Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Robert Stack
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.
Movie | Cast | Year |
---|---|---|
The Last Voyage | Cliff Henderson | 1960 |
John Paul Jones | John Paul Jones | 1959 |
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence | Michael Rhodes | 1974 |
The Caretakers | Dr. Donovan MacLeod | 1963 |
Bullfighter and the Lady | John Regan | 1951 |
Badlands Of Dakota | Jim Holliday | 1941 |
Men of Texas | Barry Conovan | 1942 |
Sabre Jet | Col. Gil Manton | 1953 |
Adventures of the Queen | Capt. James Morgan | 1975 |
War Paint | Lt. Billings | 1953 |
The Scarface Mob | Eliot Ness | 1959 |
The Iron Glove | Captain Charles Wogan | 1954 |
The Corrupt Ones | Cliff Wilder | 1967 |
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs | Host | 2004 |
Un Second Souffle | François Davis | 1978 |
Eagle Squadron | Chuck S. Brewer | 1942 |
Bwana Devil | Bob Hayward | 1952 |
Keeping Fit | Bob - Factory worker | 1942 |
The Return of Eliot Ness | Eliot Ness | 1991 |
Asylum for a Spy | James Andrew Congers | 1965 |
The Y2K Crisis | Host | 1999 |
Good Morning, Miss Dove | Dr. Tommy Baker | 1955 |
House of Bamboo | Eddie Kenner | 1955 |
First Love | Ted Drake | 1939 |
The Tarnished Angels | Roger Shumann | 1957 |
Caddyshack II | Chandler Young | 1988 |
Great Day in the Morning | Owen Pentecost | 1956 |
Action Man | Jim Beckley | 1967 |
Fighter Squadron | Capt. Stuart L. Hamilton | 1948 |
Conquest of Cochise | Maj. Tom Burke | 1953 |
The Gift of Love | William 'Bill' Beck | 1958 |
A Little Bit of Heaven | Bob Terry | 1940 |
Story of a Woman | David Frasier | 1970 |
The Selling of the Pentagon | Self (archive footage) | 1971 |
Acting for Douglas Sirk | Self (archive footage) | 2008 |
To Be or Not to Be | Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski | 1942 |
Uncommon Valor | MacGregor | 1983 |
Written on the Wind | Kyle Hadley | 1956 |
Laura | Mark Macpherson | 1955 |
These Dead Souls | (archive footage) | 1970 |
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Agent Flemming (voice) | 1996 |
My Outlaw Brother | Patrick O´Moore | 1951 |
Nice Girl? | Don Webb | 1941 |
The High and the Mighty | John Sullivan | 1954 |
Killer Bud | The Gooch | 2001 |
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit | Jordan White | 1987 |
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform | Himself | 1943 |
The Mortal Storm | Otto Von Rohn | 1940 |
Big Trouble | Winslow | 1986 |
Sealed with a Kiss | Sumner Ethridge | 1999 |
Mr. Music | Jeff Blake | 1950 |
Laura | Mark McPherson | 1968 |
A Date with Judy | Stephen Andrews | 1948 |
Miss Tatlock's Millions | Nickey Van Alen | 1948 |
Joe Versus the Volcano | Dr. Ellison | 1990 |
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars | Self | 1980 |
Airplane! | Captain Rex Kramer | 1980 |
Dangerous Curves | Louis Faciano | 1988 |
Plain Clothes | Mr. Gardner | 1988 |
Barry Norman in Celebrity City | Self | 1982 |
1941 | Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell | 1979 |
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir | Self | 2001 |
The Transformers: The Movie | Ultra Magnus (voice) | 1986 |
BASEketball | Robert Stack | 1998 |
Midas Valley | Drew Hammond | 1985 |
The Making of '1941' | (archive) | 1996 |
Murder on Flight 502 | Captain Larkin | 1975 |
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood | (archive) | 2019 |
Mumford | Himself | 1999 |
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self | 1997 |
Is Paris Burning? | General Sibert | 1966 |
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World | Self | 1971 |
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 | Self | 1941 |
Recess: School's Out | Superintendent (voice) | 2001 |
Undercover with the KKK | Host - Narrator | 1979 |
Hercules: Zero to Hero | Narrator (voice) (archive sound) | 1999 |
The Muppets Go Hollywood | Self | 1979 | Series | Cast | Year |
Hotel | 1982 | |
Police Story | 1973 | |
Butt-Ugly Martians | Stoat Muldoon (voice) | 2001 |
Brothers | 1984 | |
Lights Out | 1949 | |
The Oscars | Self | 1953 |
Falcon Crest | 1981 | |
Murder, She Wrote | Chester Harrison | 1984 |
The Lucy Show | Agent Briggs | 1962 |
Hercules | Bob (voice) | 1998 |
Blossom | 1990 | |
The 20th Century Fox Hour | 1955 | |
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Vic Flint | 1951 |
Lux Video Theatre | First Man | 1950 |
Strike Force | Captain Frank Murphy | 1981 |
George Washington | General Stark | 1984 |
Hollywood Wives | George Lancaster | 1985 |
Unsolved Mysteries | Host | 1988 |
The Untouchables | Eliot Ness | 1959 |
Most Wanted | Captain Linc Evers | 1976 |
The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 1962 |
Diagnosis: Murder | Peter McReynolds | 1993 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Magician's Assistant | 1948 |
The Name of the Game | Dan Farrell | 1968 |
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | 1975 |
King of the Hill | Reynolds Penland (voice) (uncredited) | 1997 |
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self | 1973 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | 1961 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1962 |
The Bob Hope Show | Self - Cameo | 1950 |