Robert Stack
Known for: Acting
Born: January 13, 1919
Died: May 14, 2003
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Robert Langford Modini Stack (January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003) 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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Filmography
86 movies · 46 TV shows, newest first
9.0
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
2023
7.3
Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune
2021
5.7
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
NR
These Dead Souls
2018NR
Acting for Douglas Sirk
2008
NR
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs
2004
4.3
Butt-Ugly Martians
2002
7.3
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001
5.0
Killer Bud
2001
6.6
Recess: School's Out
2001
NR
Lords of the Mafia
1999
6.5
Mumford
1999
6.2
Sealed with a Kiss
1999
6.5
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
5.0
The Y2K Crisis
1999
6.9
Hercules
1998
6.1
BASEketball
1998
7.7
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
7.0
The Angry Beavers
1997
7.4
King of the Hill
1997
6.6
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
6.0
Suddenly Susan
1996
9.0
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1996
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
19936.5
Vicki!
1992
8.0
The Return of Eliot Ness
1991
9.0
Unsolved Mysteries: UFOS
1991NR
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
1991
8.0
Unsolved Mysteries: Ghosts
19907.3
The Fanelli Boys
1990
6.2
Blossom
1990
5.8
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990
7.7
Unsolved Mysteries
1988
3.2
Dangerous Curves
1988
4.2
Caddyshack II
1988
5.8
Plain Clothes
1988
7.6
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
1987
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
7.2
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
5.4
Big Trouble
1986
8.0
Midas Valley
1985
4.7
Hollywood Wives
19857.0
My Kingdom For...
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
6.7
Brothers
1984
7.7
George Washington
1984
6.3
Uncommon Valor
1983
NR
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982
6.8
Hotel
1982
5.5
Falcon Crest
1981
7.5
Strike Force
1981
4.3
Entertainment Tonight
1981
7.3
Airplane!
198010.0
Douglas Sirk: Über Stars
1980
5.8
1941
1979
5.2
Undercover with the KKK
1979
6.2
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
8.0
Second Wind
1978
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
6.7
Most Wanted
1976
5.8
Murder on Flight 502
1975
5.5
Adventures of the Queen
1975
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
7.0
Dinah!
1974
5.9
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974
5.4
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
7.0
Police Story
1973
8.0
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971
8.0
The Selling of the Pentagon
1971
7.0
Story of a Woman
1970
7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
5.7
Laura
1968
6.7
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
6.0
Action Man
1967
5.4
The Corrupt Ones
1967
7.2
Is Paris Burning?
19668.0
Asylum for a Spy
19655.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
6.4
The Caretakers
1963
7.0
The Lucy Show
1962
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
19617.0
Alcatraz Express
1961NR
The Gun of Zangara
1960
6.2
The Last Voyage
1960
8.0
The Untouchables
1959
6.0
John Paul Jones
1959
7.2
The Scarface Mob
1959
6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
7.3
The Gift of Love
1958NR
Panic Button
1957
6.8
The Tarnished Angels
1957
7.0
Written on the Wind
1956
6.0
Great Day in the Morning
1956
7.0
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955
9.7
Laura
1955
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
6.2
House of Bamboo
1955
6.0
The High and the Mighty
1954
5.7
The Iron Glove
1954
7.0
Sabre Jet
1953
5.3
Conquest of Cochise
1953
5.6
War Paint
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
5.0
Bwana Devil
1952
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
5.6
My Outlaw Brother
1951
6.3
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
6.5
Mr. Music
19506.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
1950
NR
Riviera Dream
1950
6.0
Lights Out
1949
6.1
Fighter Squadron
1948
6.3
Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948
6.1
A Date with Judy
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
7.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
1943
9.0
Keeping Fit
1942
9.0
Men of Texas
1942
7.0
Eagle Squadron
1942
7.8
To Be or Not to Be
1942
6.0
Badlands of Dakota
1941
NR
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941
6.4
Nice Girl?
1941
4.5
A Little Bit of Heaven
1940
7.3
The Mortal Storm
1940
7.6
First Love
1939