Robert Stack
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 13, 1919
- Died
- May 14, 2003 (aged 84)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Credits
- 134
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.
Known for
Airplane!
1980Movie
Captain Rex Kramer
To Be or Not to Be
1942Movie
Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996Movie
Agent Flemming (voice)
1941
1979Movie
Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
King of the Hill
1997TV
Reynolds Penland (voice) (uncredited)
BASEketball
1998Movie
Robert Stack
Filmography
Butt-Ugly Martians
2002TV
Stoat Muldoon (voice)
Lords of the Mafia
1999TV
Self - Narrator
Hercules
1998TV
Bob (voice)
The Angry Beavers
1997TV
Narrator (voice)
King of the Hill
1997TV
Reynolds Penland (voice) (uncredited)
Suddenly Susan
1996TV
Robert Stack
Diagnosis: Murder
1993TV
Peter McReynolds
Vicki!
1992TV
Self
Unsolved Mysteries: UFOS
1991TV
Unsolved Mysteries: Ghosts
1990TV
The Fanelli Boys
1990TV
Robert Stack (uncredited), Kyle Hadley
Blossom
1990TV
Robert Stack
Unsolved Mysteries
1988TV
Host
Korea: The Forgotten War
1987TV
Host
Hollywood Wives
1985TV
George Lancaster
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Chester Harrison
Brothers
1984TV
George Washington
1984TV
General Stark
Hotel
1982TV
Lewis Blackwood, Charles Vandoor
Falcon Crest
1981TV
Roland Saunders
Strike Force
1981TV
Captain Frank Murphy
Entertainment Tonight
1981TV
Self
The Love Boat
1977TV
Bret Garrett
Most Wanted
1976TV
Captain Linc Evers
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975TV
Self
Dinah!
1974TV
Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973TV
Self
Police Story
1973TV
The Name of the Game
1968TV
Dan Farrell
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967TV
Angelo (Businessman)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963TV
Major Morgan, James Andrew Congers
The Lucy Show
1962TV
Agent Briggs
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self - Co-Host, Self
The Untouchables
1959TV
Eliot Ness
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958TV
Eliot Ness
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955TV
Mark MacPherson
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
The Ford Television Theatre
1952TV
Ralph Saunders, Ben Barton
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951TV
Vic Flint
The Red Skelton Show
1951TV
Bo Bo McGoon
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
First Man, Self - Intermission Guest
The Bob Hope Show
1950TV
Self - Cameo
Lights Out
1949TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self, Self - Presenter