (voice) (archive sound) 1999
The Y2K Crisis Host 1999
BASEketball Robert Stack 1998
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line Self 1997
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Agent Flemming (voice) 1996
The Making of '1941' (archive) 1996
The Return of Eliot Ness Eliot Ness 1991
Joe Versus the Volcano Dr. Ellison 1990
Dangerous Curves Louis Faciano 1988
Caddyshack II Chandler Young 1988
Plain Clothes Mr. Gardner 1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit Jordan White 1987
The Transformers: The Movie Ultra Magnus (voice) 1986
Big Trouble Winslow 1986
Midas Valley Drew Hammond 1985
Uncommon Valor MacGregor 1983
Barry Norman in Celebrity City Self 1982
Airplane! Captain Rex Kramer 1980
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars Self 1980
1941 Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell 1979
Undercover with the KKK Host - Narrator 1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood Self 1979
Un Second Souffle François Davis 1978
Murder on Flight 502 Captain Larkin 1975
Adventures of the Queen Capt. James Morgan 1975
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence Michael Rhodes 1974
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World Self 1971
The Selling of the Pentagon Self (archive footage) 1971
Story of a Woman David Frasier 1970
Laura Mark McPherson 1968
Action Man Jim Beckley 1967
The Corrupt Ones Cliff Wilder 1967
Is Paris Burning? General Sibert 1966
Asylum for a Spy James Andrew Congers 1965
The Caretakers Dr. Donovan MacLeod 1963
The Last Voyage Cliff Henderson 1960
John Paul Jones John Paul Jones 1959
The Scarface Mob Eliot Ness 1959
The Gift of Love William 'Bill' Beck 1958
The Tarnished Angels Roger Shumann 1957
Written on the Wind Kyle Hadley 1956
Great Day in the Morning Owen Pentecost 1956
Good Morning, Miss Dove Dr. Tommy Baker 1955
Laura Mark Macpherson 1955
House of Bamboo Eddie Kenner 1955
The High and the Mighty John Sullivan 1954
The Iron Glove Captain Charles Wogan 1954
Sabre Jet Col. Gil Manton 1953
Conquest of Cochise Maj. Tom Burke 1953
War Paint Lt. Billings 1953
Bwana Devil Bob Hayward 1952
My Outlaw Brother Patrick O´Moore 1951
Bullfighter and the Lady John Regan 1951
Mr. Music Jeff Blake 1950
Fighter Squadron Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton 1948
Miss Tatlock's Millions Nickey Van Alen 1948
A Date with Judy Stephen Andrews 1948
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform Himself 1943
Keeping Fit Bob - Factory worker 1942
Men of Texas Barry Conovan 1942
Eagle Squadron Chuck S. Brewer 1942
To Be or Not to Be Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski 1942
Badlands Of Dakota Jim Holliday 1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 Self 1941
Nice Girl? Don Webb 1941
A Little Bit of Heaven Bob Terry 1940
The Mortal Storm Otto Von Rohn 1940
First Love Ted Drake 1939
These Dead Souls (archive footage)
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Murder, She Wrote Chester Harrison <mt>
The Lucy Show Agent Briggs <mt>
Hercules Bob (voice) <mt>
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Vic Flint <mt>
Lux Video Theatre First Man <mt>
Strike Force Captain Frank Murphy <mt>
George Washington General Stark <mt>
Hollywood Wives George Lancaster <mt>
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The Untouchables Eliot Ness <mt>
Most Wanted Captain Linc Evers <mt>
The Merv Griffin Show Self <mt>
Diagnosis: Murder Peter McReynolds <mt>
The Ed Sullivan Show Self - Magician's Assistant <mt>
The Name of the Game Dan Farrell <mt>
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche Self <mt>
King of the Hill Reynolds Penland (voice) (uncredited) <mt>
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts Self <mt>
The Mike Douglas Show Self - Co-Host <mt>
The Mike Douglas Show Self <mt>
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self <mt>
The Bob Hope Show Self - Cameo <mt>
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