Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 13, 1919
Died
May 14, 2003
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
131 titles
Robert Stack
Biography
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
Filmography
Unsolved Mysteries: Behind the Legacy
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive footage)
These Dead Souls
(archive footage)
Acting for Douglas Sirk
Self (archive footage)
Unsolved Mysteries Volume 1: UFOs
Host
Butt-Ugly Martians
Stoat Muldoon (voice)
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Self
Killer Bud
The Gooch
Recess: School's Out
Superintendent (voice)
Lords of the Mafia
Self - Narrator
Mumford
Himself
Sealed with a Kiss
Sumner Ethridge
Hercules: Zero to Hero
Narrator (voice) (archive sound)
The Y2K Crisis
Host
Hercules
Bob (voice)
BASEketball
Robert Stack
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self
The Angry Beavers
Narrator (voice)
King of the Hill
Reynolds Penland (voice) (uncredited)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Agent Flemming (voice)
Suddenly Susan
Robert Stack
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
Self
Diagnosis: Murder
Peter McReynolds
Vicki!
Self
The Return of Eliot Ness
Eliot Ness
Unsolved Mysteries: UFOS
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
Lt. Littleboy (voice)
Unsolved Mysteries: Ghosts
The Fanelli Boys
Robert Stack (uncredited)
Blossom
Robert Stack
Joe Versus the Volcano
Dr. Ellison
Unsolved Mysteries
Host
Dangerous Curves
Louis Faciano
Caddyshack II
Chandler Young
Plain Clothes
Mr. Gardner
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Jordan White
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
The Transformers: The Movie
Ultra Magnus (voice)
Big Trouble
Winslow
Midas Valley
Drew Hammond
Hollywood Wives
George Lancaster
My Kingdom For...
Murder, She Wrote
Chester Harrison
Brothers
George Washington
General Stark
Uncommon Valor
MacGregor
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
Self
Hotel
Lewis Blackwood
Falcon Crest
Roland Saunders