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Birthday: Jan 13, 1919
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.

Filmography
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
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